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A Gallop through 2024's tours
Here are some glimpses of places I took folk in 2024; whichever time of year you come (even in a Jubilee year) with some judicious choice of sites and…
Dec 29, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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Tanti auguri!
Tanti auguri to you all for a merry Christmas, a jolly festive season and a happy new year.
Dec 24, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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My favourite Roman nativity scene, and 801 years of presepi
The first Christmas tree in front of St Peter’s Basilica was erected in 1982 which, while not as recent as I might like to think, is neither aeons ago.
Dec 15, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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The Stoicism of the Hellenistic Boxer at Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
Photographs taken on 5 December 2024
Dec 13, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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The Stoicism of the Hellenistic Boxer at Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
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A Podcast about Rome. Episode 23. The Villa of the Quintili.
At the fifth mile of the Appian Way, on a site built out from the lava ridge of the ancient road and redolent with ancient legends, the Villa of the…
Dec 10, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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December's Postcard from Rome
Details of how to join a live-streamed Christmas walk are at the end!
Dec 7, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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Chagall's "White Crucifixion", briefly, in Rome.
After a day of contemplating the Julio-Claudian dynasty from the Palatine Hill to the Field of Mars for a specially requested tour, I found myself on…
Dec 6, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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Chagall's "White Crucifixion", briefly, in Rome.
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November 2024
Some of my favourite views of Rome
5. Porta Maggiore
Nov 25, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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Venetian Rituals: La Festa della Madonna della Salute
All photos taken 20 & 21 November 2024
Nov 24, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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Never far from Rome III
The River Thames
Nov 17, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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Barley Sugar Columns and Baroque Bling: Bernini's Baldacchino at St Peter's in the Vatican
All photos taken on 5 November 2024 unless otherwise specified
Nov 6, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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Barley Sugar Columns and Baroque Bling: Bernini's Baldacchino at St Peter's in the Vatican
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November's Postcard from Rome
Yesterday I took folk on a wander through the Field of Mars under the crisp blue skies of a warm early November.
Nov 4, 2024
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Agnes Crawford
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