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Category Archives: The Dark Side of Rome
The Barbarian Invasions.
The Roman Empire was crumbling into ruins. Invasion succeeded invasion, defeat followed defeat. In 378 the German people known as Visigoths overwhelmed an imperial army at Adrianople; and in 408 they invaded Italy and marched south upon Rome under their … Continue reading
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Tagged Attila, history of Rome, Huns, Pope, Rome, Rome apartments, Rome City Apartments, Rome rentals, St Peters, Vandals
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Giordano Bruno, profession heretic.
This is a sad story, the typical story of the horrors committed by the “established power” when it feels threatened; and, you know, the worst danger for the established power does not come from violent acts, but from ideas and … Continue reading
A Swedish Girl in Rome.
This is the story of a famous and extraordinary Swedish Girl in Rome … no it’s not the one in the picture on the left side of your screen … no, it’s not Greta Garbo, as we don’t have any … Continue reading
Is this love? (part 2, The end).
Anna Fallarino was one of the first Italian women to get breast implants, an operation still completely unheard of at the time. The more important discovery the commissioner made, however, was Camillo Casati’s diary. “It was in the desk of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Casati Stampa, crime story, Rome, rome apartment rentals, Rome City Apartments
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Is this love? (part 1)
The first call to the police station rang at ten o’clock on a Sunday evening, August 30, 1970. Strangely, the day had been almost autumnal, a rarity for that time of the year. The caller reported a murder in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Casati Stampa, crime story, Rome, rome apartment rentals
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THE MYSTERY OF THE GANGSTER ENTOMBED IN THE ROMAN BASILICA OF SANT’APOLLINARE.
This is a story of angels and demons, but it’s not a fiction by Dan Brown. It’s reality. However, we would have preferred it to be just a fiction with a gangster, a bishop, a politician and a teen-age girl … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels and Demons, Dan Brown, Rome gansters, Rome Vacation Rentals
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Plots, more plots and counterplots within the Vatican Walls.
A recent internal Vatican memo for the attention of Pope Benedict , written in German, and leaked to an Italian newspaper, reports some controversial assertions allegedly made by the Cardinale of Palermo, the capital city of Sicily, Mons. Paolo Romeo, … Continue reading
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ROME GANGSTER STORY
Today Rome is one of the safest big capitals in the world. But it has not always been like this. There was a time, back in the 70ies till the end of the 80ies last century, when Rome was … Continue reading