Museo de Montemartini... Part 2

More pictures...

Museo de Montemartini... Part 1

I think it is best described by pictures but here goes a short synopsis anyways. The museum was opened during renovation of another museum in Rome and was kept open when the museum decided to exhibit collections found during the unification of Italy as well as the fascist era Italy. The building is an old power-station that serves to display the industrial history of the neighborhood as well as the rich cultural heritage from Rome's past.

Enjoy!

Ostiense this morning

We had a tour in our Roman cultural class today through the Ostiense neighborhood in Rome. It is just east and south of my flat on Trastevere and is currently under city reconstruction due to the large amount of industry that has left the area. New housing projects and mixed used buildings (businesses and housing together so the people immediately have services) are springing up everywhere or being renovated. Ostiense is really a unique place that will be the face of modern Rome.

Be prepared for a museum post later today... (Probably when all of you wake up for today.) It is a really good one well worth a trip to Rome!

Gate in the old wall of Rome

Il Pyramide monument on the wall

That is a big wall, and it goes on and on.

An original Roman highway

The new highway.

This is typical Italian driving.

Fish market! Really stinky but really cool!

Remains of industry from the turn of the last century.

Graffiti including American cult icons and current politicians (Berlusconi and Obama are not well liked in Italy)

Quite a romantic view of the old gas towers...

El Pyramide on the walk back. It sort of dominates the area for some reason.

This is an art deco knock off of a Renaissance design style. I personally like it, but it is really an oddity that Art Deco style appears in Rome. 

A building built during the Fascist Era. Lots of really unique and streamlined buildings were built then, and it is a really interesting take on a mix of modernism, art deco and a new take on Neo-Classical design.

Night Photos and Getting Lost

So... Friday night was interesting. As possibly mentioned previously, John and Adam and I were hopelessly lost. We did see all of this great stuff though before getting lost... Enjoy!

The National History Museum

A Cathedral to be Mentioned later...

Courtyard of the Four Fountains

A more dramatic perspective of the Courtyard of the Four Fountains

The Four Horsemen Statue outside of the following church... 

One of the oldest churches in Rome. This is set 30 feet below street level at the original elevation of the city. 

Forum of Trajan (Foro Traiani)

The Vittorio Emmanuele at night

Mercati Traiani and Roman baths beyond

Wonder what this one is... Looks familiar for some reason... Must be in a movie or something...

Arch of Titus

Circus Maximus... Kinda a bad view of it. 

As you can see this is kind of a who's who list of what to see in Rome, except at night. I ended up leaving the other neighborhood off the photo thing because you can see graffiti on run down buildings in the US. There are some interesting graffiti artists that actually do some cool public works. I will try and get a photo collection going.