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Plague and Pyrotechnics: La Festa del Redentore in Venice
Last weekend I was in Venice for La Festa del Redentore, the Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer, celebrated on the third Sunday in July.
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Art and Artifice: some thoughts on the ancient Rome set at Cinecittà
Last week I took Bellini Travel clients with a specific interest in cinema on a couple of movie-related jaunts. We first spoke of Cabiria (Pastrone…
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The Stones of Rome V
Travertine
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July's Monthly Newsletter
How to visit Rome in high summer, and enjoy it.
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June 2024

Immersive Special Effects and the Baroque: The Ceiling of the Gesù.
Unless otherwise specified all photos were taken on the evening of 27 June 2024 Outside the Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù, the mother church of the…
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The Unswept Floor Mosaic at the Vatican Museums
When taking people to the Vatican Museums I often take a right after the entrance escalator and, before joining the throngs heading towards the Sistine…
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Scavenger Architecture and the Stendhal Syndrome at Santo Stefano Rotondo
Yesterday after two hideously muggy, grimly overcast days—the sky heavy and enervating—the heat finally dropped below blood temperature and blue skies…
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A Podcast about Rome. Episode 19: Exoticism and Empire at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli.
A year after Hadrian’s accession to the throne, after his return to Rome, he embarked on the building of a villa complex at Tibur (now called Tivoli) in…
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June's Monthly Newsletter
All of a sudden the Roman air is warm and thick with the scent of oleander and jasmine and the bougainvillea is exuberantly in bloom.
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May 2024

Vespa Tunes XIX: Bartali, Paolo Conte, 1979
Central Rome is presently festooned with yellow tape discouraging parking and pink signs with arrows indicating the route of the final stage of the Giro…
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Salt, the She Wolf, and Spin
Almost exactly four years ago I gave my first online talk on Zoom and it was called “Salt, the She Wolf, and Spin”. I figured the beginning was a good…
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The Bucolic Benedictine Charms of the Sacro Speco at Subiaco
The mountains of Lazio were once the bed of a tropical sea, long since gone, which was dotted with islands surrounded by coral reefs.
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