'TWAS THE NIGHT... (Florence)

 

24 December 2010. Christmas Eve.

GOING TO THE INDIAN: Part 2 (Florence)

"Andare all'Indiano" = "To go to the Indian"

GOING TO THE INDIAN: Part 1 (Florence)

"Andare all'Indiano"  = "To go to the Indian"

DAVID: ??? Degrees of Separation

  

CAN WE GET THERE FROM HERE?

ETRUSCAN PLEASURES UNDER GROUND (Tarquinia)

 

"Oh, dear God! Not ANOTHER Etruscan Necropolis!"

DWARF ENVY (Florence)

Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho!

ETERNITY, ETRUSCAN STYLE? (Volterra / Florence)

An aerial view of a cluster
of Etruscan burial places.

ETRUSCAN CITY OF THE DEAD (Cerveteri: Part Two)

 

Houses for the Living...

Houses for the Dead...

THE MYSTERIOUS ETRUSCANS (Cerveteri: Part One)

Ancient Peoples

...who came first???

AUGUSTUS CAESAR IN A CAGE (Rome)

Mussolini's Museum of Roman Civilization

The Heart of Empire...Off the Tourist Map  

E.42 (Rome)

What if Mussolini threw a World's Fair

 ...and nobody came?

SKATING OVER HISTORY (Mussolini Forum)

A Row of Fasces 

with their illusory message of Strength, Unity

and ultimately, World Domination…

SWAMP CREATURES (Latina-Pontinia)

Every place and every people has its own creation myth, often invoking the emergence of life from primeval ooze.

PEOPLE LIVED HERE (Ninfa)

 


Some places are so improbably beautiful

that we react with a nervous laugh...

GODDESS OF FORTUNE (Palestrina)

Past?   Present?  Future?

DAVID: Seven Degrees of Separation

Can we get there from here?

DAVID: Five Degrees of Separation

 

Can we get there from here?

MEDICI™ vs. "MEDICI" (2)

The MEDICI™  have THEIR SAY!!!
           "Don't you mean... 

 de' Medici di OTTAJANO Kitchen???"

MEDICI™ vs. "MEDICI" (1)

 

The MEDICI™  have THEIR SAY!!!

"Protecting OUR Brand..." 

DAVID: Nine Degrees of Separation

Can we get there from here?

DAVID: Eight Degrees of Separation

Can we get there from here?

DAVID: Seven Degrees of Separation

Can we get there from here?

SHADOWS ON THE GROUND

History keeps on happening...

THE DRACULA RENAISSANCE

The MEDICI have THEIR SAY!!!

"WE have always been there for you..."

MUSSOLINI DECO

A Fascist Eagle Leads the Way...

PROSCIUTTO WITH A VIEW

Italian Lifestyle...

MEDICI SYNDROME

The MEDICI have THEIR SAY!!!

"WE thank you for your support..."

MOUTH OF SUPPLICATIONS

PER LE SUPPLICHE = FOR SUPPLICATIONS

THE MEDICI ARMS

The MEDICI have THEIR SAY!!!

"WE thank you for your support..."

UP CLOSE...

 

Quality Time with

Bartolomeo Ammannati's Neptune

 

VII ANNO FASCISTA...

 

VII (Anno Fascista) = 1929 (Anno Domini)

MESE MEDICEO = MEDICI MONTH

The MEDICI have THEIR SAY!!!

"Well, pardon US for interrupting..."