There’s not much to write
about since I just posted a few days ago…but I wanted to post my recent photos
before heading to Viareggio tomorrow for Carnevale!
We finished up our studio
project, a submission for an international urban design competition, so we were able to enjoy the week without having any work to
do…simply glorious. With all of
our classes this week, we walked through the city visiting various monuments,
ruins, and churches (and churches and churches). One of my favorites was the Church of San Clemente, an
Early Christian church built on top of the ruins of an ancient church built on
top of the ruins of a more-ancient church. We were able to walk down through
the different layers, two eerie stories underground, and see the rooms of the
original churches that were still in tact, and, at the lowest level, a natural
spring.
On another note, I learned
that tomatoes, a ‘staple’ ingredient in Italian food, came from America
(meaning they did not arrive in Italy until the 1500s). Italians originally used them as
decoration and did not realize they were edible until many years later. Ha!
After two weeks of
freeeezing weather, the sun is shining again in Rome and the temperature is
slowly creeping back up in time for me to travel north tomorrow…looking forward
to Carnevale!
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| Competition boards by me, Marissa, and Dave |
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| San Clemente church built ontop of ruins |
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| Sant'Ivo church by Borromini |
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| Water spout at Sant'Ivo |
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| Cappuchino-break spot |
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| AstroTurf coat |
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| Statue along our cartography route |
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| Lookin' churchy... |
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| Groovy autoshop sign |
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| Staircase in a private courtyard |
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| So many delicious colors in Rome! |
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| The sun is back! |
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