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| greek statue, Museo di Roma |
In November, as part of a longer trip, the Mayor stopped in Rome for a few days. This is not the first time in the Eternal City, nor the last. But each visit has its own rewards. The Museo Di Roma, as known to Romane(romans), has a number of different building scattered about the city. This particular venue is a former palazzo owned by an aristocratic family and had been bought and sold several times before being acquired by the City of Rome. It houses a great collection of ancient sculptures, placed in the various salons in the palazzo. Each room is a treasure unto itself. Frescoes and murals decorate the rooms. Traditional landscapes mix with mythological subjects and the depictions of gods in the Roman pantheon. While it rained outside that November day, the Mayor feasted his eyes on artistic treasures in a Roman Palazzo.
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