Demolarea cartierului URANUS, amplasamentul Casei Poporului - 1982

On the edge of Old Trieste.

Sunset over timeless cypress trees in the park of the Catacombs of S. Callisto, in Rome.

The Huntington Gardens in San Marino, California

Public bath ruins @ Wroexter Roman City, Shropshire on 17th July 2023. Established in the early years of the occupation of Britain, in the 1st century AD, Viroconium is estimated to be the 4th largest Roman settlement in the country and the public baths were an important building to the local populace.

Concluding the Roman series with a look back at St Peters, one version from the crowded bridge, and the other from river level where there was absolutely no one around, I kinda felt scared because it was strange that nobody went down the steps, maybe it was a foolish thing to do on my part, maybe it was the lemming mentality that drives people to follow the hordes.

This has been blogged and mapped. Information on how it is that a "roman" bath is hidden halfway down an obscure back-alley in central London can be found on the aforementioned blog.

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Roman Forum

The Roman Theatre of Mérida is a construction promoted by the consul Vipsanius Agrippa in the Roman city of Emerita Augusta, capital of Lusitania (current Mérida, Spain). It was constructed in the years 16 to 15 BCE.

Quiero fer una prosa en román paladino,

En qual suele el pueblo fablar a su vecino,

Ca non so tan letrado por fer otro latino,

Bien valdrá, como creo, un vaso de bon vino.

Gonzalo de Berceo

The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. (2/26/2019)

Rome Italy 意大利 羅馬

While on the hike last Sunday, we passed this ancient Roman Aquaduct near Moria.

Aosta, Italy.

Some bridge somewhere in Rome. What interested me more than the beautiful structure of the bridge was the dance of the early morning light on the tree. I wanted to use the leaves as a frame through which you glimpse the bridge and its reflection in the water.

Rimski Most, namely Roman Bridge, built in 16th Century by Ottoman Empire.

Nikon FG-20

Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI

"Veni,Vidi,Vici."

-Emperor Julius Ceasar

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This is a tighter view of the amphitheater built by the Romans when the ancient city of Philippopolis became the Roman capital of the region of Thracia or Thrace. Built on seven hills, the city was founded and named after Philip II of Macedonia centuries before during the Hellenistic period. The city was conquered and occupied many times. Leading up to modern times, this was long a major city in the Ottoman Empire after the fall of Constantinople. Today, it's the beautiful modern city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria which fully embraces it's past and future.

The theater is built in a natural bowl formed by two of the city's seven hills.

Taken using a GoPro Fusion

Roman bridge of Emperor Trajan crossing the Tâmega river in Chaves city - Portugal

Segovia's Magnificent Roman Aqueduct

Segovia

The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. (2/22/2019)

This is a view of the Roman Forum, or Forum Romanum, which was the centre of ancient Rome. This is where all the commerce and justice happened. You can just see the Colosseum in the background.

Quiero fer una prosa en román paladino,

En qual suele el pueblo fablar a su vecino,

Ca non so tan letrado por fer otro latino,

Bien valdrá, como creo, un vaso de bon vino.

Gonzalo de Berceo

Guardando questa mia vecchia foto mi viene in mente la romanità, quella che ho imparato a conoscere avvicinandomi a questa città e questa gente, un po' involontariamente forse, la mia città di origine infatti, pure non essendo così lontana da qui, è già molto diversa.

Ho sempre visto Roma come la capitale dell'inciviltà del nostro paese, l'ho spesso odiata per questo e penso che lo sia ancora purtroppo, però, molto più lentamente, ho imparato ad amare quella caratteristica che solo la vera gente di Roma ha, la romanità che si identifica per me in quella generosità, anche espressiva e verbale, e in quella capacità di coinvolgere l'interlocutore, spesso sconosciuto e spesso sfruttando l'occasione più banale, con una spontaneità e una sincerità senza paragoni.

Oggi mi viene in mente la romanità della signora Sandra, che in un pomeriggio di questo caldissimo giugno, alla fontanella dei Monti in Via San Vito, è letteralmente comparsa nell'obiettivo della mia macchinetta fotografica urtando la mia bici appoggiata alla transenna laterale.

"Lo sa che da questa fontana esce l'acqua Paola! L'altra è piena di calcare, questa no", e intanto sistema la sua tanica di scorta appena riempita nella borsa AS Roma.

Comincia così il racconto della sua vita, con il suo viso buono che mi fa quasi tenerezza, mi dice davvero di tutto, con opportuna velocità, per non omettere nulla, come se mi conoscesse da una vita.

Amo questi incontri, so che dopotutto è un privilegio, posso gustarmi quella romanità di cui parlavo prima, non oso cercare il pretesto per il congedo, ascolto con interesse le sue vicende.

Alla fine si avvia verso casa, è passata forse più di mezz'ora, che peccato non averle fatto una foto, ma davvero non mi ci ha fatto pensare.

La signora Sandra (che appunto non è la signora della foto) oggi ha 71 anni: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Lombardi

Roma è una città straordinaria, sia nel male che nel bene, ne sono convinto più che mai!

Roma, 11 giugno 2017

PS : l'acqua della fontana dei Monti forse non è la Paola ma il senso rimane lo stesso ☺

This is a photo taken from Alien City in Ah-shi-sle-pah WSA located in in northwestern New Mexico. This place is also called as Valley of Dreams

Taken during a U3A National Travel Group tour of Bulgaria.

Heidentor in Petronell-Carnuntum,

roman arc in Petronell Carnuntum

by Grundner Christian (grundi1) all rights reserved

Burgundy, France

Italy

Roman ruins

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The Roman baths, which were used for public bathing, were used until the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th Century CE. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the original Roman baths were in ruins a century later. The area around the natural springs was redeveloped several times during the Early and Late Middle Ages.

The Roman Baths are preserved in four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House, and a museum which holds artefacta from Aquae Sulis. However, all buildings at street level date from the 19th century. It is a major tourist attraction in the UK, and together with the Grand Pump Room, receives more than 1.3 million visitors annually.

Visitors can tour the baths and museum but cannot enter the water

Spa Water

The water which bubbles up from the ground at Bath falls as rain on the nearby Mendip Hills. It percolates down through limestone aquifers to a depth of between 2,700 and 4,300 metres (8,900 and 14,100 ft) where geothermal energy raises the water temperature to between 69 and 96 °C (156.2 and 204.8 °F). Under pressure, the heated water rises to the surface along fissures and faults in the limestone. This process is similar to an enhanced geothermal system, which also makes use of the high pressures and temperatures below the earth's crust. Hot water at a temperature of 46 °C (114.8 °F) rises here at the rate of 1,170,000 litres (257,364 imp gal) every day, from a geological fault (the Pennyquick fault). In 1982 a new spa water bore-hole was sunk, providing a clean and safe supply of spa water for drinking in the Pump Room.

Taken with A Nikon D7000

Fresco of roman Amor escavated in villa rustica in Schieren, Luxembourg

This amphitheater was built by the Romans when the ancient city of Philippopolis became the Roman capital of the region of Thracia or Thrace. Built on seven hills, the city was founded and named after Philip II of Macedonia centuries before during the Hellenistic period. The city was conquered and occupied many times. Leading up to modern times, this was long a major city in the Ottoman Empire after the fall of Constantinople. Today, it's the beautiful modern city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria which fully embraces it's past and future.

The theater is built in a natural bowl formed by two of the city's seven hills.

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

Some of the structures, left to right:

1. Palatine Hill

2. Temple of Castor and Pollux

3. Basilica Iulia [Julia] (the flat field

behind the Temple of Castor and Pollux)

4. Temple of Saturn

5. Temple of Vespasian

6. Tabularium and Palazzo Senatorio (the building behind the Temples of Saturn and Vespasian)

7. Arch of Septimus Severus

8. Mamertine Prisons

9. Curia Iulia [Julia]

10. Temple of Romulus

The white structure on the right, with the twin square turrets, towering behind the forum to the northwest, is the Emanuele II Monument of Piazza Venezia.

Photographed May 17, 2019.

Around 270 AD the Romans built a wall around the Akropolis of Pergamon, Turkey, to defend the city against an invasion by the Goths which never came.

retour de provence

The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. (2/26/2019)

The really fantastic Roman baths in Bath.

When the Roman Baths in Bath (Somerset) were restored in the 19th century, they were re-designed in a royal way - with statues of Roman emperors overlooking the area, beginning with Julius Caesar (who had been to Britain, but a century before the building of the Baths and the Temple of Minerva Sulis was even begun). In Roman times, the thermal baths of Aquae Sulis (later called Bath) were never royal or even elitist. We are dealing here with a projection of Victorian identity back into antiquity, just like Arthur Evans when excavating Knossos (Crete) discovered without much evidence a "royal palace" and even a "throne". What you see in this picture is pure 19th century, with the exception of course of Bath Abbey and some other buildings in the background. To see the Roman artefacts, we have to go below street level.