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The Decline of Rome.
Our Oct. 14 story on Rome's problems incited Romans, their friends and countrymen to champion the Eternal City. Citing Dante, Rembrandt and the Beatles, they took issue with our list of the city's woes.
Is Rome Really in a Rut?
Your Oct. 14 article "'Carp' Diem" (Europe) quite correctly identifies Rome's acute crisis of identity which, in my opinion, stems largely from the attitudes of its inhabitants. For more than 2,000 years, Rome's rulers--emperors, popes and others--have been providing its inhabitants with the proverbial bread and circuses. In the year 1300, Pope Boniface VIII (whom Dante put in the Inferno even before he died!) invented the ...
- So close, and yet so far; The Eternal City.(The making of Rome)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) July 9, 2005 700+ words
...spiritual significance of Rome, home to the successors...part in the magic of the Eternal City. That spirituality has...brought low by failure. Rome shrank, during the Black...papacy which allowed Rome to be absorbed within...the landscape of the Eternal City: diverting the ...
- Eternal City pays homage to Bernini; Jude Webber takes a look at a Rome...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) Webber, Jude June 20, 1998 700+ words
...Coliva had feared the gallery, in Rome's Villa Borghese park near the...a change of reign. He died in Rome at age 81. The Eternal City was his artistic home - he was...Bernini, you can't do without Rome, the city that he largely moulded...
- 'Carp' Diem : The Eternal City suffers an acute crisis of identity.(Rome,...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Nadeau, Barbie October 14, 2002 700+ words
From the Ponte Sisto in Rome, the view of St. Peter's...city's symbolic lifeline, Rome is in trouble. It may be the Eternal City, but London or Paris it's...grow ever more chic and modern, Rome is in a rut. If it's scenic...
- The ideal Rome show; Sumptuous hotels,delis stacked to the ceiling,ice cream to...
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) March 26, 2006 700+ words
...monuments, museums and ancient ruins, Rome is one of the world's great cities...things about the glamorous and romantic Eternal City. WHERE TO GO Benedict Allen THE STONES OF ROME I LOVE the stones of Rome - the stories each one tells of the...
- When in Rome, don't; Tessa Boase enjoyed a weekend break outside the eternal...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) January 28, 2004 700+ words
...party on our flight to Rome. All wore 'PAX' badges...off to tussle with the Eternal City for seven punishing days...since the founding of Rome in 753BC, Romans have...ready to tussle with the Eternal-City ourselves. The hourly...take the hassle out of Rome, we'd booked a ...
- Mussolini's Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History Cardoza, Anthony L. September 22, 2006 700+ words
Mussolini's Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City, by Borden W. Painter, Jr. Italian...compact but comprehensive narrative of Rome's physical transformation during...regime. In his study of Mussolini's Rome, Painter draws on both these streams...
- Rome: uncovering 2,500 years of history in "The Eternal City". (Port of the...
- Magazine article from: Cruise Travel July 1, 2003 700+ words
"All roads lead to Rome" may not apply quite as emphatically...Mediterranean includes "The Eternal City" in its sailing program. And...the world. Between Imperial Rome and Mussolini Art Deco, there...century wedding cake. In central Rome, bounded by a line drawn from...
- Travel: When in Rome... Mag writer Avril Cadden visits the Eternal...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) November 7, 2004 700+ words
...Avril Cadden My love affair with Rome started with the movies. I...It is easy to see why the Eternal City seduces film- makers and lovers...and Hepburn. Their idea of Rome featured gory gladiators, chariots...boys' amusement. You can do Rome on a budget. I can't think...
