Scorching temperatures and a long, dry summer have given locals and tourists alike a rare opportunity to see the remains of a 2,000-year-old bridge that once spanned the Tiber river that weaves through the center of Rome. The flow of the Tiber, which is fed from tributaries from the northern Apennine Mountains, has fallen below 80 cubic meters a second, half the national average for this time of year, according to Rome’s civil protection coordinator, Giovanni Giganti. “We are facing a major water crisis. And it is a crisis that is also due to the fact that this winter we did have quite abundant rainfall, but then the dry periods … were quite long,” Giganti told the Associated Press. Nero’s Bridge (Pons Neronianus) was thought to have been built as a triumphal monument by the Emperor Caligula around 39 AD. But it is referred to as Nero’s Bridge because Nero, Caligula’s nephew, renamed a number of ancient structures after himself during his rule from 54 to 68 AD, according to historical accounts. The bridge originally connected the ancient Campus Martius area, which now houses the Spanish Steps, the Piazza del Popolo and the posh shopping streets around Via Condotti, to
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In the classic movie “Roman Holiday,” Gregory Peck’s American reporter encounters Audrey Hepburn’s incognito European princess without initially realizing her royal identity. With Rome as the backdrop to entertaining scenes of 1950s…
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In the classic movie “Roman Holiday,” Gregory Peck’s American reporter encounters Audrey Hepburn’s incognito European princess without initially realizing her royal identity. With Rome as the backdrop to entertaining…
Read original at CNN →Park Magazine editor-in-chief Julie Sagoskin describes how volcanic activity in Italy upended her vacation and forced her to take an approximately 11-hour overnight train to Rome before catching a flight back to New…
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In the classic movie “Roman Holiday,” Gregory Peck’s American reporter encounters Audrey Hepburn’s incognito European princess without initially realizing her royal identity. With Rome as the backdrop to entertaining scenes of 1950s…
View source →Park Magazine editor-in-chief Julie Sagoskin describes how volcanic activity in Italy upended her vacation and forced her to take an approximately 11-hour overnig
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