Rose Rosse e TulipaniRed roses and tulips
Gracing a restaurant table
at Rome's prettiest little piazza.
Piazza S. Ignazio
My Favorite CornerOne of the world's most beautiful city squares,
Michelangelo's Piazza del Campidoglio.
Roman Capitol Hill
Arance Tarocco di SiciliaTarocco oranges from Sicily
Unequalled flavour.
Campo de' Fiori
Red-and-White Checkered TableclothYes, this is Rome too.
Somewhere between the Pantheon
and Fontana di Trevi.
The Colours of RomeSunlight caressing a brick-red façade
and a large green leaf.
Trastevere Quarter
Alfresco RomanoOn top of the Spanish Steps,
diagonally opposite Villa Medici,
Ristorante Ciampini's terraces
offer spectacular rooftop views and excellent food.
Piazza Trinità dei Monti
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My Rome
Photographed March 2009
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All pictures are "clickable".
The first and the last image
- when clicked upon -
offer each a scene
from the movie "Big Night":
In case you are hungry,
make sure to have food nearby,
a multi-course authentic Italian dinner
is being served!
If you are interested in the "Colours of Rome"
I recommend Marcella Morlacchi's articles
in the magazine "Roma ieri, oggi e domani",
published between 1988 and 1991
by Newton Compton Publishers, Rome.
Thanks for these beautiful, colorful pictures from Rome.
ReplyDeleteThese brightend my day, Merisi. The floral arrangement is simple, yet the colors and textures are so rich. The colors of Spring....yes?
ReplyDelete~Allie :D
Beautiful colors also make our life colorful ;-)
ReplyDeletelovely set of images!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! I just love the pictures from your trip. It really brightens my day when I come here!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and very nice post. Thanks for sharing Rome with me..
ReplyDeleteThat corner is surreal. Feels like an M. C. Escher painting.
ReplyDeleteyour blog is so nice to visit. great photos as always.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of Rome. Aaaaaah. And I haven't watched "Big Night" in a long time--that was such a treat--I love that movie. That last line..."My mother was such a terrible cook" just kills me. Priceless.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your kind comments!
ReplyDeleteCHARLES GRAMLICH,
that is such a keen observation and I agree, this corner could have been easily at least an inspiration to M.C. Escher! Imagine the genius of Michelangelo's reconfiguration of the piazza, that corner is but a very small part of the whole. Looking at this aerial view of Piazza di Campiglio, the image I captured is of the southern tip of it, such a small yet so grand part of the whole!
A BRUSH WITH COLOR,
oh yes, that movie is special to me too - the meatball scene is also hilarious. The Italian writer Tommasi de Lampedusa's decribes in his Sicilian novel "Il Gattopardo" (originally mistakenly translated as "The Leopard") another great "timpano" - only he names it a "pasticcio" -, with a pastry crust and even more special filling, pheasant and the like. I once went through the trouble and cooked one. Really quite simple, but at least a day's worth of preparation. ;-)
Ah Rome's heavenly terra cotta reds...
ReplyDeleteWhere would she be without them?
Thank you for catching them