Main hospital buildings, with statue of Pope John Paul II (and smokers). We wish Pope Francis well. The news media are full of reports of hi...

To some, the painting above may be familiar.  It's Caravaggio's 1607 "Seven Works of Mercy," the original now in Naples...

We weren't there for the cherries. Diavù , center right, introducing his project in front of the Trionfale market. On Wedesda...

I went for a walk today, and found myself back in--1977.  Alone, abandoned by the wife who had chosen the London granddaughter over me, I he...

Post Office on Via Marmorata, 1940 photo Regular readers of these pages are familiar with the remaining reminders of the Fascist era i...

A Courtyard in one of Trionfale's Fascist-Era Public Housing Projects Rome the Second Time is partly a book about Rome's subur...

Not long ago we took the Malaguti and headed for the Trionfale neighborhood, northwest of the Vatican, to have a look at the area's ...