I am back!

Hello everyone!

I have been dealing with technical problems (storage space and camera battery) lately but today I am back. I hope to be able to keep on with the dayly photo, despite the lack of time for walking around to take pics. I'll do as much as I can!

Thank you all so much for your kind comments and your encouragement :-)

Roman marbles

Mailing box on roman walls

This used to be my mailing box and it was closed for misterious reasons. 

The box is attached to the Mura di Gallieno, built by the homonymous roman emperor between april and december 265 d.C. when the Empire was already suffering from barbaric invasions and Verona was obviously under the threat. The hurry under which the works were carried out explains the variety of materials and shapes of the blocks: anything handy was recycled into this construction. 

Roman marbles scattered in town

Encased into walls, on buildings, on the corners of the streets... In the centre of Verona there are many many roman marbles scattered here and there. Pieces of columns, engraved stones, marble squared blocks, bits of walls sprouting from the ground and mixing with the "modern" building...

Perhaps some have been in those very places for two thousand years, while others have been moved in more recent years and placed where they are now. They look so casual where they are, without much effort... that you could end up not noticing them at all, while some of the pieces are really outstanding, like this one.