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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...
A foray to the Centrale Montemartini

A foray to the Centrale Montemartini

Archeology, Capitoline Museums, Esquiline, Greek Sculpture, Rome

Tweet Last week amid a maelstrom of tours all over the city I spent a morning “off” scootering to the Ufficio Tributario of Rome: the office that deals with fines. Rome is a place where fines are a part of life’s expenses. Sometimes one needs to be...
Cosmati Work and the Conservation of Matter

Cosmati Work and the Conservation of Matter

Art History, Capitoline Museums, Medieval Art

Tweet Last Friday afternoon I was pootling around the Capitoline Museums, which is the kind of thing guides do on a free off-season afternoon (in case you wondered), when I stumbled upon a piece I’d entirely forgotten was there. A section of a dismantled pulpit...

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Roast chicken (of the sort that has roamed wild wh Roast chicken (of the sort that has roamed wild while being read poetry), roast potatoes, and the first agretti (which is basically grass) of the year.
Full moon. Full moon.
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Three years ago today it snowed in Rome. That was Three years ago today it snowed in Rome. That was pretty wild.
Obligatory #giovedignocchi shot. As ever from the Obligatory #giovedignocchi shot. As ever from the fair hands of Irene @trattoriapigneto. Always delicious.
Umbrella pine, palm, nymphaeum. Ostia Antica is ju Umbrella pine, palm, nymphaeum. Ostia Antica is just too glorious. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever taken exactly the same route twice. I’m doing a public live-streamed walk via Zoom webinar here next Friday (5 March). €25 per screen connection, 1 hour. Link in bio, DM or email to book.
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