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Presidential Protection

These guards are on one of the entrance of the Presidential residence in Rome, Italy. Look at the fact that there are three guards with different uniforms: I can't really recognize them, perhaps they are police, carabinieri and... I really don't know.

To my eyes this reflects in some way the administration complexity in Italy. The president is not directly elected, and he is not the leader of the government, however he is an important institutional figure. Politics in Italy are really messy, especially these days...

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Uploaded on December 12, 2011
Taken on September 30, 2011