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We've Got a Colosseum at Home
We've got a Colosseum at home. The Colosseum:
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Jubilee Year 2025, indulgence conditions and the Roman pilgrimage tradition since 1300
Pope Francis has proclaimed 2025 a Jubilee Year. For Catholics, the notion of a Jubilee Year is tied to the opportunity of obtaining a plenary indulgence, for oneself or for the departed, by making a pilgrimage in that year. That is to say, for visiting certain churches one is granted
Art · Books · Observations · Rome
In Concord Small States Grow, in Discord the Greatest Fall to Nothing
Sometimes this thought of the ancient Roman historian Gaius Sallust (Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur) is rendered more literally: as harmony makes small things grow, so discord brings the great to ruin. Illustration: Pieter Birmann, Roman ruins of the Arch of Titus, 1781–90
Art · Cinema · People · Rome
William Klein, Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 1960
William Klein's photograph "Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome", taken in 1960, is one of the finest examples of the innovative style of the American photographer William Klein. Klein was drawn to street photography and sought to take fashion photography out of the studio. Here he
Faith · People · Rome
Pope Leo XIII wrote a prayer to Saint Michael after a vision in 1884
In 1884, at the close of Mass, Pope Leo XIII froze for several moments, his gaze fixed on something. Emerging from this unusual state, the pontiff hastily left the church. Half an hour later he summoned the secretary of the congregation and handed him a freshly written text of a
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Pope Francis visits his favourite optician's shop and poses for a photo with customers
Pope Francis has once again been spotted beyond the confines of the Vatican: this time the pontiff decided to call in at his favourite optician's. As you can see, the Pope did not refuse a joint snap with the fortunate lady customers
Architecture · Faith · Rome
How the Vatican site changed from the Circus of Caligula to St Peter’s Basilica
The Circus of Caligula Gradually Becomes an Elegant Vatican. A marvellous infographic showing the evolution of the site on which St Peter's Basilica was built in the fourth century, and which acquired its present appearance at the end of the sixteenth century thanks to Michelangelo
NB! · Archive · Architecture · Rome
Aerial view of the Roman Forum and the Colosseum, vintage photograph
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Rome in 1950 as a reminder of how beautiful the world was before globalisation
NB! · Society · Pop Culture · Rome
On the eve of the Italy v Spain match at Euro 2024, supporters of the Italian national team unfurled an Italian shirt, apparently of American size, on the Spanish Steps in Rome
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In the 16th to 18th Centuries Rome Was One of the Most Depicted Cities in the World
In the 16th to 18th centuries Rome was one of the most depicted cities in the world. Dozens of vedutisti from many countries sought to capture its appearance. This allows us today to trace every stage of the city's transformation and its different faces: from the melancholy landscapes
Art · Moscow · Museums · Rome
Mask of a River God from a Roman Sarcophagus of the Third Century
From the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Exhibition "Three Times of Rome. Antiquity. Renaissance. Baroque"