Via Parigi On April 9th 1956, the cities of Rome and Paris were officially twinned with each other with the words: 'Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris'. Three years later a street near the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli was duly renamed Via Parigi and a monument was erected there to celebrate the twinning of the two capitals. The monument takes the form of an antique stone column that is crowned with a bronze caravel, a ship that is part of the coat of arms of Paris, whose motto is: Fluctuat Nec Mergitur (It is tossed by the waves, but does not sink). Comments are closed.
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My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England. Since 2001 I have lived in Italy, where I run private walking tours of Rome.
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