Blogging About Rome: History, Art & Culture - Walks in Rome (Est. 2001)

Murder in the Cathedral

29/12/2023

Church of San Tommaso di Canterbury, Rome

San Tommaso di Canterbury

The Massacre of the Innocents

28/12/2023

Vatican Museums: Galleria degli Arazzi

The Massacre of the Innocents, a detail of a tapestry in the Vatican Museums, Rome

The Massacre of the Innocents

The Feast Day of St John the Evangelist

27/12/2023

St John the Evangelist by Camillo Rusconi, St John Lateran, Rome

St John the Evangelist by Camillo Rusconi

Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini

26/12/2023

Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini, Vatican City, Rome

Santo Stefano degli Abissini

Nativity Scenes

25/12/2023

A detail of the presepio (nativity scene) in the Chiesa del Gesu, Rome

The Presepio in the Chiesa del Gesu

The Triclinium of Pope Leo III

24/12/2023

Piazza di Porta San Giovanni

Triclinium of Pope Leo III by Ferdinando Fuga, Rome

Triclinium of Pope Leo III

A Monument to Belli: The People's Poet

21/12/2023

Piazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli

Monument to Giuseppe Gioachino Belli by Michele Tripisciano, Rome

Monument to Giuseppe Gioachino Belli by Michele Tripisciano

A Tribute to the Roman Poet Trilussa

21/12/2023

Monument to the poet Trilussa, Rome

Monument to the Roman Poet Trilussa

Sicily's Three-Legged Lady

20/12/2023

Trinacria, symbol of Sicily, Villino Ximenes, Rome

The Trinacria (Symbol of Sicily), Villino Ximenes

Rome's Largest Cemetery

19/12/2023

Chapel, Cemetery of Verano, Rome

Chapel, Cemetery of Verano

All Saints' Anglican Church

18/12/2023

A view of the Roman skyline with the spire of Anglican church of All Saints'

The Spire of All Saints' Anglican Church

The Sign of the Trinitarians

17/12/2023

Mosaic, church of San Tommaso in Formis, Rome

'Christ Freeing Two Slaves', Mosaic (1218)

The Remains of Nero's Bridge

15/12/2023

Pons Neronianus (Bridge of Nero), Rome

One of the Foundations of the Pons Neronianus

Leo X: The First Florentine Pope

11/12/2023

Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas, fresco by Filippino Lippi, Carafa Chapel, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome

The Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas by Filippino Lippi

Rome: City of Angels

11/12/2023

Angel with lily, sculpture by Bernardino Ludovisi (1693-1749), Chapel of St Aloysius Gonzaga, church of Sant' Ignazio, Rome

Angel with Lily by Bernardino Ludovisi

A Modern Take on an Ancient Myth

8/12/2023

Piazzale Augusto Imperatore

Mosaic of Romulus and Remus by Ferruccio Ferrazzi, ex Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale, Rome

Mosaic of Romulus and Remus by Ferruccio Ferrazzi

The Feast Day of St Ambrose

7/12/2023

St Ambrose by Arturo Dazzi, San Carlo al Corso, Rome

St Ambrose by Arturo Dazzi

Mozart & Allegri's Miserere

5/12/2023

Piazza Nicosia

Plaque to Mozart, Piazza Nicosia, Rome

Plaque to Mozart, Piazza Nicosia

Adrian IV: The Only English Pope

4/12/2023

Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear)

Pope Adrian IV