Italy 1950, fell in love all over the world

• Italy 1950, in which the whole world fell in love with

Here is a collection of photographs taken in the 1950s in Italy, which perfectly convey the charm of the beloved Mediterranean countries.

Holidays in Rome: Italian worker looks at the American tourist, who walks his poodle on the Spanish Steps in Rome, about 1955.

The city of romance: gondolier floats past St Mark's Square in Venice, 1950.

The Mediterranean heat: Tourist boat sails from the harbor to the Blue Grotto on Capri island, about 1955.

Spring showers: the student goes in the rain on the St Mark's Square in Venice, around 1958.

The fruits of labor: a merchant sells cherries in the streets of Naples, about 1952.

The vacationers on the beach in Positano, Italy, around 1949.

The women sit in trohkolosnik Vespa - a new kind of taxis for up to two passengers, in Milan, about 1952.

The driver Alberto Ascari in the Lancia car at the finish line during the 1000 Miles Race at Rome, 1954.

On the left: the crowds of tourists, pigeons and the municipal employee in Venice. Right: the musicians in Calabria in southern Italy.

The priests read L'Osservatore near St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, about 1955.

In the rhythm of the city: the shopkeeper sells live crabs on the market in one of the Italian fishing villages, around 1950.

The violinist Yehudi Menuhin and his wife Diane eating spaghetti before a concert at the theater in Venice.

In the photo from left: gondolier. Right: Giovanna Rally during the filming of "Si" in Rome, 1955.

Italian actress Sophia Loren and French actor Charles Boyer during the filming of the movie "Happiness is being a woman", 1955.

Sophia Loren on-site filming "The happiness of being a woman", 1955.

In the photo from left: Italian breakfast at a café in Rome and read the newspaper "Unita" and "Avanti". Right: the priests examine architecture during a visit to the Vatican.

Love in the commune Bukkyaniko in the Abruzzo region, in May 1957.

On the left: a boy from Calabria in southern Italy. Right: fisherman's son looks after his younger sisters while their parents work, around 1950.

The young barber profession develops wisdom.

In the photo from left: women learn to weave lace on the island of Burano, 1954. Right: Unemployed men playing cards in Sicily in 1955.

On the left: a boy plays with pigeons on the square in Trieste, 1950. Right: Catholic nun in Rome at a conference on the modernization of the Italian Congregations, 1955.

The Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi comes to the finish line, 5 June 1952.

Love in the commune Bukkyaniko in the Abruzzo region, in May 1957.

Boys playing in the village band, 1950.