Showing posts with label St. Peter's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Peter's. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

The 125 Creches at the Vatican - an updated post on these Christmastime Jewels

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  RST is re-publishing our Rome friend Larry Litman's lovely 2020 post about the  presepi  (creches) in St. Peter's Square at Christ...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

Piazza Socrate gets a Makeover. Too bad.

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Piazza Socrate has been remodeled. Unfortunately One of Rome's lesser known piazzas, Socrate juts out on the south flank of Monte Mario,...
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Friday, December 8, 2023

The Holidays in Rome, Part I: Markets, Displays, The Vatican, Worshipping

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RST is pleased to welcome back  guest blogger Theresa Potenza   (her last RST post was in 2018 on holidays in Rome  and before that on the...
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Caput Mundi Mall: You'll have it all to Yourself--If you can Get There

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  We first learned about Caput Mundi, the new, luxury Rome shopping center that's a stone's throw from Saint Peter's, about a mo...
Monday, June 14, 2021

The Mausoleum of Augustus--You CAN go there, if you can get a ticket

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  What Emperor Augustus's tomb looked like in ancient Rome (image by 3D Warehouse). Larry Litman at entrance to the Mausoleum  of August...
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Friday, December 18, 2020

A Contemporary Nativity Scene at St. Peter's: Visiting Piazza San Pietro before Christmas

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RST is delighted to offer another guest post by our Rome friend Larry Litman, who wrote eloquently in March about being in Rome under one of...