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    36 Photos Of Italy In The Fifties That Will Make You Want To Time Travel

    Experience la dolce vita!

    Marie Telling
    by Marie Telling

    BuzzFeed Staff

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    Two women hailing a Vespa Taxi-Scooter, in Milan. April 1952.

    Holidaymakers on the beach at Positano.
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    Holidaymakers on the beach at Positano.

    Two musicians play instruments in Calabria, southern Italy. Circa 1950.
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    Two musicians play instruments in Calabria, southern Italy. Circa 1950.

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    The Reschen Lake in southern Tyrol, which covers the sunken village of Graun, on August 13, 1953.

    A shoeshine boy from Calabria. Circa 1950
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    A shoeshine boy from Calabria. Circa 1950

    A group of boys playing in a village band. Circa 1950.
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    A group of boys playing in a village band. Circa 1950.

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    A man sells cherries from a market stall in Naples. Circa 1952.

    A Catholic nun in Rome. 1955.
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    A Catholic nun in Rome. 1955.

    Sophia Loren on location at Ostia Antica for the filming of 'La Fortuna di Essere Donna' with the French actor Charles Boyer.
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    Sophia Loren on location at Ostia Antica for the filming of 'La Fortuna di Essere Donna' with the French actor Charles Boyer.

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    British violonist Yehudi Menuhin and his wife Diana eating spaghetti before a concert the Maestro gave in Venice.

    Wedding guests on the steps of the church in Piana dei Greci, Sicily. Circa 1950.
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    Wedding guests on the steps of the church in Piana dei Greci, Sicily. Circa 1950.

    The son of a fisherman looks after his two sisters whilst his parents work in the seas off Calabria. Circa 1950.
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    The son of a fisherman looks after his two sisters whilst his parents work in the seas off Calabria. Circa 1950.

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    A stall holder selling live crabs at a market in an Italian fishing town. Circa 1950.

    Girls on the Venetian island of Burano learning the art of making lace. Circa 1954.
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    Girls on the Venetian island of Burano learning the art of making lace. Circa 1954.

    Young Italian men having lunch in a cafe in Rome and reading the communist paper 'Unita' and the socialist 'Avanti'. Circa 1955.
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    Young Italian men having lunch in a cafe in Rome and reading the communist paper 'Unita' and the socialist 'Avanti'. Circa 1955.

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    A young barber at work on an elderly client in Italy. 1955.

    The bustle of tourists, pigeons, and public servants in Venice. Circa 1955.
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    The bustle of tourists, pigeons, and public servants in Venice. Circa 1955.

    Three priests during a visit to Vatican City. Circa 1955.
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    Three priests during a visit to Vatican City. Circa 1955.

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    A tour boat leaves harbor for the 'Blue Grotto' on the isle of Capri. Circa 1955.

    Italians celebrate a May Festival in the village of Bucchianico, near Chieti in Abruzzo. May 1957.
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    Italians celebrate a May Festival in the village of Bucchianico, near Chieti in Abruzzo. May 1957.

    A small boy plays with the pigeons in the Piazza del Unita, Trieste. Circa 1950.
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    A small boy plays with the pigeons in the Piazza del Unita, Trieste. Circa 1950.

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    A schoolboy walks through the rain in Saint Mark's Square, Venice. March 1958.

    A group of unemployed men playing cards on a street corner, Sicily. Circa 1955.
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    A group of unemployed men playing cards on a street corner, Sicily. Circa 1955.

    Portrait of Italian actress Giovanna Ralli sitting on a stone step. May 1955.
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    Portrait of Italian actress Giovanna Ralli sitting on a stone step. May 1955.

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    Italian driver Alberto Ascari steers his Lancia at the finish line of the 1000 Miles race in Rome. May 1954.

    A gondolier navigates his way through Venice. Circa 1950.
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    A gondolier navigates his way through Venice. Circa 1950.

    Italians celebrate a May Festival in the village of Bucchianico, near Chieti in Abruzzo. May 1957.
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    Italians celebrate a May Festival in the village of Bucchianico, near Chieti in Abruzzo. May 1957.

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    Italy's Fausto Coppi finishing the seventeenth lap of the bicycle race across Italy. June 1952.

    A gondolier plies his trade. Circa 1955.
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    A gondolier plies his trade. Circa 1955.

    Laundry is pinned across an entire building on wash day in Sicily. 1955.
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    Laundry is pinned across an entire building on wash day in Sicily. 1955.

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    Italian film stars Vittorio Gassman and Silvana Mangano wait for a take in Venice. February 1954.

    Italian hotelier, Luigi Brandijlioni, in his hotel on the mountains above Lake Garda. 1955.
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    Italian hotelier, Luigi Brandijlioni, in his hotel on the mountains above Lake Garda. 1955.

    Sophia Loren on location at Ostia Antica for the filming of 'La Fortuna di Essere Donna'. 1955.
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    Sophia Loren on location at Ostia Antica for the filming of 'La Fortuna di Essere Donna'. 1955.

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    Famous Italian film and stage actress Anna Magnani in Rome. January 1952.

    A pair of priests read 'L'Osservatore' outside St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Circa 1955.
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    A pair of priests read 'L'Osservatore' outside St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Circa 1955.

    An Italian man watches an American tourist walking her poodle down the Spanish Steps in Rome. Circa 1955.
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    An Italian man watches an American tourist walking her poodle down the Spanish Steps in Rome. Circa 1955.