Rome
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There are plenty of articles kicking around out there about AS Roma’s plans to build an ‘English style’ soccer/football stadium … ANSA seems to be one of the few that I’ve come across, though, that mentions: ”If the culture ministry doesn’t say Ok they won’t go ahead,” Culture Undersecretary Franco Giro said at the presentation…
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Another one I’ve been sitting on and a bit out of our period of purview, but I like this sort of thing (and I find it interesting that the pottery looks ‘Halstatt’ to me, but that’s very likely not even close) … At the beach at Nettuno, south of Rome, a ‘warrior burial’ has been…
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I initially was sitting on this one because I was hoping to get some really good coverage … then things came up and it’s sort of old news, but there is much conflicting opinion involved with it. The ‘bottom line’ which all media reports seem to agree with is that Italian archaeologists have excavated a…
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La Repubblica has a nice photo: According to the brief (Italian) report, it’s about 150 cm in height and is missing the pedestal, which archaeologists are hoping might show up in the next few days. The commune superintendant — Umberto Broccoli — suggests this piece is the ‘little brother’ to one from the Campidoglio, which…
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An update from Il Messaggerro tells of the restoration work going on in the efforts to open the area around the Lapis Niger to the public. An excerpt: «Da un anno il solaio realizzato da Pietro Romanelli per coprire i resti dell’area sta cedendo a causa delle infiltrazioni d’acqua che marciscono il ferro – spiega…
rogue classicism 