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Bruno Giordan
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 Posted: Fri 06 Jul, 2007 11:51 am Post subject: The best european swords all together in Aosta until 11/07 |
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In Aosta (Northern italy, close to the french boundary) it is open a great sword exhibition: you can see together Charlemagne's coronation sword, Frederic the Second imperial sword, the sword of Estorre Visconti, a SIGVINAIS type XII from eastern Europe and more.
All together in the same building.
Tomorrow yours truly will be there, hopefully with a new memory stick in the camera ...
http://www.clponline.it/mostre.cfm?idevento=C...DF051400A5
Text in italian only, but a press release in french is also available here (http://www.clponline.it/docs_cms/C37C2EC0-E700-A74A-20E26FDF051400A5/FRA_cs_ABonDroyt.doc)
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Walter Stockwell
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| Posted: Mon 15 Oct, 2007 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting this. I just got back from Aosta, and saw this exhibit. A good show. They have a progression of swords from a nice spatha and viking swords up to a huge German two-hander. Aosta is a beautiful city and well worth a visit by itself.
Walter
www.stockwellknives.com
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Bruno Giordan
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Strangely they forbid to take pics.
There is also one of the few surviving early medieval daggers, but the pic in the catalog is barely sufficient to show its complexity.
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Walter Stockwell
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Yes, I was disappointed by the no photos rule. They kept a sharp eye on us as we stowed our gear. 
I was also diappointed by the catalog. I ended up not getting it... it didn't seem like there were that many photos, and little details. True? I had to look quickly as I had two small boys around.
Walter
www.stockwellknives.com
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