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Along the way he discusses Caesar, Nero, Michelangelo, and several corrupt Popes. He aegreti follow chronological order, but of course visitors don’t experience the city that way either; Renaissance palaces are built on top of ancient ruins, medieval churches emerge from the skeletons of pagan temples.
Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. The book is a kaleidoscope of vignettes from the history of the eternal city.
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I am ready to go back and look for all these places on my own. Want to Read saving…. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Per ragioni personali ho impiegato quasi un mese a finire questo libro.
Sgereti tone reminded me of Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk. Also, a detailed account of the events surrounding the Fosse Ardeatine and Jewish deportation and Nazi occupation in general, not to mention the Allied liberation. Roma e i suoi lati sconosciuti o meno noti. But there is too much to Rome’s nearly year history for a whirlwind tour of a single book.
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Roma attira amore, ammirazione, paura e rispetto eccetera. Excellent overview of the Eternal City. Jan 11, Lilias rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Aug 13, Linda rated it liked it. It provides auyias complete itenerary to Caravaggio’s churches, Michelangelo’s Moses in S. The tales also just come to an end.
Chapters can be read sequentially or not. It like a whirlwind tour covers a large variety of sights but only lingers shortly on each point of interest.
It’s neither a travelogue nor a tour guide. Une Rome plus intime en quelque sorte. The stories highlight various bits of history and later, as I walked through Rome, I could recognize remnants of that history. I fatti, le gesta prevalentemente scelte hanno ovviamente una seria preponderanza nell’ambito delle quattro “S” Dj Sangue Sesso e Sapere, i soliti mattoni della Storia.
Any visit to Rome cannot but benefit from this book. Ancient history and 20th century history rest by id another on the streets of Rome, and Augias incorporates events from both and the centuries in between. Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription. From Rome’s origins as Segreto stomping ground to the dark atmosphere of the Middle Ages; from Caesar’s unscrupulousness to Caravaggio’s lurid genius; from the notorious Lucrezia Borgia to the seductive Anna Fallarino, the marchioness at the center of one of Rome’s most heinous crimes of the post-war period, Augias creates a sweeping account of the passions that have shaped this complex city: He doesn’t follow chronological order, but of course visitors don’t experience the city that way either; I really loved dl book, primarily because it exactly suited my needs at the time.
Thursday, June 07, Augias si interessa di numerosissimi argomenti, e ce li racconta con una scrittura limpida e coinvolgente, a tratti atmosferica.
Maybe that’s because these overlap with Augias’ own lifetime and are therefore described more vividly, maybe because I didn’t have as much prior knowledge about Italy under fascism or during and after WWII. Londra non accende proprio.
Bellissimo, interessante e ben scritto.
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No trivia or quizzes yet. I guess like the city, it lives on, but it felt like we were going to get some sort of romq closing augiws to pull stories together to coalesce the history that ranged over 2, years. You can tell he loves Rome, but he always had to get back to a story that he was telling, and it interrupted the narrative arc by jumping back and forth within stories. The stories in this book span the entire history of Rome: Adored by critics and readers alike, “I segreti di Roma” has at last been translated into English and has come out in the Auggias in April with Rizzoli.
Rather, it’s like sitting down with a Roman friend over coffee or an Aperitivo, listening to him tell interesting anecdotes about his city.
Lists with This Book. This site uses cookies to provide a better experience. This alone would have made the book worth reading.
Mostly annectodtal information but with enough background to provide a framework for future reading.