Rarely does a store stop me in my tracks because I find it so unique and compelling. Rebel Nell has a physical location in Detroit that doubles as their workshop. They are a social enterprise providing employment to women navigating barriers to work – whether housing insecurity, incarceration, displacement, disability, or other systemic obstacles. Reclaimed … Read more
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Praetorian Barracks (Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio) is topped by a prominent statue of “Christ The Redeemer” on the bell tower is made of gilded bronze and was added in 1931. The basilica is situated on the Esquiline hill, on Via Marsala, opposite the … Read more
Temple of Saturn The structure with the prominent remaining columns is the Temple of Saturn, located at the western end of the Roman Forum. The temple was one of the oldest and most important sacred buildings in the Roman Forum. It primarily served as the aerarium, the state treasury, housing the Roman Republic’s and early … Read more
The Aqua Virgo aqueduct – considered one of the great engineering works of the Ancient Roman era – was built between 25 and 19 BC by Marcus Agrippa, the son-in-law and confidant of the emperor Augustus. The name probably stems from the purity of its water but according to legend it derives from the apparition … Read more
This historical image is an 18th-century copperplate etching titled “Scalinata in Piazza di Spagna”, created by the famous Italian engraver and architect Giuseppe Vasi around 1740–1752. It was published as part of his monumental ten-volume work, Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna. The Fontana della Barcaccia sits at the foot of the iconic Spanish … Read more
The Basilica of San Vitale (Basilica dei Santi Vitale e Compagni Martiri in Fovea) is a very ancient church located on the Via Nazionale. The ceiling is a modern, flat, coffered ceiling made of varnished wood. It was installed relatively recently in 1938 as part of a significant restoration of the basilica. The ceiling features … Read more
The Column of the Immaculate Conception (Colonna dell’Immacolata Concezione) is in the Piazza Mignanelli in Rome, Italy. The monument was erected in 1857 to commemorate the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX in 1854, which states that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from original sin. The monument was … Read more
The Baths of Diocletian were the largest imperial public baths in ancient Rome. Construction began in 298 AD under Emperor Maximian, appointed Augustus of the Western Roman Empire, as a tribute to co-emperor Diocletian. They were completed by Constantine’s father in 306 AD. The baths survived the first sack of Rome in 410 AD but … Read more
The Colosseum is an iconic ancient Roman amphitheater located in the center of Rome, Italy. Officially known as the Flavian Amphitheater, it is a renowned symbol of Imperial Rome and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. The Colosseum was built between A.D. 70-80 under the emperors Vespasian and Titus of the Flavian … Read more
St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square are located in Vatican City, a microstate enclaved within Rome, Italy. The monumental square was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and constructed between 1656 and 1667. It features a large elliptical space framed by colossal Tuscan colonnades, which consist of 284 columns and 88 pilasters arranged in four … Read more