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Thank you, Agnes this really made my day!

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thank you, Catherine!

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Agnes Crawford

Well this is proprio sulla mia strada. I've sat mesmerised, for much longer than necessary, in that little room upstairs in the Palatine Museum and now own my own copy of The Sourcebook of Decorative Stone. Wisely, friends now conceal any renovation plans.

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I love that room! Sadly it's been closed for ages or I'd've put a photo in of that map!

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Agnes Crawford

Must have been a treacherous sea journey in precariously balanced boats lying low in the water. There are probably many ‘porticoworths’ of columns at the bottom of the Mediterranean.

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some columns were lashed to the boats to sit partially submerged and maximise thrust. Many many porticos are underground!

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Agnes Crawford

What a fabulous trip that must have been to see such splendid marble in the wild. Thank you for the pictures! Also, goats are inscrutable, don't feel slighted.

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haha thanks, I didn't take the goat's indifference personally ;)

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Mar 15, 2022Liked by Agnes Crawford

Excellent ! Thank you. Love the column in the wild.

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thanks!

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Mar 15, 2022Liked by Agnes Crawford

Love the “cipollino” nickname!

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me too!

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My favorite 💚

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and mine!

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