Rome the Second Time
Monday, February 9, 2026

Strange Public Monuments: to Alcide de Gasperi, Europeanist and Founder of Christian Democratic Party

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  One of the stranger monuments we've found in our walks in Rome is this one of stone and grass, to Alcide De Gasperi, a giant in the po...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Pasolini's Last Supper, in San Lorenzo

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Yes, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and, yes, his last check, yet uncashed. Legend has it, and the legend is not controverted, that Pasolini had his l...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Garibaldi was here?! La Scoperta del Giorno

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The latest in the now-and-then RST feature, La Scoperta del Giorno (the discovery of the day or, better put in English, Today’s Discovery). ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Rome's Police Cabins: a History, the Sad Present, and Alternative Uses

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  This widely circulating photograph of a Rome police officer directing traffic in Piazza Venezia not only suggests that the officer may be ...
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Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Lights that Stole Christmas: The Newly Illuminated Cityscape of Rome

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"The Lights that Stole Christmas." That's the line a Roman friend used to describe the tiny, bright, halogen lights that have ...
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Dianne Bennett and William Graebner
Dianne Bennett was managing partner of Hodgson Russ LLP.

William Graebner is a widely published author of books on American history.

When not in Rome, getting around on their Malaguti 250, a large scooter, they live in Buffalo, New York.
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