Tag: Rome

  • Visiting the Colosseum Dungeons on a Guided Tour [Review]

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    My review of the tour: Colosseum “Dungeons, Third Level and Arena Floor,” Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill.

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    Melanie Renzulli

  • Will the Vatican Museums Finally Limit the Number of Visitors?

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    The Vatican Museums welcome up to 25,000 visitors per day. Is it time for them to limit the crowds?

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    Melanie Renzulli

  • Lost in Translation: A Look at the Gruesome Stories Behind Rome’s Monuments and Art

    We admire Italy’s art and monuments for color, style, and the skillfulness of their creators. But the gruesome stories that many of these famous works depict are a reminder of real human suffering.

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    Melanie Renzulli

  • Rome Revisited: What Has and Hasn’t Changed

    Rome is changing. Rome has changed. You hear those phrases around Rome all the time these days. Crime, corruption, unemployment, immigration, unreliable public transit, trash collection, the euro – Italy is in crisis and the prevailing mood among its citizens is one of resignation and exhaustion. This was most recently expressed cinematically with La Grande…

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    Melanie Renzulli
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