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Antonia Brunetti

Born Viareggio, 10 Jun 1952

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A life in time

  1. 10 Jun 1952

    Born in Viareggio

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During her lifetime

She has lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Viareggio.

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The 1950s · Antonia is born in Viareggio

Who governed

What people wore

The Single Sunday Suit

Country men owned only one dark suit for feast days and weddings, which was passed down through generations and frequently resoled when the leather shoes wore out.

Daily life

Daily life at school for children

Children typically attended school six days a week, Monday through Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., with a break for lunch at home. Pupils used a single notebook and were restricted to using only a pencil for the first three months of the year.

In the news1957

Fiat 500 launched

The launch of the Fiat 500 in 1957 helped transform the daily lives of families by making private motorization widely accessible.

Music

Traditional Tarantella dancing at weddings

At wedding receptions, guests often danced the tarantella, a dynamic and symmetric dance that remains a memorable cultural tradition.

At the table

High household food spending in 1953

In 1953, Italian families allocated 52.4% of their total expenditure to food, beverages, and tobacco.

In Europe1948–1952

The Marshall Plan

American aid of some $13 billion rebuilt the ruined economies of Western Europe.

Getting around

Long Journeys in Basilicata

In parts of Basilicata, residents sometimes spent over 12 to 14 hours traveling to Naples, a journey that could take 5 hours elsewhere.