Palazzo Brancaccio, amid tapestries and chandeliers saying ‘yes’ becomes a fairy tale
If you are dreaming of a princely wedding, the kind that makes you live a fairy tale, there is no better place than Palazzo Brancaccio, a historic residence dating back to 1880, set in a frame that, by itself, makes the location special. It is located, in fact, on the ancient walls of the Colle […]
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Royal weddings alike in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli
One of the most opulent basilicas in Rome, at the top of an iconic staircase at the highest point of the Campidoglio hill: if you are planning a wedding in the Eternal City and are looking for a location that will leave everyone breathless, choose the Basilica di Santa Maria in Aracoeli. The entrance, high […]
The Crypt of the Popes in the mysterious Catacombs of San Callisto
After the Quo vadis church, to the right of the Appia Antica, are the Catacombs of St. Callistus, among the largest and most important in Rome. They date back to around the middle of the 2nd century and are part of a cemetery complex occupying an area of 15 hectares, with a network of tunnels […]
The magic of freshly baked panettoni, a century ago, in Via Novara
Who knows what Pietro Gentilini is thinking as he watches, with folded arms, that row of freshly baked panettone in the biscuit factory that bears his name? He seems proud of that cake that during the Christmas holidays characterised the production of the historic confectionery company located right in the heart of Trieste-Salario, on the […]
Maestro Manzi and that special bond with Nomentano
He took Italians by the hand, teaching them that ‘it is never too late’ to learn. Alberto Manzi, for everyone simply Maestro Manzi, appeared on television in 1960. In this photo, taken from the volume “Come eravamo. Nomentano 1865-1960” by Typimedia Editore, the teacher can be seen on the set of the television programme that […]
Rome in black and white: Corso Trieste in the 1930s
That row of majestic pine trees, too often unfortunately affected by falls and criticality, could barely be glimpsed at the time. The trees were young and petite and the route of the street ran along what was once the Sant’Agnese ditch. This is how Corso Trieste looked in the 1930s, as shown by a period […]
The vanished Rome, Porta Salaria and the horse-drawn buggys
The sound of horses’ hooves pulling carriages and buggys on the district’s still unpaved roads has been replaced by the sounds of a modern metropolis: the chaos of traffic, horns, buses coming to a stop. Yet just looking at a picture like this is enough to take a real plunge into the past. So here […]
Piazza Trilussa, where The Conspirators’ plot twist took place
Piazza Trilussa is located in the heart of Trastevere, in front of Ponte Sisto and between the Farnesina and Lungotevere Raffaello Sanzio. This square is dedicated to the satiric roman poet Carlo Alberto Salustri, better known as Trilussa. This charming little square is the set of one scene in the movie The Conspirator […]
Via delle Alpi, when Trieste-Salario was “out of town”
A dirt road, almost like a country road, and then the first traces of the neighbourhood beginning to take shape. We are at the beginning of the twentieth century: this picture of Via delle Alpi, seen from Piazza Caprera, tells of the birth of a district, elegant and discreet, but still considered “out of town”. […]
Recreation at San Leone Magno in the early 1900s
Children wrapped in dark aprons, on which conspicuous white bows stand out, enjoying a moment of freedom in the outdoor space of the school. We are in 1943 at San Leone Magno, an institution in this neighbourhood run by the Congregation of the Marist Brothers, an order that has dedicated itself to the Christian and […]