Hamlet in the Weeds: Rediscovering Italian Sculptor Amleto Cataldi

"The wrestlers" in Viale Unione Sovietica - that's the Olympic Village apartments in back Stumbling across underappreciated ar...

A. S. Roma's Soccer Field: Soon to be a Parking Lot

Stadio Olimpico, current home of A.S. Roma.  At left, a few of the 1930s statues that line the Foro Italico athletic field.  A.S. Roma is on...

Pier Luigi Nervi: Palazzetto dello Sport

Pier Luigi Nervi's Palazzetto dello Sport (little palace of sport) sits on its own small piece of land in the Flaminio district, a thing...

Elizabeth Taylor in Rome

 Liz and the unsuspecting Eddie Fisher--with Burton? "The only word Elizabeth knows in Italian is Bulgari," her 5th husband,...

A Farewell to Arms, and Hemingway's Thoughts on Rome

Shall we stay up tonight and read, dear? Yes, let's do that. We'll do it then.  It's a wonderful idea.  We'll have a great t...