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...This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to Rome On your first visit to Rome, you will doubtless feel the need to jostle with the masses at the heavy-hitters — the Colosseum, the Forum, the Trevi Fountain...
...In every sense, an e-bike is a great leveller....
...Citrus trees heavy with fruit and blooming bougainvillea cascade along the walls, while a soundtrack of birdsong and water fountains plays in the background....
...We drop anchor and stop for lunch, but we can’t eat without lowering the sails because c’è troppo vento (there’s too much wind)....
...The fountain depicts a young woman with long hair, known as Carlotta, who is said to have welcomed travellers arriving in the neighbourhood in its early days....
...Trouvé first arrived at the Fonderia Nolana in 2018 with an “expansive and impossible plan involving a fountain”, yet Del Giudice immediately agreed to produce it....
...Fountains in Bradford commands attention for its ’70s decor and pendant lights....
...A toilet-shaped fountain by Laure Prouvost, originally shown at the 2019 Venice Biennale, will be installed....
...Baya Simons From E£60 (about £2.50) a year for Egyptians, E£330 (about £13.80) for non-Egyptians; bibalex.org Boston Athenæum, Boston Founded in 1807, the Boston Athenæum holds half a million volumes...
...Antonie Fountain, managing director of the Voice Network, an umbrella group for 17 non-profit organisations, told the FT the tactic “could be successful” and “maybe every company will need to do this in...
...Checkerboard patterns appeared wherever I went, on sidewalks and restroom floors, in fountains and gardens....
...“The spring at the bottom is called ‘Carlotta’s fountain’. Neighbourhood kids reckoned the statue looked like a lady who used to live here and the name stuck....
...The salumi e formaggi (cured meat and various types of cheese) platter is a must, as well as the truffle carbonara and porchetta d’Ariccia (pork roast)....
...You’re not quite in the centro storico, but it’s only about a 10-minute stroll down to the Trevi Fountain....
...Camillo’s dishes today still include Roman classics such as cacio e pepe, but he’s added a contemporary twist to old favourites such as carbonara, which now comes in the shape of a fried crunchy cube — a...
...Two ducks — free to go anywhere in the city — flit from fountain to fountain at either end of the wide plaza....
...Burro e Alici, a café close to Rome’s Trevi Fountain, would normally be bustling with tourists taking a break from the sites of the “Eternal City”....
...Along this road, I spot a structure unique to Rome: a classic drinking fountain called a nasone, which literally means “big nose” because of the metal spout that protrudes at mid-height, that looks like,...
...On my first trip to the eternal city, I took a chance on a touristy restaurant next to the Trevi Fountain. Rookie error: the spaghetti napoli definitely came out of a tin....
...The typically bustling area was for once devoid of the usual tourists taking selfies in front of Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers, artists selling their portraits and the inevitable street vendors....
...Designed by G.E. Street (architect of London’s Royal Courts of Justice) in 1867, it is a robust gothic heap which has recently been remade by architects Dow Jones....
...Not likely, Russia’s statistics agency suggested in a report published a few days before Mr Putin admired production lines for the luxury E-class sedans....
...They could have gone for “Money, Money, Money”, “Pennies from Heaven” or even “Three Coins in a Fountain”. But no....
...Encompassing drawings, sculptures, fountain ornaments and paintings, it introduces us not only to Verrocchio’s oeuvre but also illustrates the influence he had on the next generation of artists, including...
...The best gift I’ve received recently is a small Montblanc Meisterstück Platinum Line Hommage à WA Mozart fountain pen from my mother-in-law....
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