Pebble mosaic in sidewalk. Ornamentation pops up in even the simplest things.
Major street repair in central Rome. Three guys dig up the cobblestones and find the leaky pipe. Then they replace the dirt, tap the old mortar off those cobblestones and replace them. No heavy machinery, plenty of time to stop and chat or walk around the corner for un espresso doppio.
Swiss Guard - uniform designed by Michelangelo - painter, sculptor architect and couturier. All of them tall, handsome and able to speak three or four languages. And able to wear the uniform without cracking up, obviously.
The pope's private staircase to the Sistine
Chapel
one of the famous cats of the Colosseum
Newlyweds at Bocca della Verita
Sant'Eustacio on the eponymous piazza. Yes, that's a
deer's head with a cross between the antlers.
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