Dolphin of the fountain, Piazza Colonna, Palazzo Chigi (residence of the Prime Minister of Italy), Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Palazzo Chigi (residence of the Prime Minister of the Italian Republic), Piazza Colonna, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Stone memorial statue to Lugi Carlo Farini, prime minister, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano

France President Nicolas Sarkozy

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

A float representing the Italian businessman and politician Silvio Berlusconi during the Carnival of Viareggio.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

A float representing the Italian businessman and politician Silvio Berlusconi surrounded by masks during the Carnival of Viareggio.

Leonardo da Vinci surrounded by a huge crowd on the streets of Viareggio.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti with German Chancellor Angela Merkel with USA President Barack Obama and Italian businessman and politician Silvio Berlusconi.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

USA President Barack Obama

A float representing the Italian businessman and politician Silvio Berlusconi in the Carneval of Viareggio.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper machee floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.