Galileo 2000 pounds

[ourkind]

A cool note I found stashed away with old and retired travel money ...

from Wiki:

The bill of 2000 pounds was one of the pieces of paper money circulating in Italy before the introduction of the ' euro .

The first version was issued from 1973 to 1983 , and had as its theme "the observation of the sky." It was engraved by Trent Cionini . On the back you can see the Duomo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa , on the back of a planetarium, perhaps the ' Observatory of Arcetri .

[jjjnettie]

:) I'd be framing that one up. :)

[GeoffW1]

This is much deeper than I ever knew.

I looked up lira notes to get more history, and to my astonishment found that Lira meant, originally and literally, "pound" (of silver, like the English unit did). Of course it wasn't worth that much by the time the Euro arrived.

To quote Wikipedia " in some countries, such as Cyprus and Malta, the words lira and pound were used as equivalents"

"Scientia potentia est" eh?

Cheers

[ourkind]

:) that's a great idea :thumbsup: Now which side should I expose :question:



You learnt something and now I learnt something too :)

I found a wiki refence as to the meaning and use of the expression "Scientia potentia est"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientia_potentia_est

The phrase scientia potentia est (sometimes written as scientia est potentia) is a Latin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin) aphorism often claimed to mean "knowledge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge) is power (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(philosophy))".

[Kunama]

+1

Very nice keepsake!

Here is a photo I took of the Galileo's tomb, a befitting monument for great man,
and his telescope, it was an eerie feeling but I felt very privileged to have been able to look through it.

[GeoffW1]

Yes, went there also, spent a long time looking at his tomb, also that of Michelangelo and Rossini there. I found it an eerie feeling, trying to connect a little with these giants of history. More now than the printed page they are though.

We also visited the lower tomb in Assisi, site of the burial of St Francis. I took a few photos, then got a weird feeling. I'm not at all devout, a heathen really, but I began to feel that photos were a bit wrong, and I was not showing due respect, snapping away.

Maybe it was mass ESP from all the prostrate worshippers there, but I felt I should not even turn my back when leaving. However by the time I was back on the bus eating chips, I was a pagan again.

St Peter's did not give me that feeling, it seemed almost commercial. No viable choice for them there I guess.

Cheers


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