Nasty and hard-to-understand Korean Goryeo-era revenge flick.
read moreRome: Goodbye to the Churches, Goodbye to the City
A last day of churches and ruins, closed out by a pasta dinner and a last visit to St. Peter's.
read moreRome: More churches and old Roman statuary
Oval churches and ancient Roman statuary.
read moreRome: Modern art, and, well, more modern art
I love "modern art," especially when they mean 1850-1950 (that's oddly common, even though that's not the dictionary definition ...).
read moreRome: Libraries, and the Palazzo del Quirinale
The loveliest library so far, and a truly spectacular working palazzo.
read moreRome: Churches, and a circumnavigation of Vatican City
So many beautiful, beautiful churches. A food market, and an educational if not beautiful tour around the outside of Vatican City.
read moreRome: More Palazzos and art, and a whole heap of bones
Holofernes dies again and again for art, and Capuchin monks give their bones as construction material.
read moreRome: Galleria Colonna and the Domus Aurea (and food, always)
Another spectacular galleria and an excavated Roman palace.
read moreRome: Already classic, yet still shocking
Mapplethorpe on display in Rome, Villa Farnesina, and San Giovanni in Laterno.
read moreRome: St. Peter's and the Berninis
St. Peter's basilica - and I hope you love Bernini, because you're going to get an earful.
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