Pictorial Tour of
Rainbows in the Fountain

1. What are the Germans doing here?
2. L’arco di Richetto
3. Where is the wine cellar?
4. Casentino at the left, and Sant’Eusanio Forconese
5. The Fountain
6. The Donkey’s Ears
7. Easter Monday at the Monastery of Santo Spirito
8. Mt. Cerro
9. Bang, bang, and pulled the trigger
10. Via San Demetrio, below my aviary
11. It’s time to go
12. Goodbye
13. Why all these changes?
14. To the Festival at Sant’Eusanio

What are the Germans doing here?

The next morning after my father returned from the war, Uncle Battista and his son Ludovico spotted four German soldiers near the little chapel of St. Anthony, on the outskirts of town, below the washbasin. Two of them, manning a light infantry cannon pointing at San Panfilo, blocked its entrance. The others, armed with submachine guns, stood nearby, ready to fire. Uncle Battista stopped and turned around. Soon another hundred or so troops advanced from behind the water tower, riding on trucks and sidewinders. The original four soldiers remained positioned at the entrance until the entire contingent entered and occupied the town.