Testaccio festa patronale: first weekend in June The annual Testaccio festa patronale is the day when the neighbourhood’s patron saint, Santa Maria Liberatrice, is celebrated in the piazza with a parade and party. Taking place every year during the last week in May and the first weekend in June, the Testaccio festa patronale or patronal…
There’s a famous cemetery near Piramide – the non-Catholic cemetery – where everyone goes to visit the graves of Shelley and Keats. But today I want to talk about Testaccio’s other cemetery, the one no-one talks about. Rome’s Commonwealth War Cemetery, on the other side of Via Nicola Zabaglia. Unlike its popular neighbour, whose distinct…
The Via Crucis, or Stations of the Cross, is a well-established Christian ceremony where worshippers attempt to walk in the steps of Christ on his journey to Calvary, held each year on Good Friday. In Rome, the Pope’s evening Via Crucis is one of the most atmospheric traditions of Easter Weekend, with the pontiff presiding…
Luxe Associates Travel’s Culinary Walk through Rome is an excellent Rome food tour exploring Roman food traditions in the city’s historical centre. Exploring contemporary Rome – in its food markets and restaurants – while placing the city in its historical context, this tour is a potent reminder that not much has changed in the great city…
Can you turn a site of tragedy into a place of peace and reflection? Ask the citizens of New York. But first, you might want to talk to the Roman people, who know a little about the transforming power of love, history and time. Rome’s greatest irony is its imperial dichotomy: its pagan empire, which…
Curious about the Globe Theatre Rome? Constructed in the year 2003 and with a capacity of around 1,200 places, Rome’s Globe Theatre, featuring Shakespeare plays translated into Italian, can be a fun summer excursion when on holiday in Rome, even if linguistically challenging for English mother tongue speakers. Visiting the Globe Theatre, Rome Foreign translations…
As I was walking down Adolf Hitler Street on the edge of Testaccio the other day, it got me thinking about how times have changed. Via A. Hitler, a long, wide avenue which joins Porta San Paolo with Stazione Ostiense, was built in 1938 by Mussolini on the occasion of the Führer’s visit to Rome….
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