The Esquiline

This is another neighborhood in our series of neighborhoods we tour for my film class. It is called the Esquiline and was built on the Esquiline hill. It contains lots of immigrant communities and shops so it really displays the multiculturalism that is becoming ever evident in Italian society. Featured in this neighborhood is an indoor market, one of the 4 main Catholic churches in Rome, the largest piazza in Europe and of course some Roman ruins. Photo heavy this time but there will be video in my next post...

Guess what is on the south side of this Neighborhood?

Baths of Trajan

Matt presenting with our teacher Tom (on the left) Bogun is peeking in here...

A lot like NYC in Soho

Column taken from Roman ruins and used by Catholics.

A minor church alter

Gold mosaic.

A minor alter to the church patron and namesake. (the one that wasnt sainted)

The largest Piazza in Europe...

Also contains a supposed magic doorway to the afterlife traveled through by an alchemist who discovered how to make gold out of plants (he might have found corn or something)

Just a train station, with aqua ducts and an arch.

The ruins of the temple of Minerva.

New copying Old...

The fish market in the Esquiline

Yes..

Oh yes...

Lots of variety here. Looking good and tasty plus most of it was kicking fresh...

Expose on communist era of Italy. This exhibit is in the Italian Architecture Museum, most of the Architects in Italy over the last 50 years were Communists.

Red pathways!!! The house of Architecture is built in an old aquarium!

Really a cool exhibit that I could not get pictures to describe all of it in detail.