Showing posts with label Fascism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fascism. Show all posts
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Remembering Giacomo Matteotti, and the Early Days of Italian Fascism

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  One of Rome's least prominent--and probably least visited--memorials is located on the Lungotevere Arnaldo da Brescia, just steps from...
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Monday, September 11, 2023

A statue of Carabinieri leads to the question: What was the role of this national armed force under Fascism?

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  La pattuglia nella tempesta. One of the rabbit holes we went down this year started on the day we flew into Rome and wandered into the par...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Quarticciolo: A Visit to Rome's Working-Class Periphery

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We knew almost nothing about the quartiere of Quarticciolo when we spent a couple of hours there this Spring, except that it was a working-c...
Monday, February 13, 2023

Following Fermi: The Great Physicist in Rome

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Traces of Enrico Fermi, one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, are visible in Rome, the city of his birth and where he was ...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Gaetano Vinaccia's Glorious Tower

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  This corner tower, a few blocks north of the Vatican at the angle formed by via Trionfale and via Tommaso Campanella, is surely among Rome...
Monday, November 16, 2020

The German World War II Cemetery, Pomezia

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The German World War II cemetery in Pomezia, 25 kilometers outside of Rome, is a calm, well-maintained green space.  We first ventured there...
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