ALLA ROMA A NATIVE MAKES THE ETERNAL CITY BREATHE HISTORY AND LIVE IN THE NOISY MOMENT

From: The Boston Globe | Date: May 30, 2004| Author: Dick Lehr Globe Correspondent | Copyright information

ROME "This is what we call the Roman Forum. Spectacular, eh?" Roberto Maccari slides his sunglasses atop his head and sweeps his hand to introduce a breathtaking view of five acres he says was once "the pulse of Rome, the center of the old city political, religious, financial."

Maccari has taken us up a steep hill toward a piazza overlooking the Forum. He's leaning against a stone railing pointing out crumbled marble columns and the remains of buildings. The Colosseum looms in the di...

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