Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller
On earth the brute creation bends its gaze,
but man was given a lofty countenance
and was commanded to behold the skies;
and with an upright face may view the stars.
Ovid - Metamorphoses - Book I - 1567 translation by Artur Golding
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In winter 590 Pope St. Gregory the Great made arrangements for "Litania Septiformis", seven processions which started from different churches; they all gathered in S. Maria Maggiore and from there they proceeded towards S. Pietro; the purpose of "Litania Septiformis" which was headed by the Pope was to pray for the cessation of a plague. When St. Gregory was about to cross the bridge he saw St. Michael the Archangel at the top of the mausoleum in the act of sheathing his sword: this was interpreted as a sign of the end of the pestilence, which actually ended soon afterwards
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December 19, 2020
- entirely revised section
December 12, 2020
- entirely revised section
December 5, 2020
- entirely revised section
November 28, 2020
- entirely revised section
November 21, 2020
- a list of ancient sarcophagi in countries which were part of the Roman Empire
November 14, 2020 - a list of ancient sarcophagi in Rome and its environs
October 15, 2020
Collezione Torlonia: two busts of old men. An exhibition at Palazzo Caffarelli offers a rare opportunity to see some ancient marbles of the Torlonia Collection
June 2, 2020
Let's have another go..
May 13, 2020
Without their usual crowds Piazza del Pantheon ...
... and Fontana di Trevi convey a feeling of sadness
April 17, 2020
- A new name in the Hall of Fame - See the current quiz
April, 2020
Lockdown at San Saba
March 28, 2020
about Rome
March 21, 2020
- Entirely revised section
March 14, 2020
- Bavay (Bagacum), Tournai (Turnacum) and Tongeren (Atuatuca)
March 7, 2020 - Reims (Durocortorum) and Laon
March 6, 2020 - 4:00 pm
No queue at Bocca della Verità ...
... no crowds on the steps to Campidoglio. For the daring Rome is more beautiful than ever
February 29, 2020 - Roman Villa of Montcaret and Le Mans (Vindunum)
February 22, 2020 - Saintes (Mediolanum Santonum)
February 21, 2020
Pompeii: detail of a wall painting at Casa del Frutteto which was recently restored
February 15, 2020 - Périgueux (Vesunna)
February 8, 2020 - Bordeaux (Burdigala)
February 1, 2020 - Introduction
January 26, 2020 - A new name in the Hall of Fame - See the current quiz
January 25, 2020
- Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (Lugdunum Convenarum)
January 18, 2020 - Toulouse: Basilica of Saint-Sernin and Other Medieval Monuments
January 11, 2020 - Roman Toulouse and Roman Memories in the Environs of Toulouse
January 4, 2020
- Belvedere Palace and Vienna, City of the Last Roman Emperors (revised)
January 1, 2020 - 2:00 pm
Long queue to watch S. Pietro through a keyhole at Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
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