Steps

No, not the pop-group that gave us such memorable hits as "5, 6, 7, 8" - the steps at the base of the Fontanone Visconteo, not far from the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiori in Bergamo:

Stone steps, Bergamo.  Lith, on Foma paper.

The Fontanone Visconteo is, as you might guess from the name, a 'fountain' built to supply water to the town in the 14th Century.  1342 or thereabouts and that's a fair while ago by any reckoning.  Now I'm not sure the steps date back that far, but they weren't constructed recently, that's for sure.

If you want a grittier version - here you are:

Both are lith prints and untoned but the second one was actually the first, done when I was 'getting my eye in' and it was massively over-exposed under the enlarger.  Rather than bin it, I threw it in some bleach (either standard sepia bleach or PotFerri, can't remember which) and let it sit for a while. Interesting how it turned out - losing all the warmth that usually comes with lith & the Foma paper (that you can see in the other print).