ROOTS - CHILDHOOD IN ROME

SOME PHOTOGRAPHS

Giorgio Quintini spent his childhood in Rome, the city where he was born. His roots were in Ancona and he later went to live in Perugia when his father was posted there after the 2nd World War. Any child from upper and middle class families in Rome would have been photographed by the celebrated Luxardo studios in Via del Tritone, which was specialised in Royalty and the stars of the Fascist era. It continued there until well into the second half of the 20th century and continues elsewhere in Rome. Here is the young Giorgio in 1937 aged four, photographed by Luxardo.

The Quintini family had some land on Monte Mario and there are a few pictures of Giorgio there. Here he is aged two, photographed, presumably by his proud father with a box camera on 24th August 1935, year XIII of the Fascist Era, as is written behind the snapshot. It seems he was told to do a fascist salute in this early photograph.

Another snapshot dates from 21st March 1936, year XIV of the Fascist Era, as annotated, when Giorgio was still two years old and driving a pedal car. In later life he never learned how to drive a real car and did not have a driving licence.