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The Birthday and Birth of Rome

by Dianne Hales | Apr 19, 2021 | April, culture, history, Italian, Italian language, Italy, Language, Roman history, Rome, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

The eternal city has an official birthdate:  April 21, 753 B.C.  Rome traditionally celebrated with a parade, concerts, gladiator displays  and  fireworks. This year, like last, there are no such exuberant public gatherings. Photographs capture a city I’ve never seen:...

April in Italian

by Dianne Hales | Apr 6, 2021 | April, Books, books on Italy, history, Italian, Italian language, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  T.S. Eliot called it the cruelest month (il mese più crudele). Yet this is also the romantic month that inspired classic songs and movies like Enchanted April, April in Paris and April Love.  And as the cheerful childhood rhyme reminds us, April showers bring...
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