A Walk in Rome
Anita Morrish2022-12-04T19:12:22+00:00From the Capitoline Hill to the Aventine Hill takes fewer than thirty minutes on foot and there's so much to see.
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Romolo Dorinzi – a fourteen-year-old hero
Anita Morrish2024-04-10T15:35:03+01:00The German troops had arrived, pointing machine guns and manoeuvring a howitzer, as Romolo Dorinizi left home with his mother.
The Two Tenors
Anita Morrish2023-03-26T12:59:59+01:00Two 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 Morrish2021-09-22T16:52:43+01:00The 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 Morrish2021-09-22T16:52:38+01:00The 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.
The Route to Rome
Anita Morrish2021-09-22T16:52:33+01:00It is the autumn of 1943. Imagine picking your way in the dark, down uneven stone steps to the cove. This is the first part of your journey from Ischia, through German-held territory, to occupied Rome.