Rome with Alessandra

10/12/2024

Finishing touches in St Peter's Basilica where everything is nearly ready for the Jubilee.

17/11/2024

17/11/2024

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07/11/2024

At last St Peter's canopy restoration is over.
The gold shines as in the past.

05/11/2024

Good morning

03/11/2024

Sunday family meal ending with a traditional dessert: zuccotto. This "semifreddo" (sort of frozen mousse)is made in a special pumpkin-shaped mould (zuccotto means 'little pumpkin' in Italian). Sponge cake slices bathed in liqueur and gelato.
The original recipe goes back to the Renaissance when this dessert was prepared for a Medici's family banquet in Florence.
Some believe that its name was inspired by the dome of Florence's cathedral others claim that its shape resembles a cardinal's skullcap or zucchetto.

02/11/2024

Street food at the market:
Carbonara or Cacio e Pepe?
That is the question!

16/10/2024

After 5 years at last we meet again! A long and hypertech restoration to preserve the statue for the next 2000 years.
The Belvedere Apollo this morning was the celebrity in the Vatican Museums.
A got a quick picture of him in resplendent beauty, with a new hand and pigments of gold in the hair!

15/10/2024

After almost five years, the Apollo Belvedere, one of the most illustrious and admired statues of the pontifical collections, will once again be visible to the public. The Directorate of the Vatican Museums and Cultural Heritage is proud to present the study and restoration project, coordinated by the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities and carried out by the Stone Materials Restoration Laboratory with the Cabinet of Scientific Research.

Dopo quasi cinque anni, torna visibile al grande pubblico l’Apollo del Belvedere, una delle sculture più illustri e celebrate delle collezioni pontificie. La...

12/10/2024

Saturday morning at the Colosseum... very hard to take a photo and to find some space.

15/09/2024

A day trip to... the Colosseum of southern Italy

The amphitheatre in old Capua was the second largest after the Colosseum.
Built around the 1st and 2nd centuries AD it could house some 60000 people.
Capua had a long established tradition of gladiators combats: one of the most prestigious gladiator school was founded here in 49 BC by Julius Caesar.
The area where this arena stands was formerly occupied by a previous one dating back to 2nd BC where the rebellion of Spartacus took place in 73 BC.
This amphitheatre is not as well preserved as the Colosseum but still rather impressive.

Here are my 📷

04/09/2024

The house of Livia on Palatine Hill has recently reopened after many years and this morning I was happy to be back there with some clients after a long time.
This richly decorated house brought to light by in19th c. is part of the residential complex built by emperor Augustus and was attributed to his wife Livia on the basis of the name Iulia Augusta engraved on a lead pipe displayed in the tablinum (reception room).

31/07/2024

Trying to escape the heat this morning I drove to Castelgandolfo.
This small town nested on the Roman hills offers the view over the sapphire blue lake of Albano.
This village is mostly known for being the Popes' summer residence.
The Papal palace built over an ancient imperial villa and the medieval castle of the Gandolfi family became the Pope's summer residence from the early 17th c.
Open to visitors in 2016 is a little gem close to Rome.
Here are my pictures.

23/07/2024

Buongiorno☀️

7.30 still cool (around 25 C)

17/07/2024

These days is so hot that it is necessary to try all the gelato types😄.
This is a watermelon cremolato: it differs from standard ice cream or sorbet since cremolato is made only with iced fruit puree. Nothing else.
Not easy to find generally but delicious and very refreshing