Curiosity of Stones and Gladiators Rome
The eternal city has fascinated visitors for centuries. Only last year 12 million tourists come. According to the german newspaper “Neue zurcher zeitung” the city council is focusing on increasing that number.
Ole Gustafsson has one idea only, a passion he calls it. For 29 years the history teacher from Malmo, now retired and an amateur painter, has spent his holidays in Rome, without exception. It’s Not Just the ruins of ancient Times that fascinate him, he also loves the tranquil Way of life that Goethe describes so well.
Object of desire
The list of travelers to Rome is a long one. Johann Joachim Winckelmann wrote enthusiastically that apart from Rome, there’s Not much that is beautiful in the world.
The Swiss art historian Jacob Burckhardt said that “when Not in Rome, i’m neverwinter really happy”.
In 1950s and 1960s when mass tourism Bergman, the success of the Lines of “Capri fischer” by Rickes Colbie and Domenico Modugno’s Volare led to films set in Rome. The american film “Roman holidays” with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck Put the most spectacular sites of Rome in the spotlight and presented them to the world. It Was a film designed to Give the audience a tour of the city, as one Roman newspaper wrote at the time.
The scandalous happenings described by Federico Fellini in “la dolce vita” marked the beginning of a real boom for the city as a film studio as well as the start of a growing demand from travel agencies as a tourist destination.
Above all, Rome has succeded in adotting to the needs of a modern city with almost 12 millions arrivals a year. Many of the city’s craft workshops have been transformed intorno fast food outlets,pubs and shops. Most of the high street shops on via del corso and via Del tritone are the same as in Basel and Hamburg. Not all visitors have time for a pleasant lunch in a welcoming trattoria between museum visits; they need a quick, inexpensive snack.
In the after non, via condotti is the place to go. It’s Rome smartest shopping street where alla the big names of italian high fashion can be’ found. A stop-off at caffè greco is a must, until fifty years ago the meeting place of artists and writers.
The whole article in german can be found at this LINK
