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21 Aprile: Roma

Posted by KATYA at 09:34, 22 Apr 2007

Salve!

Yesterday was the birthday of Rome
Ieri era il compleanno di Roma

- Copied from: http://www.inromenow.com/
According to legend, the Eternal City was founded in 753 BC by the twins Romulus and Remus who were raised by an accommodating she-wolf. and During the Fascist regime, April 21 was selecting as a celebration of Rome's birthday, replacing the labor festival of May 1st with its Communist undertones. Now we celebrate both holidays! On April 21 and 22, Many businesses will be closed, there will be events in the parks involving people dressed as gladiators and vestal virgins, and at noon, the bells will peal from the tower of the Campidoglio.
Saturday, April 21
9 am (Porta San Sebastiano): opening of the Porta Appia (Appian Door)
10 am (Via Appia Antica, 18): gladiatorial games and representation of the tracing of the city walls.
6-9 pm (Temple of Vesta): The rite of "Palilia" and of the lighting of the "Sacred Fire" officiated by the Vestal Virgins belonging to the Gruppo Storico Romano
Sunday, April 22
11 am (starting point: Circus Maximus): parade by historic groups on the Via dei Fori Imperiali and laying down of the wreath before the statue of Caesar. Entry into the Roman Forum by a section of the participants.

- SPQR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPQR
http://tinyurl.com/2rrfu7
- Founding of Rome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of...
- Lucius Tarutius and the foundation of Rome
http://www.geocities.com/edovila/astro/t...
- Feriae in Roma Antiqua et Hodie
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/things/opti...
- Rome from airplane
http://www.romaspqr.it/ROMA/Roma_dallalt...
- Folk Roman songs
http://www.romaspqr.it/ROMA/Canzoni_de_r...
- Recipes
http://www.romamor.it/en/ric/index.htm
- Dedicated to the study and preservation of the ancient Roman culture and religion
http://www.religioromana.net/index.htm

- ITALIANO
Tutto su Roma:
Il Natale di Roma, Roma dall’aereo, Fotografie, Canzoni Romane, Ricette, Roma dall'alto, Cartina interattiva del Foro Romano e Fori Imperiali, Glossario architettonico, Mappa di Roma Interattiva, SPQR storia di una sigla, Arte, Musei, Curiosità, Servizi, ecc...
http://www.romaspqr.it/index.htm
- Natale di Roma: programma eventi
http://tinyurl.com/34zejz

Buon compleanno
Happy birthday
Katya

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Happy birthday, Roma!
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Posted by Kathrinn on 22 Apr 2007 at about 11:34.

Regards, Kathrinn

rome
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Posted by ciamarra on 27 Apr 2007 at about 20:47.

home is where the heart is, and
for thousands of years thats where my anchestors were.
in the heart of samnite territory in italy.

well said about rome and its founding.
they founded rome after their relative
Aeneas fleed burning Troy and told them to find a new home.

well the story is long - samnites - rape of sabine women,
and rome became great and even last pharoh of eqypt were roman - and she created that wonderful temple - dendra and the zodiac, then rome created the rc church.

as for the samnites,sabines, they were there before rome its been said they came from turkey as well - and my guess with a name ciamarra - sounds just like chimaera ( mother of sphinx it was near the flaming rocks in southern turkey.

but even myths were saying that prior to turkey that they indeed were in italy prior to turkey. and scholars found remains of a 700,000 year old Primitive Man in italy.

hopefully this year will be better for italia than last as it losted one of its dearest son's and daughters which shocked the world , My relative and dear friend was murder while vacationing in mexico to have a beach wedding at a high class resort for his daugther. needless to say the police and poltics on both sides were a joke in the past year because the tourism was at stake. but we will miss domenic ianiero - his playing the accordian at family gatherings as we sang the old folks songs like- quel mazzolin di fiori, reginella campagnola, etc.

but who knows the will of god, and like my father used to said, sometimes god craves for ciamarra's tears for those are the sweetest.

but happy birthday rome and forza italia

Very Interesting!
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Posted by cnnek on 23 Apr 2007 at about 04:21.

Ciao Katya

I really enjoyed reading this and bookmarking the links. Rome is a very interesting city with an even more interesting history. I also enjoyed reading the recipes. I love cooking. I'm looking forward to trying some of them.

What do you think?

cnnek

{You Can Teach People How To Think Or What To Think; But, You Can't Do Both! It Is Better To Teach People How To Think!!!}

Ciao da Katya
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Posted by KATYA on 25 Apr 2007 at about 08:11.

I want to increase my blog with a new link:

She is Gabriella Ferri a great Italian singer that for long time have dedicate her voce to Roman songs.
In this link you will find 2 pages with videos where can listen her voice:

http://tinyurl.com/2ylzu4

HugshugS!
Katya