CHIANCIANO IN '50s AND '60s

A series of pictures of the city of Chianciano, when it was one of the most crowded Italian thermal places for summer vacations. Hotels, sceneries, people at the spas, a detailed organization behind every welcome place, either small or large, modest or luxurious. For decades, this place represented a source of both employment and incomes for people, and now facing a different approach on body care, with some difficulties trying to retain to be on the market. Some considerations about the small cultural and productive background of an area which was planned to be active only during a short part of the year and now paying such limitations which remained unchanged. Pictures of Chianciano when it was throbbing with a kind of life that more than one generations still remember. Today perhaps the observer would have almost a pathetic gasp before the emptiness of spaces and structures that are no longer used due to the low flow of visitors, ideas and financial resources. This difficult situation expresses the inadequacy of non-union of public decisions and people needs. All this happened because the market rules have not been taken into account or have not been managed properly by people. It is also worth noting that these thoughts should not be related to the temporary convenience of several categories of people, since the basic interest is always an economic interest. This photographic show could provide ideas for further considerations.

Chianciano, salone delle terme - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, salone delle fonti - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, le  terme - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, la fonte termale - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, veduta parziale - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, panorama generale - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, veduta da Piazza Italia - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, Albergo Mediterraneo, metà anni '50 - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, Albergo Quisisana, anni '50 - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, Hotel Ambasciatori - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, Hotel Villa Clara - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, veduta di Piazza Italia e nuovo Cinema Garden - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, il bar del salone delle terme - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, interno parco S. Elena - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, la hall dell'Hotel Chianciano - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, la terrazza solarium dell'Hotel Kursaal - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, Hotel San Giorgio metà anni '50 - © Carlo SaccoChianciano. L'Hotel Acquasanta di Carli Alberto, accanto alle terme, anni '50 - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, la terrazza dell'Hotel Boston - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, Notturno, ingresso Hotel Boston - © Carlo SaccoChianciano, Officina Fiat Vittorio Pianigiani, anni '50 - © Carlo Sacco
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