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(in 2004, see what was added in 2005, in 2003 and in 2002)


December 18, 2004 (last 2004 addition, see you in 2005!)
Additions:
Christmas in Rome

December 11, 2004
Additions:
Bored with short days, cloudy skies, cold winds? Then it is time to visit Roseto di Roma
romeartlover has an alternative e-mail address at romeartlover@hotmail.it

December 4, 2004
Additions:
Rome seen by a 1905 armchair traveller: the Roman Forum

November 27, 2004
Additions:
Rome seen by a 1905 armchair traveller: discover the Interiors of Churches

November 20, 2004
Additions:
Rome seen by a 1905 armchair traveller: discover Roma Sparita

November 13, 2004
Additions:
A new section: Rome seen by a 1905 armchair traveller: visit picturesque Tivoli and Subiaco

November 6, 2004
Additions:
A Pilgrims' Way: Via Francigena

October 30, 2004
Additions:
Let's have A Walk to Malborghetto and
let's rejoice at La Festa de Noantri in Trastevere!

October 23, 2004
Additions:
Let's have a sunny day at Villa Borghese and
discover that Voicing Your Views in Rome makes you feel better!

October 16, 2004
Additions:
Let's have a peaceful day at the beach
What William Dean Howells Saw (excerpts from Roman Holidays and Others).

October 9, 2004
Additions:
Visit modern EUR and discover the links between its buildings and historical Rome

October 2, 2004
Additions:
A new section to celebrate the freeing of the two Italian hostages: Days of Peace: at the Porta Portese flea market

Simona Torretta and Simona Pari are back!
September 28, 2004 Simona Torretta and Simona Pari are back home! (foto La Repubblica)

September 25, 2004
Additions:
Laughing Masks (in the streets of Rome)

September 18, 2004
Additions:
Ferragosto (when you can see Rome without seeing the Romans!)

September 11, 2004
Additions:
The Pines of Rome (a symphonic poem by Ottorino Respighi)
What Lord Byron Saw (excerpts from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage)

An image of the march which took place in Rome on September 6, 2004 in memory of the victims of Breslan and a photo of Simona Torretta and Simona Pari, two Italian aid workers seized in Central Baghdad on September 7, 2004 together with two Iraqi employees of non profit organizations.
An image of the march which took place in Rome on September 6, 2004 in memory of the victims of Breslan and a photo of Simona Torretta and Simona Pari, the Italian aid workers seized at gunpoint in Central Baghdad on September 7, 2004 together with two Iraqi employees (Mehnas, a woman, and Raad) of non profit organizations (foto La Repubblica).
The Bible episode in which an angel prevents Abraham from killing Isaac (shown above in a painting by Caravaggio), is usually interpreted as an important step in the evolution of mankind: the end of human sacrifices. However, embellished by new words, human sacrifices do continue to occur.


September 4, 2004
Additions:
Embittered Andrew (the statues in the octagon of St. Peter's)

Summer vacation
(edited) Detail of a painting by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (il Baciccio): property of Collegio Nazzareno
Romeartlover will be back after a summer break!


July 3, 2004
Additions:
Visit Orte and Vasanello and intriguing Bomarzo

June 26, 2004
Additions:
Visit Bagnoregio, the dying town

June 19, 2004
Additions:
Visit medieval Tuscania

June 12, 2004
Additions:
Follow Ferdinand Gregorovius in Subiaco

June 5, 2004
Additions:
Follow an XVIIIth century traveller in Porto

June 4, 1944
Rome, Via del Corso, June 1944

May 29, 2004
Additions:
Follow an XVIIIth century traveller in Tivoli and visit its Villa d'Este

May 22, 2004
Additions:
Follow an XVIIIth century traveller in Nemi and Civita Lavinia.
Round off your tour of the Castelli Romani by visiting: Monte Porzio Catone, Montecompatri, Rocca Priora and Rocca di Papa.

May 15, 2004
Additions:
Follow an XVIIIth century traveller in Castelgandolfo and Velletri

May 8, 2004
Additions:
Follow an XVIIIth century traveller in Grottaferrata and Marino

May 1, 2004
Additions:
Follow an XVIIIth century traveller in Frascati and visit its Villas

April 24, 2004
Additions:
Follow an XVIIIth century traveller in Ariccia and Genzano

April 17, 2004
Additions:
Follow an XVIIIth century traveller in A Short and Delicious Digression
Visit Albano

April 10, 2004
Additions:
Have a walk in Rione Borgo
Discover A New Rione
Compare the ancient and modern Rioni di Roma
And for those who have time: The Bishop Orders His Tomb At Saint Praxed's Church by Robert Browning

April 3, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Trastevere!
Plate12: The Walls from Porta Portese to Porta S. Pancrazio
Plate 15: Cimitero di S. Spirito
Plate 72: Villa Alibert
Plate 90 ii: Casino Giraud
Plate 119: Nuova Fabbrica del Tabacco
Plate 123 ii: Cappella della Madonna del Rosario
Plate 147: Oratorio del SS. Sacramento
Plate 159: Cartiera Sanpieri
Plate 160: Spedale di S. Maria dell'Orto and Arco de' Tolomei
Plate 198 ii: Sacro Cuore di Gesł

March 27, 2004
Have a walk in Rione Ripa and spend An Evening at Caracalla!

March 20, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Campitelli!
Plate 50: Sacello della Madonna
Plate 51: Casino Fini
Plate 53: Tempio di Claudio
Plate 125: Tribuna di SS. Giovanni e Paolo
Plate 177: Portico di Monte Caprino

March 13, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Monti!
Plate 37: Chiesa di S. Salvatore ad tres images
Plate 46: Oratorio del SS. Sacramento
Plate 47: Oratorio di S. Margherita
Plate 53 ii: Palazzo Rivaldi
Plate 155: Chiesa della Madonna del Buon Consiglio
Plate 195: Villa Astalli

March 11, 2004

Half-mast Spanish flag
Half-mast Spanish flag (from La Repubblica web site)

March 6, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Trevi!
Plate 63: Funerary monuments in Chiesa dei SS. Apostoli
Plate 133: Palazzo Alli Maccarani and Palazzo Maccarani
Plate 139: Palazzo della Stamperia, Palazzo Celani and Palazzo Gentili-Del Drago

February 28, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Campo Marzio!
Plate 2: The Gate of Villa Medici
Plate 40: The Strangers' Quarter
Plate 128: Palazzo di Malta
Plate 132: Villa delle Rose

February 21, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Parione!
Plate 74: Casa di Via del Pellegrino e Arco degli Acetari
Plate 75: Oratorio delle Cinque Piaghe
Plate 137: Palazzo Cerri
Revisions:
Plate 76: Palazzo Pichi e Farnesina ai Baullari

February 14, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Colonna!
Plate 24: Palazzo Ferrini e Collegio dei Bergamaschi
Plate 132: Palazzo Ferri Orsini and Palazzo Perucchi
Plate 165: Palazzo Serlupi

February 7, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Ponte!
Plate 87: Palazzo De Rossi
Plate 109: Palazzo del Vescovo di Cervia, Casa di Vicolo Cellini e Oratorio di S. Celso
Plate 110: Palazzo Tanari e Casa di Teodoro Amayden
Plate 137: Palazzo Boncompagni Corcos

January 31, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Sant'Eustachio!
Plate 25 ii: Palazzo Crescenzi and Palazzo Melchiorri
Plate 70: Palazzo Carpegna
Plate 123: Biblioteca Angelica
Plate 136: Palazzo Cavallerini
Plate 138: Piazza delle Coppelle
Plate 141: Palazzo Casali
Plate 161: Teatro Valle and Biblioteca Alessandrina
Revisions
Plate 113: Palazzo Cenci and Palazzo Lante

January 24, 2004
Additions:
in Rione Sant'Angelo:
Plate 78: Palazzo Patrizi
in Rione Regola:
Plate 28: Albergo della Vacca
Plate 111: Casa di Pietro Paolo della Zecca
Plate 178: Cappella di S. Francesco e Ospizio delle Zoccolette
in Rione Campitelli:
Plate 116: Palazzo Fani and Palazzo Massimo di Rignano

January 17, 2004
Additions: all in Rione Pigna!
Plate 79: Palazzo Simonetti and Convento dei Silvestrini
Plate 114: Palazzo Ginnasi
Plate 135: Casa Professa dei Gesuiti and Palazzo Celsi Viscardi
Plate 156: Chiostro della Minerva
Plate 179: Palazzo Strozzi, Collegio Calasanzio, Teatro Argentina and Area Sacra

January 10, 2004
Additions
Plate 28 ii: Casa dei Vailati and Albergo della Catena
Plate 29: Palazzetto Cenci
Plate 78: Palazzo Mattei Paganica
Plate 118: Ospedale della Consolazione
Plate 136: Palazzo Boccapaduli
Plate 175: Palazzo di S. Luigi and Collegio Germanico
Revisions
Plate 28 ii: S. Ambrogio della Massima

January 3, 2004
An Illustrated Glossary of Art Terms

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