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Only you for twice the empire!
O Rome! You have exercised in ages!
Only you from two illustrious cities
You wrap the mystery in purple!
Twice amazed the hemisphere
contemplated your greatness or your wickedness,
according to the powers of the world
Leo or Borgia, Caesar or Tiberius.
From Persepolis, Nineveh and Carthage
there is more than funereal ruins,
warm sand and lonely palms:
and you immortal in the midst of the havoc,
when the Latin eagles perish,
you conquered the empire of souls!
by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon
OLYMPUS by SPARK Project, Spark (114, 184, 110) - Moderado
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this shot was taken last fall on my first night in Rome, actually my first night in Italy...I've spent a lot of time in Europe over the years, but always seemed to be saving Italy for some special, yet undefined occasion. So when some friends asked me to join them on a cruise of the western med last fall (another first) i jumped on it. I was in Rome on my own a few days on each end of the cruise.
I had literally just arrived when this picture was taken...I was shattered but resisted the urge to go straight to bed to come out in front of my hotel for a quick dinner at a cafe, which to me signals the end of that bleary in-transit state of travel....My hotel was located on the Piazza della Rotonda, directly in front of the Pantheon (thanks to pebs suggesting a good area for my base!).
The atmosphere was fab, and there were lots of folks dining alone at the cafe so it felt very comfortable....anyway, i was going back through my archives and this picture really took me back to that night....some good mental travel on a rainy winter's day...
Rome
bosa, oristano
"Carrasecare o Carre 'e segare, con questa parola viene identificato il carnevale nelle zone centrali della Sardegna. Etimologicamente significa “carne viva da lacerare”, così come si consumava nelle feste dionisiache per ricordare la morte del dio sbranato dai titani.
"Carrasecare or Carre 'e segare, this word identifies the carnival in the central areas of Sardinia. Etymologically it means "living flesh to be torn apart", as it was consumed in the Dionysian festivals to commemorate the death of the god torn to pieces by the titans."
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