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"I will vote for whomever will implement tickets to enter Rome, Venice, Florence and Verona"
"Men (and maybe people generally) have been looking back at the "glorious" past in this way since time immemorial. Even the greeks were obsessed with their Mycenaean era. There has not been a recent uptick in this phenomenon since at least the Enlightenment era."
"from the dolce and gabana exhibit in rome"
"If they were able to get the budget to finish the series with the fall of the empire with the barbarians invading, it likely would be the best historical drama tv show of all time, if not one of the best at the very least."
"I can see how some people would call this soulless but something about this pulls me into it. I really love it and think it's beautiful"
"I like movies, art, music, pretty churches, normal stuff like that. Need some place relatively cheap so like not Paris. Was thinking maybe Vienna or Rome?"
"They completely destroyed the indigenous cultures of Italy, France, and Iberia. We should throw in England and Wales in for good measure."
"We spontaneously plan to go to Rome. We meet up and reconcile on Easter. I think how poetic that is, the holiday of resurrection and rebirth. Then the next morning, the day we fly to Rome the Pope dies... I have possibly the best week of my life in Rome with her. Rome is beautiful, she is beautiful."
"I am currently in Rome on an interrail Trip and I'm at this restaurant and it's amazing. So basically I only ordered a Carbonara and Beer and what I got was: Beer, a sausage in an incredible tomato sauce, Carbonara, Veal in the same tomato sauce, an espresso, tiramisu and now they just put a bottle "
"You have an amazing salary, you don't do that much, you enjoy the culture, you speak the local language well, you're extremely respected by everyone as you have your diplomatic passport, you're also respected by everyone back at home. And you might get a tiny bit of that Cold War thrill."
"If you are into great architecture, Taiwan is not the country for you. Buildings that were special there, would not be top 100 in any district in Rome."
"I can't believe some people consider it "prestige TV" and wonder why it got cancelled. It's the most expensive soap opera ever, massive fumble. didn't even finish it, I ragequit after the trillionth shoehorned sex scene... take one of the most notorious civil wars in history, make one of its main ch"
"Went walking early morning in Rome, so beautiful, peaceful. Best time to go to the Trevi as well."
"If you ask locals where the under 40s are in the town, they'll say that they moved to Rome, Milan and Turin, or maybe even London."
"Give back to children their imagination. No to cell phones! No to social media!"
"We visited my grandfather's little postcard village in Abruzzo, Florence, & Rome. We were stunned at how well everyone dressed, even in the rural areas. So anyway, I'm sitting on the Frecciarossa waiting to leave Roma Termini, when I look out the window and see an old man... wearing olive slacks, br"
"Romanians and Italians are supposed to be both sons of Rome, but I guess daddy had a favorite."
"The guy's missing, and the last place he was seen was Rome. I can only hope that he's become some rich man's sugar baby, instead of one more crazy wasting away on the streets speaking nonsense."
"A culture spanning 800 years simply put to end by roman swords."
"Buildings that were special there, would not be top 100 in any district in Rome."
"Jannis Kounellis (1936 Piraeus, Greece – 2017 Rome, Italy) was a founding father of the Arte Povera movement. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens, he embarked on a one-way trip to Italy in 1956, settling in Rome."