“What is Rome?” “It’s a mirror”
“Not long ago, leaving me in front of my house, a taxi driver told me: ‘I know this place, years ago I took a beautiful lady here.’ That lady was my mother, but with that strange grace that the Romans unexpectedly carry, he did not name her.” –Luca Dotti, Audrey in Rome (2011)
“It’s a game of life, trust and all time that only the eternal city can give you.”
“Think of [natural wine] as the cool, unpretentious cousins of all the trophy Barolos or bold Brunellos out there. No wonder we’ve fallen so hard for them.”
“Quintessentially Italian, eminently Roman, these four things are a reminder of how distinctive this country, and city, of mine are.”
“I learned a lot in Rome. The Eternal City gives one a more accurate perspective of their place in history.”
Rome is a multisensory city. The legacy of Ancient Rome, the presence of the papacy, the contribution throughout the centuries of hundreds of emperors, architects, painters, artists, popes and then the progress of the contemporary age, have created a capital of layers whose silhouette is among the most extraordinary in the world.
“I recalled half-heartedly that “Shadows are the reflections of things”. A powerful line in “The Conformist” that always reminds me of this neighborhood’s identity.”
As firmly rooted in Roman ground as they are in the city’s extensive and enchanting history, these little stones of wonder are immersed in stories that hover between both fact and legend.
“A Roma c’e sempre domani …”
“I bury my head in the pillow, and dream of my true love… I am rowing to you on the great, dark ocean.” Caravaggio
“How to be truly part of it.” Seduce, enchant, hypnotize. She will make you go crazy while you are stuck in traffic, but then will easily make you forgive her. Made of fountains, cobblestones, hidden cloisters and churches with streets filled with light, history and art, loud markets, gluttonous food, “ma che […]
At Villa Cafarelli, Rome
“The ruling Emperor at the time, the notoriously bloodthirsty Nero, was evidently as power-hungry as he was gluttonous.”
“Quite simply, if you haven’t eaten a carbonara in Rome, you haven’t eaten a carbonara.”
