Un’estate tutta

diversale foto

Frascati

passaporti e un visto

il consolato a Boston

la dogana

i telefoni pubblici

i telefoni pubblici

i gettoni

una carta telefonica

FIAT

L’autostrada

il bidet

Tortellini alla panna con prosciutto

Vitello tonnato

l’autobus

Porte di Roma:Porta Pia e Porta Maggiore

Porta Portese

Il Metro

Una stazione del Metro

Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona

il Colosseo

L’Arco di Tito

il Foro Romano

Piazza Venezia

This column was erected in 113 A.D. and illustrates the course of war with the Dacians on the territory of modern Romania. The column is made of a series of

18 marble drums ending with the Doric capital. Inside of it are 185 steps leading to the top.

Colonna Traiana

The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of

Rome. It was the citadel of the earliest Romans.

Piazza del Campodoglio

il trenola ferrovia

la Stazione Termini

via Condotti

via Condotti

La Rinascente

Trinita dei Monti/Piazza di Spagna

Trinita dei Monti/Piazza di Spagna

La Barcaccia

Villa Borghese

un tabellone

Trastevere

Il Lungotevere

L’Isola Tiberina

frittata

Pompeii

Pizza Margherita

Soverato

le braciole di patate

Il Lungomare

Ferragosto• Felice Ferragosto!  Ferragosto is an Italian holiday traditionally celebrated

on August 15 of each year.  As for the history of the holiday it may have originally been related to a mid-summer celebration representing the end of the hard labor season of harvesting in the fields.  During the Roman Empire this time of year represented a time to honor the gods, in particular Diana, and the cycle of fertility and ripening.  In fact, the present Italian name of the holiday is derived from its original Latin name “Feriae Agusti” or Festivals of the Emperor Agustus.

• Presently, Ferragosto is mainly a short holiday for brief vacations.  The holiday also coincides with the peak activity of the Perseid meteor shower, which gives Italians a particular viewing advantage for this astronomical event.  To most all Italians Ferragosto today means sun, beaches, family, vacation, fireworks, happiness and “gavettoni”.  Gavettoni meaning bag or basket full of water – also know as water balloons!  Be prepared, young people would line the streets in preparation for battle with each other and naturally to get soaked with water!

Ferragosto

La Maremma

vigneti e cipressi

Piazzale Michelangelo

Duomo di Brunelleschi / La Torre di Giotto

Gli Uffizi

L’Accademia/ Il Davide

Piazza della Signoria

Perseus & il Ratto delle Sabine

Il Davide

tabaccaio

Pronto Soccorso

Cinecittá

Il VaticanoLa Basilicata di San Pietro

entrance to Musei Vaticani

La Pietá

La Cappella Sistina

La Cappella Sistina