A monolith (carved from one single stone, mono being single, lith being stone in Greek) obelisk (not going to explain that one, google it) inscribed with the text MVSSOLINI DUX (Mussolini the leader). The thing was put in place by the fascists in 1932 and weighs about 390 tons.
Well, to begin with, placing a mosaic saying DUCE DUCE DUCE (leader, Mussolini’s nick name) x 4 is rather egocentric. Keeping it after the fascist era is…Ehm… yeah…
When finished in 1938, this was to be the main entrance to the Austrian institute in Rome. There were some problems though, to begin with one: the war kind of shut it down before it really could start working. Secondly, it wasn’t very popular after the war that Hitler himself had inaugurated the building using these stairs. They’ve not been used ever since…
What’s left of the Servian walls that were built after the invasion of the Gauls 390 BC.
Oh my God… Where do I buy one of these!?
They take posters to a completely new level here…
This is one of the many hills in Rome, some steeper than others, posted simply because it’s beautiful.
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JÄVLAR vilket SJUK poster!!! Gillar det skarpt!
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