A bar for art lover at Rome, Italy
Signature of Giulio Tadolini in a painting. A bar and restaurant in Rome full of sculptures and statues – Caffe Canova-Tadolini – was a lovely stop before a concert of the extracts of most loved...
View ArticleStreets without cars
Today is World Carfree Day. How do streets look like without cars? Here are some examples.
View ArticleColosseum in different light
It was sometimes early or mid 1960′s when I saw Ben-Hur. For a young boy it was a heavy four hours, even with a break, but worth of it. I can still remember Charles Heston riding his foursome fiercely...
View ArticleCircus Maximus, Rome (pano #26)
(I have promised not to post more panoramas, but now I have to. ) In my last blog I made mistake, which I like to correct. When posting photographs, I like to add a link, some background information or...
View ArticleSeen on the streets of Rome
Street photography is easy and difficult at the same time. Easy: you just walk around and the subjects are there. Difficult: how to approach the subjects? See POTN Forum for good source of hints for...
View ArticleIn the center of the catholic world
Not only the catholics but also many others are following intensively what happens in Vatican during the next weeks. Pope Benedict XVI surprised the world and said he will step down on 28 February,...
View ArticleThinglink: interactive image
Have you already heard about Thinglink images? Maybe not, because those can not (yet) be embedded into WordPress.com blogs (WordPress.com doesn’t support third-party plugins). I like this concept and...
View ArticleCorinthian order staircase in Rome
The old buildings of Rome are full of staircases. In many of those the pillars are beautifully decorated in the Corinthian order. – So, when in Rome, look up. Wikipedia: The name “Corinthian” is...
View ArticleLaundry time
Sometimes the ideas for new blogs come very unexpectedly. My fellow blogger Alessandro posted today pictures from Trastevere in Rome, Italy. One of the pictures reminded me about the walk I once had...
View ArticlePlease, enter the Basilica dei Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso
This splendid basilica church in Rome, Italy is also known simply as San Carlo al Corso. Please enter it. The door of San Carlo al Corso The church was built during the 17th century, and dedicated to...
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