It’s very common to see Rome’s historic center portrayed in the media as beautiful, sure, but also chaotic, noisy, and unlivable; and it’s true, some streets are crowded at all hours, a few uncivilized people block them off with parking spaces that are imaginative to say the least, or that the litter has reached intolerable […]
by C. P.
9/11 is a date forever etched in global memory because of the tragic events in New York, but it has an even deeper meaning for Romans: it’s the day Beatrice Cenci was executed in 1599. A killing so unfair that over the centuries Beatrice became a heroine and a symbol, celebrated by the likes of […]
by C. P.
As you know, Halloween is not really a thing in Rome, or Italy for that matter. Sure, we put on costumes during Carnevale, which is a remnant of an old Roman celebration and doesn’t happen until roughly February (we say roughly because it lasts for several weeks!). However, Halloween has made its way to these […]
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