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Spring Testaccio tours with Agnes Crawford and Rachel Roddy: Cocci e Carciofi. 20 March, 3 April & 15 May

Spring Testaccio tours with Agnes Crawford and Rachel Roddy: Cocci e Carciofi. 20 March, 3 April & 15 May

Archeology, Off the beaten track, Rome

Tweet I am teaming up once again with Rachel Roddy for three spring Testaccio jaunts. They are on Friday 20 March, Friday 3 April, and Friday 15 May (booking details in links). This time we’ll be talking all about carciofi, every Roman’s favourite...
The School of Athens: Averroes and Pythagoras on the Pope’s wall.

The School of Athens: Averroes and Pythagoras on the Pope’s wall.

Art History, Fresco, High Renaissance, popes, Renaissance, Rome, Vatican

Tweet Negotiating the labyrinth of the Vatican Museums one runs the risk of running out of steam on the way to the Sistine Chapel. But do keep some energy in reserve for the Raphael rooms. In 1508, Raphael, then 26 years old, was called in by Julius II to decorate his...
Moving Mountains: A geological map of Empire at the Centrale Montemartini.

Moving Mountains: A geological map of Empire at the Centrale Montemartini.

Archeology, Art History, Capitoline Museums, Egypt, Roman Art, Roman sculpture, Rome, Undervisited Rome museums

Tweet A couple of weeks ago I was once again invited to be involved in Context Travel’s admirable series of Tours in the Public Interest. The focus of this year’s series is on museums which are regularly open to the public, but which get far fewer visitors than they...
The Carafa Chapel, St Thomas Aquinas, and an earnestness of young monks

The Carafa Chapel, St Thomas Aquinas, and an earnestness of young monks

Art History, Centro Storico, Churches, Early Renaissance, Fresco, Relics, Rome

Tweet This week my parents were in town and on Tuesday I was wandering around churches with my pa and Anthony Blunt’s book on Roman Baroque churches. (We did 16 that day, that’s where I get it from…). The last of the day was Santa Maria sopra...
The Donation of Constantine

The Donation of Constantine

Art History, Caelian, Churches, Counter Reformation, Empire, Fresco, High Renaissance, Late Medieval, Late Medieval Art, Medieval Art, Vatican

Tweet In the mid 8th century, a beleaguered Pope named Stephen “found” a document of inestimable value. Purporting to have been written over three centuries earlier, in it the Emperor Constantine handed over complete power of the city of Rome, amongst...
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Eclectic Monday morning statuary at San Sebastiano Eclectic Monday morning statuary at San Sebastiano fuori le Mura. Guess which one’s by Bernini. Trawling pilgrim churches for this week’s talk: “All Roads lead to Rome: Pilgrims and the Urbe”. Wed 20th & Sat 23rd at 7pm Rome time (6pm GMT, 1pm ET), and Tues 26th at 11am Rome time (10am GMT, 9pm AEDT). Email info at understandingrome dot com to book. €15 per person, c. 50 min plus Q&A
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Piazza Navona belongs to the seagulls now. Piazza Navona belongs to the seagulls now.
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