Invites readers to join Joe Gartman, culture columnist for Italia! Magazine, on a journey among 80 of Romeâ s celebrated fountains, to find a more intimate way of experiencing the Eternal City. On foot with book in hand, or simply in imagination, each chapter takes readers on a vividly described walk.
Invites readers to join Joe Gartman, culture columnist for Italia! Magazine, on a journey among 80 of Romeâ s celebrated fountains, to find a more intimate way of experiencing the Eternal City. On foot with book in hand, or simply in imagination, each chapter takes readers on a vividly described walk.
For nine years, as Italia! Magazine's "resident historian and storyteller", Joe Gartman has written a column called "Fast Culture" as well as many articles on travel, art, and history. His work also appears in the Italia! Guides series, German Life Magazine, and online at italytravelandlife.com.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Triton and Trevi and a Fountain Quartet: Piazza Barberini Area 2. Sensuous to Sacred: Piazza Repubblica Area 3. Queen Christina's Cannonball to Audrey Hepburn's Sleepover: Piazza di Spagna Area 4. Nero's Bones, Pharaohs, and Roman Gods: Piazza del Popolo Area 5. Pax Romana to the Porter's Water Barrel: via Ripetta and via del Corso Area 6. The Altar of the Fatherland to the Altar of Heaven: Piazza Venezia Area 7. Caput Mundi: Capitoline Area 8. Walls, Gates, Fountains, and Memories: Roman Ghetto Area 9. Tosca's Church to Agrippa's Temple: Pantheon Area 10. One Ballerina, Two Sea Gods, and Four Rivers: Piazza Navona Area 11. Veggie Soup and Wine with the Farnese: Campo de' Fiori Area 12. Across the River and into the Fountains: Trastevere 13. Mother Church's Twins and New Water for Old Rome: Vatican Area 14. A Walk in the Park: Villa Borghese Area 15. Scattered Treasures: Here and There Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Triton and Trevi and a Fountain Quartet: Piazza Barberini Area 2. Sensuous to Sacred: Piazza Repubblica Area 3. Queen Christina's Cannonball to Audrey Hepburn's Sleepover: Piazza di Spagna Area 4. Nero's Bones, Pharaohs, and Roman Gods: Piazza del Popolo Area 5. Pax Romana to the Porter's Water Barrel: via Ripetta and via del Corso Area 6. The Altar of the Fatherland to the Altar of Heaven: Piazza Venezia Area 7. Caput Mundi: Capitoline Area 8. Walls, Gates, Fountains, and Memories: Roman Ghetto Area 9. Tosca's Church to Agrippa's Temple: Pantheon Area 10. One Ballerina, Two Sea Gods, and Four Rivers: Piazza Navona Area 11. Veggie Soup and Wine with the Farnese: Campo de' Fiori Area 12. Across the River and into the Fountains: Trastevere 13. Mother Church's Twins and New Water for Old Rome: Vatican Area 14. A Walk in the Park: Villa Borghese Area 15. Scattered Treasures: Here and There Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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