SPQR

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

I always reckoned that if you were going to be a bum, there are worse places to choose than Rome.
I took this photo in Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. The coat of arms of the city of Rome forms part of the fountain sculpture. The letters SPQR stand for Senatus Populusque Romanus (the Senate […]

Let a thousand fountains spray

Friday, July 15th, 2005

One of the best day trips out of Rome is to Tivoli, perched on a steep hillside to the east of the capital. Once in Tivoli, the place to go is Villa d’Este, home to various cardinals and Franz Liszt, lucky bleeders one and all. The gardens boast of containing one thousand fountains, but you’ll […]