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  (…) I crossed my second threshold and I definitively emerged from the darkness of the forest, metaphor of that spirit overshadowed by the lack of knowledge. I found myself in front of some long avenues converging towards a focal point. I felt my lungs suddenly revive: the light was no longer held back and […]

When you study Michelangelo Buonarroti from the official books, you may not  often find it helpful if you are looking for something more than his techniques, superficial iconography, historical context and even his rebellious and sometimes said “hysterical” personality. From those books, it is almost impossible to reach his soul to really grasp what lies […]

In ancient Rome, anyone who decided to start a journey would carry their own travel bag with them: the so-called viaticum. Over time, this word, viaticum, ended up suggesting the journey itself. Not necessarily the physical one and not even the travels we normally consume better than undertake them spiritually. A journey was only the […]

Qui di seguito, riporto, per comodità del lettore, la recensione del mio testo Anima persa Anima ritrovata, periegesi all’interno dei Giardini Vaticani sul quotidiano Avvenire, a cui farà seguito il link contenete l’articolo originale in formato pdf: Tra storia e botanica una guida erudita ai Giardini Vaticani di Alessandro Beltrami. Basta uno sguardo a una […]

The Appian way is still a legend! It is the oldest highway (or motorway) ever built.  Started over 2000 years ago, in 312 Bc, it was stretched up during the Empire. It connected initially Rome with Capua (near Naples) and later still with Brindisi (Puglia), from where the ancient Roman ships sailed to Greece and […]