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Scratched into an ancient wall under the church there is an example of the so-called ๐’๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ž, a mysterious Latin in...
17/01/2025

Scratched into an ancient wall under the church there is an example of the so-called ๐’๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ž, a mysterious Latin inscription that has fascinated scholars from all over the world. But what is so special about it?

The magic square contains the cryptic words: ๐‘†๐ด๐‘‡๐‘‚๐‘…, ๐ด๐‘…๐ธ๐‘ƒ๐‘‚, ๐‘‡๐ธ๐‘๐ธ๐‘‡, ๐‘‚๐‘ƒ๐ธ๐‘…๐ด, ๐‘…๐‘‚๐‘‡๐ด๐‘†, that can be read in any direction, either backwards or forwards: The same five words always appear. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

๐Ÿ’ก๐’๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง? Scholars have been puzzling over it for centuries!

The meaning of the word "AREPO" is particularly enigmatic, as it does not occur anywhere in Latin literature: Is it a proper name? A Celtic unit of measurement? A magic formula? ๐Ÿค”

๏ธ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ: another less baffling, but equally intriguing, palindrome can be seen in the same basilica: โ€œRoma summus Amorโ€, which means โ€œRome supreme loveโ€.

This little phrase clearly refers to the great love that we feel for the Eternal City.

โœจ What about you, can you solve the ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘†๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’?๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ

๐Ÿ’ญ Tell me in the comment section if you already knew this enigmaโ€ฆ or if you think you can crack the code of the magic square! ๐Ÿค“

๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ !

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๐Ÿ” Have you ever noticed the elephant carrying an obelisk on its back, near the Pantheon in Piazza della Minerva? ๐Ÿ˜โœจ This...
15/01/2025

๐Ÿ” Have you ever noticed the elephant carrying an obelisk on its back, near the Pantheon in Piazza della Minerva? ๐Ÿ˜โœจ

This curious sculpture, designed by Bernini in 1667, symbolizes strength (the elephant) holding up wisdom (the Egyptian obelisk).

Did you know that the Dominican friars originally wanted the pedestal to consist of six hills (referring to the coat of arms of Pope Alexander VII of the Chigi family) and four guard dogs at the corners? ๐Ÿ•

The dogs symbolized the Dominicans, since the name of this religious order sounds like the Latin words โ€œDomini Canesโ€ (the Lord's dogs)!

๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ: The rejected projects included one by Father Domenico Paglia, who criticized Bernini's proposal. In response the artist positioned the statue so that, when they left their headquarters next to the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Domenico and his fellow friars would be confronted by... the elephant's bottom! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜„

๐€ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž: The Romans jokingly nicknamed the statue โ€œPorcino della Minervaโ€ (little pig of Minerva) but this then mutated into "Pulcino della Minerva" (flea of Minerva). ๐Ÿค

โœจ Follow my profile to discover many more stories, mysteries and curiosities about the sculptures of Rome! ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€

๐ŸŽฌ Rome is like a vast open-air movie set!Turn your next trip to Rome into your own private movie! ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿค” Which of thes...
13/01/2025

๐ŸŽฌ Rome is like a vast open-air movie set!

Turn your next trip to Rome into your own private movie! ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ

๐Ÿค” Which of these places would you like to visit first?

Let me know in the comment section and visit my website, where my Amazing Tours are waiting for you! ๐Ÿคฉ

Weโ€™re ready to roll, so... Action! ๐ŸŽฌ๐Ÿšถ

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โœจ Do you know what makes the Jubilee such a special occasion for discovering Rome? โœจ ๐Ÿ› Each basilica is full of history,...
10/01/2025

โœจ Do you know what makes the Jubilee such a special occasion for discovering Rome? โœจ

๐Ÿ› Each basilica is full of history, art and legends, constituting an important piece of the Eternal City's extraordinary past! ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

๐Ÿ’ญ Which of these churches do you feel is the most intriguing?

Write what you think in the comments below! ๐Ÿ‘‡

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘’๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก. ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก...โ€ ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽตThe Befana is a ragged old woman who bri...
06/01/2025

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘’๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก. ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก...โ€ ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽต

The Befana is a ragged old woman who brings Italian children gifts on January 5th (or just a lump of coal if they have been naughty!).๐Ÿงน๐ŸŽ

This is the day before the ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ฒ, when the Three Wise Men beheld Jesus, a god born in human form.

In fact her name derives from the Greek word โ€œ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Žโ€, meaning โ€œ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›โ€.๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ

However, the roots of the tradition of the Befana are far more ancient!๐Ÿ˜Ž

In Ancient Roman times the ๐’ˆ๐’๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’‚, the protectress of hunting, lunar cycles and crops, supposedly flew over the fields at wintertime, to ensure a plentiful harvest. ๐ŸŒ™๐ŸŒพ

With the advent of Christianity, the beautiful virgin goddess was transformed into an old witch, benevolent but a bit scary and ugly, who symbolizes ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ, because when the new year arrives we leave the old behind and we welcome new beginnings.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Today, the Befana๐Ÿงนis still associated the Epiphany, which is celebrated at fairs and markets such as the one held at Romeโ€™s Piazza Navona, with ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’๐’”, ๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’” and ๐’”๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’•๐’” that enchant us all, whether we are young or old! ๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ’ญ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐š?

๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!

โœจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‰๐ฎ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ! โœจThis is a historic event that brings millions of people to Rome every 25 years!๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง...
03/01/2025

โœจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‰๐ฎ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ! โœจ

This is a historic event that brings millions of people to Rome every 25 years!

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ for my next special contents in the coming Jubilee Year of 2025!

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก?๐Ÿช™The custom of eating lent...
01/01/2025

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก?๐Ÿช™

The custom of eating lentils on New Year's Eve and on the first day of the New Year has in fact continued for at least 2000 years, since the days of the ancient Romans!

But why are lentils associated with money? ๐Ÿค”

Lentils are in fact shaped like little coins๐Ÿช™ and they are rightly considered a particularly valuable foodstuff, because they have such excellent nutritional properties!

In ancient Roman times, a leather bag full of these small legumes was given as a gift, with the hope of attracting good luck and profit in business!

โœจ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?
I think Iโ€™ll have a nice bowl of tasty lentils! ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐ŸŽฒ ๐‘จ ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’๐’†! Even the fun and games of ancient Rome have left their mark... literally! ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ The TABULAE ...
27/12/2024

๐ŸŽฒ ๐‘จ ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’๐’†!

Even the fun and games of ancient Rome have left their mark... literally!

๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ The TABULAE LUSORIAE were portable or fixed boards for playing and today I'll show you a great example that still survives!

This is a game carved into the marble pavement in the Roman Forum, near the site of the ruined temple of Caesar.

๐Ÿ”Ž It consisted of rolling small marbles across the stone, while trying to avoid the holes and get past a finish line.

๐Ÿ› This game must have passed the time for generations of Romans, during long waits, while Cicero and his colleagues gave their endless speeches in the nearby law courts or Senate House!

๐Ÿ“Œ Another more complex game-board is carved into the marble steps of the Basilica Giulia, and would have been played like checkers or tic-tac-toe, with pieces made of pottery or bone.

It seems obvious that, even though they had no Tetris, Game-boys or Candy Crush, the Romans were able to entertain themselves in their spare time!๐Ÿคช๐ŸŽฒ

What about you? ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž to play with family and friends during the Christmas holidays?

โœจ Did you know that on the evening of December the 24th, Pope Francis will inaugurate the Jubilee by opening the so-call...
23/12/2024

โœจ Did you know that on the evening of December the 24th, Pope Francis will inaugurate the Jubilee by opening the so-called Porta Sancta, or โ€œHoly Doorโ€.

This door in St. Peterโ€™s church is only open during a Holy Year (a Jubilee), and then it is closed and sealed by a masonry wall. ๐Ÿงฑ

On December the 2ndโ€, a metal box was freed from the cement of this wall with the blows of a hammer and removed, in a ritual known as โ€œrecognitionโ€.

๐Ÿ”Ž Guess what was inside it? The key to open the Holy Door! ๐Ÿ”‘

๐Ÿ˜ฑ It also contained the door handles, the parchment testifying to its last closure in 2016, as well as four golden bricks and some papal commemorative medals!

Have you already heard of this centuries-old tradition? ๐Ÿค”

๐Ÿ‘‡ Tag a friend who might like to learn about historical traditions and religious rites like this!๐Ÿ’–

๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ !

๐ŸŽ‰๐‘ฌ๐’ˆ๐’ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’‚! ๐ŸŽ‰From December the 17th to the 23rd, Roman society was turned upside-down, with masters serving slaves,...
18/12/2024

๐ŸŽ‰๐‘ฌ๐’ˆ๐’ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’‚! ๐ŸŽ‰

From December the 17th to the 23rd, Roman society was turned upside-down, with masters serving slaves, endless banquets and merriment everywhere. Even the god Saturn joined in with the fun!

๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ! โค๏ธ๐ŸŽ†๐ŸŽ„

โœจ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ?

๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š โค๏ธ and ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ด๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’!



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๐ŸŽ„๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’•โ€ฆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Ž๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’“๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”!๐Ÿ‘ธโœจ๐Ÿ”Ž In the second half of the nineteenth century, Qu...
13/12/2024

๐ŸŽ„๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’•โ€ฆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Ž๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’“๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”!๐Ÿ‘ธโœจ

๐Ÿ”Ž In the second half of the nineteenth century, Queen Margherita of Savoy introduced the Northern European tradition of the Christmas tree to Italy, by bringing one to the Quirinal Palace, the royal residence in Rome.

๐ŸŒŸ This custom then spread all over the country, and it soon became an integral part of Italian Christmas festivities, alongside the traditional nativity scene!

๐ŸŽ„What about you? How do you like to decorate your Christmas tree?

๐Ÿค” ๐‘ซ๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐’๐’“ ๐’…๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’?

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ! ๐ŸŽ…

โœจ ๐ท๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž...
11/12/2024

โœจ ๐ท๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘™๐‘ฆ-๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ !

One of these was the cultured and refined Imperia Cognati, nicknamed โ€œ๐‘ณ๐’‚ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’‚โ€ (The Divine). She played the harp, wrote poetry and was well versed in classic literature. Her salon and bo***ir was literally a hotbed of Roman cultural life, where the rich and powerful paid homage to her legendary charm and beauty: men such as the banker Agostino Chigi, Pope Julius II, prestigious prelates and cardinals, as well as the artist Raphael.

However, all their courtship, admiration and riches were not enough for Imperia, and ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’š ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’š ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ!

It seems that, due to her impossible love for the married nobleman Angelo Del Bufalo, she fell into despair and committed su***de by taking poison in the year 1512...

๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐ด๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘œ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”๐‘– ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก. ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐บ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘œ!

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ?

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!

๐‘ซ๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘น๐’๐’Ž๐’†!๐ŸคฉCenturies ago, during Saturnalia, the city was filled with lights, gar...
09/12/2024

๐‘ซ๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘น๐’๐’Ž๐’†!๐Ÿคฉ

Centuries ago, during Saturnalia, the city was filled with lights, garlands and joy.๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽŠ

Today, the same magic lives again, among the sparkling Christmas trees and enchanting nativity scenes! ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ˜

๐Ÿ’ซ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’—๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Ž๐’‚๐’”?

๐Ÿ’ฌ๐‘พ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’!

โ€ผ๏ธ ๐‘ป๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š, ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† 8๐’•๐’‰, ๐‘น๐’๐’Ž๐’† (๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฐ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’š) ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’‚๐’„๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’‘๐’•...
08/12/2024

โ€ผ๏ธ ๐‘ป๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š, ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† 8๐’•๐’‰, ๐‘น๐’๐’Ž๐’† (๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฐ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’š) ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’‚๐’„๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’!

In 1857, a 12-meter-high column was erected in piazza Mignanelli, right next to the Spanish Steps. It was intended to commemorate the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, promulgated by Pope Pius IX just 3 years earlier.

On December the 8th a fireman climbs a ladder to place a ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ณ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐š atop the column. This religious ritual is presided over by the Pope and the garland stays there until next year.

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ: According to tradition, also the Christmas trees in Italian homes are decorated on this special holiday.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ โค๏ธ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‡๐’–๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’•!

Let's make it Amazing!

๐ŸŽ„ ๐‘จ๐’๐’”๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’š... ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Ž๐’‚๐’” ๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ!โœจ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ...๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ...
04/12/2024

๐ŸŽ„ ๐‘จ๐’๐’”๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’š... ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Ž๐’‚๐’” ๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ!โœจ

๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ...๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ!

๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ.

๐Ÿ› ๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘ง๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘ง๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ, ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘ก. ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐ต๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–โ€™๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘—๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘š๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ .๐ŸŽ„

๐Ÿค” ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ?
๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!

๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’๐’๐’, ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”! ๐ŸดโœจDid you know that in Ancient Rome one of the most highly valued and appreciated dishes wasโ€ฆ ๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ...
02/12/2024

๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’๐’๐’, ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”! ๐Ÿดโœจ

Did you know that in Ancient Rome one of the most highly valued and appreciated dishes wasโ€ฆ ๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’…๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’๐’–๐’”๐’†!? ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Dormice (in Latin gliris) were so sought after that they were raised in a special container called the glirarium!

But thatโ€™s not all: no expense was spared at Roman banquets, and the wealthiest Romans enjoyed rarities such as the ๐’•๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‡๐’๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’”, ๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’๐’„๐’Œ๐’” and ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’”, and even ๐’”๐’๐’˜ ๐’—๐’–๐’๐’—๐’‚๐’” (which were said to give the eater protection from the evil eye!). ๐Ÿฆฉโœจ

Chicken was considered as meat for the poor, while pheasant and peacock were served at prestigious banquets, at which no one would have dared to serve a steak, as beef was generally disapproved of! ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿšซ

๐Ÿ”Ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: a constant condiment at the Roman dinner-table was garum, a foul-smelling sauce made from fermented and decaying fish

๐Ÿ˜ ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐š๐ญ?

๐‘Š๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž โค ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ด๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’!

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๐Ÿคฉ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ, ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒฟโœจ๐Ÿค”๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐthat one of the strangest skin-care remedies of Ancient Rome involvedโ€ฆ ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’„๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’†...
25/11/2024

๐Ÿคฉ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ, ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒฟโœจ

๐Ÿค”๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐthat one of the strangest skin-care remedies of Ancient Rome involvedโ€ฆ ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’„๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’–๐’๐’ˆ? ๐ŸŠ

๐Ÿ“”Pliny the Elder, a Roman writer on natural philosophy in the 1st century AD, says that women used cosmetics containing crocodile dung to ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’.

๐Ÿ’„White skin was considered as aesthetically pleasing at the time, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก! ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†-๐’–๐’‘ to create rosy cheeks and red lips was added to make a lady look like a genuine Roman โ€œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™โ€. ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ‘„

๐Ÿ˜ฑIn ancient times, diseases and anti-aesthetic skin problems were seen as ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ for religious or moral transgressions, which could be treated by prayers and sacrifices.

๐Ÿ”Ž๐…๐”๐ ๐…๐€๐‚๐“: The ancient Romans generally associated very slim bodies with illness and old age, rather than with youth, as we do in todayโ€™s society!

๐Ÿ˜ด ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?

โค๏ธ Like this post and find out in the next instalment of ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘บ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘บ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ช๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ป ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ. ๐Ÿ’กโœจ


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๐Ÿ˜†๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ! ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญโ€ฆ๐Ÿ”ŽIn addition to this astonishing swearword, the church of San Clemente conserves ...
22/11/2024

๐Ÿ˜†๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ! ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ”ŽIn addition to this astonishing swearword, the church of San Clemente conserves some further ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’‰๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’”...

๐Ÿ•ฐ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ of St. Clement and St. Ignatius of Antioch are supposedly kept under the main altar of the church.

In 867 AD, at the time of Pope Adrian II, Saints Cyril and Methodius brought the bones of Saint Clement from the Crimea to this church, which was already dedicated to him.

๐Ÿ“…๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, on November the 23th, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of Saint Clement, while the Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Catholic Church celebrate it two days later.

๐Ÿ•ต๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’”๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‰๐’Š๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘น๐’๐’Ž๐’†!โœจ

โค๏ธ๐‹๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ if you have learned something new, and ๐Ÿ”„ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ with anyone who loves Rome and her ancient legends!

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