I love trees, especially Italian trees :) Childhood Storybook comes to lifeAquaductsThe +8km walk that day back to Trastevere: wish you were here to walk the walk with me Tombstones! LHS of Via Appia Antica: The view across the road The afternoon walk...
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Both of the worldsAra Pacis Augustae is Altar of the Augustan Peace, located in the northeastern corner of Campus Martius, aside to the Tiber River and just the opposite of Mausoleom Augustae. Sculpted from amazing white marble, the altar has been magn...
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Room 4 Mosaic of Neptune, seen from the south-westThe mosaic of Amphitrite in Room 3Ostia is a beautiful ancient town located at the mouth of the Tiber river (about 30km from Rome) and it dates back to its earliest in 1400 BC. Ostia is the Latin word f...
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Kan Yasuda - the Japanese artist was exhibiting his sculptures at the Trajan's Market (Mercati di Traiano). The Exibition was titled "Touching the Time" and it was an extremely unique and interesting exhibition as it merges both the antiquity and the m...
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Ever since the first day we hit Trastevere, I have been eyeing the stuff that they have in this shop. Luckily it's only 5 minutes walk from where I was staying so it was very convenient :) Boys hoodies, jackets, shirtsFisheye Skate shop carries (of cou...
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Via del CorsoThe famous strip to hit the shops would be Via del Corso. Find Piazza Popolo in the map and Via del Corso is the middle road out of the diverged three. Shops from world famous brand are amongst the trading line on this 'beware pickpockets'...
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Just around the corner of Piazza Navona... it is truly one of the cutest and most happening toy store I've found in town. I love their carnival masks - all handmade from leather from Venice. I wanted to buy one of them but realizes that each costs mor...
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One note: they close the shop right on time so again, be there before the closed time stated on the door because they will not open the door for you and they WOULD let you droll OUTSIDE the window glass even though you have given them your best frown a...
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Villa Borghese at the Pincian Hill, fascade after restoration in 1997 It was the last day of our two weeks and I was so over antiquity. But my lecturer was saving the best for the last, Galleria Borghese was our last destination. As early as 8am on a S...
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This paper will focus on the architecture and artistic patronage of Scipione Caffarelli Borghese1 during the seventeenth century early modern Rome papal court in which he served as the Cardinal nephew to his uncle Camillio Borghese, who became Pope Pau...
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