Villa Doria Pamphili The estate was laid out by Prince Camilo Pamphili after 1650. Today, the Casino del Pelresparo is at the centre of a large Serpentine Style Park. Since 1965 it has been Rome's largest public park with a fine hilltop site.
The Aventine Keyhole For those in the know, this is a popular attraction. Locals bring their visitors here to admire the impressive optical effect created by Piranesi. It doesn't sound that wonderful; some trees and St. Peter's, but few leave uncharmed. Located in the artistic and enigmatic Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, a gate bars the entrance to the Priory of the Knights of Malta. Queue up to have a look through the ornate keyhole, and you'll see the Vatican's vast white cathedral floating at the end of a symmetrical tunnel of trimmed trees.
The piazza is placed on the Aventine Hill (Aventino), which is a nice tranquil place to stroll on a sunny day. To reach the keyhole, you follow Via di Santa Sabina from the Circo Massimo (Circus Maximus) past a rose garden, two attractive churches and a couple of delightful panoramic parks. One, a walled garden filled with orange trees, hosts outdoors theatre in the summer months.
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I've just watched a documentary on Norwegian television about a pastor in a "free church" here in Norway and how he's been abusing children. He adopted 10 children off the streets of Brazil, and abused them, he's also abused children here in Norway...
What did one of the Brazilian mothers who was interviewed, pray for?? Someone to help take care of her children, as she wasn't able to, and who did her child meet??
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RE: Amusing Acidents/Calamities
Tufty!!! You're back!!!