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“Quelli col solo ingegno, separata ogni matera, mesurano le forme delle cose.
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From Troy to Tomb Raiders: The Extraordinary Life of the Euphronios Krater
In the quiet town of Cerveteri, forty minutes drive or so north-west of Rome where I like to take people for Etruscan-themed jaunts taking in ancient…
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June's Postcard from Rome
When the soft God of Sleep, with easy flight,
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Caravaggio's Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto at the Casino dell'Aurora Ludovisi. c.1597.
All photos taken by me on 18 May 2025
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Pope Francis' favourite icon, the Salus Populi Romani
Late last month, and following the wishes stipulated in his will, Pope Francis was buried in a niche previously used to store candlesticks to the left…
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Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part I
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From Troy to Tomb Raiders: The Extraordinary Life of the Euphronios Krater
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Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part II
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A Quarter of a Century in Rome
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Some of my favourite views of Rome
6: Parco degli Acquedotti
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A Podcast about Rome. Episode 25. The Arch of the Argentarii
In 204 bankers and cattle merchants erected a monumental portal at the point the vicus Iugarius entered the Forum Boarium (cattle market) in the area of…
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May's Postcard from Rome
The Italian idiomatic equivalent to “once in a blue moon”, ogni morte di papa, has the literal meaning “every time a Pope dies”.
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Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part III
In my last post I left Caravaggio fleeing south after the murder of Ranuccio Tomassoni on 28 May 1606; a very literal price on his head.
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Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part II
In my last post, I left the blockbuster Caravaggio show at Palazzo Barberini in the second room with a pair of portraits of Maffeo Barberini—the earlier…
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April's Postcard from Rome
An Etruscan Jaunt, and (possibly) the tomb of a king of Rome
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Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part I
This spring’s big ticket in Rome is the Caravaggio exhibition at Palazzo Barberini which opened in March and will run to early July.
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"Ave Maria, Gratia Plena": four of my favourite Annunciations
Today is the Feast of the Annunciation, one of the most important celebrations in the liturgical calendar and the subject of some of my very favourite…
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Spring Exhibitions in Rome
As well as the inexhaustible and glorious permanent collections of the Caput Mundi, so many that world-class museums—Palazzo Altemps, Terme di…
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