A Soldier’s Guide to Rome part 2
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T17:36:35+00:00So many suggestions in the guide. Why not begin with dramatic piazzas and fountains?
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A Soldier’s Guide to Rome
Anita Morrish2025-12-10T20:14:59+00:00From Sicily to Naples, Anzio and Montecassino. Now the Allies had reached Rome.
The Quiet Rescuers
Anita Morrish2025-12-10T18:43:48+00:00Help can arrive in unexpected ways: here are three stories from Piazza Mattei.
Escape from Regina Coeli
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T17:51:23+00:00Climb from a prison window? Marcella and Alfredo had a better idea.
The Ration Card Conundrum
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T18:03:19+00:00Tens of thousands in hiding, close to starvation and their ration cards cancelled.
A Walk in Rome
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T19:05:02+00:00From the Capitoline Hill to the Aventine Hill takes fewer than thirty minutes on foot and there's so much to see.
Romolo Dorinzi – a fourteen-year-old hero
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T18:25:50+00:00The German troops had arrived, pointing machine guns and manoeuvring a howitzer, as Romolo Dorinizi left home with his mother.
The Two Tenors
Anita Morrish2025-12-10T18:29:25+00:00Two Italian tenors are honoured close to Rome's opera house. They were both talented and often sang the same arias but their stories are contrasting.
The Elephant and the Obelisk
Anita Morrish2025-12-08T12:33:53+00:00The marble elephant was sculpted in Italy between 1665 and 1667. It carries an Egyptian obelisk, made of pink granite, that is over two thousand years older. What brought the elephant and obelisk together?
The Tiberina Island
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T18:07:57+00:00The boat-shaped island is perched in the middle of the River Tiber, close to the heart of Rome. It takes only a minute to walk from east to west but this island boasts two hospitals, two churches, three bridges and countless stories.