Archive for fascist architecture
snapshot from Budapest (#5)
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Budapest, fascist architecture, Gellért Hill, Hungary, realism, Soviet era on August 4, 2013 by xi'an
A Roma [4]
Posted in pictures, Travel, University life with tags ABC, cloaca maxima, fascist architecture, Italia, La Sapienza, palazzi, PhD course, Roma on March 1, 2012 by xi'an
The above could have been the very last picture taken with my current camera: After taking it, I let go the camera which bounced on the pavement and…disappeared inside an manhole! I then thought it was lost to the cloaca maxima, but still took a look by the manhole and the camera was sitting within reach on a pile of refuse… Even better the camera is still working and seems to have lost a dust particle that was plaguing all my pictures since X’mas… (Btw, I eventually managed to get an Ethernet cable connection! Which implies text in addition to pictures on the ‘Og in the coming days.)
Living within walking distance of La Sapienza means I can take lots of pictures in the streets around the university, enjoying the morning & evening sun… As I wrote yesterday, almost all houses look like palazzi. Except the following one, which sounds more like a remnant of the fascist era. (It was indeed built between 1937 and 1938, and is now the site of the superior council of the magistracy.)
I thus appreciate very much the double opportunity offered by teaching this ABC advanced course at La Sapienza, namely both to reach new students and to enjoy a week of Roman dolce vita…
