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The northern Italian town's famous Piazza Duomo was looking particularly scenic with its white winter coat.
Heavy snowfall blanketed parts of Britain on Monday, disrupting airports, train networks and roads, while two coal plants were put on standby in case of a power crunch as the country recorded its coldest night of the year so far. Parts of London's underground network were suspended or faced delays, while motorways were gridlocked due to snow.
Much of Athen is blanketed in thick snow, which has led to disruptions of city life. The snowfall led to parliament being suspended, schools shutting down across the greater Athens area and metro access to the airport being disrupted, officials said. Air and sea services remain unimpeded.
With snow drifts, black ice and train cancellations, the onset of dramatic winter weather causes considerable traffic disruptions in many places in the north and center of Germany. Deutsche Bahn discontinued numerous connections in local and long-distance traffic, between Hamburg and Hanover and Hamburg and the State of Northrhine Westphalia, where many parts of the highway have been closed to traffic. IMAGES of the highway covered with snow and of the Dortmund train station in the State of Northrhine Westphalia
France's southern city of Montpellier woke up to a blanket of snow on Thursday morning. As heavy snowstorms lash France's southern Hérault department, snowploughs are deployed to clear the roads and free paralysed traffic. IMAGES