Hunting for Fasci (Fasces) in Rome

Prominent, column-size fasci on a government building in Pomezia, a nearby "new" town, built under Mussolini's regime.  Above ...

Look Down Series: EUR's Manhole Covers

 This cover reads, "Esposizone Universale E.42"  (Universal Exposition, E (Esposizione) [1942]  E..42 (and lower right,, Rome Fo...

Manhole Covers: Art and Politics

If we didn’t know that Bocca della Verita', now one of Rome’s major tourist attractions, was once a manhole cover, we might have been m...