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VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025 / MICHELANGELO’S BASILICA: WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE OF RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

© Roberto Alborghetti * The recent rites for the passing of Pope Francis have spread throughout the world, through various means of communication, the architectural beauty of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Where St. Peter’s now stands was once a chariot racing stadium, built in the time of the Emperor Caligula, Claudius  and Nero (40-65). Among those… Read More VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025 / MICHELANGELO’S BASILICA: WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE OF RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

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FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #4

© Roberto Alborghetti How might the photographic images I took for my project “Lacer/azioni” appear inside a house or a studio? Technology can help us imagine an answer to the question. In this series of images, here are some solutions. I think it is curious to think of placing, as furnishing accessories, photographs that I… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #4

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CORROSION ON THE FLOOR OF A BAR IN MILAN CENTRAL STATION (IMAGE #38)

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente. There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CORROSION ON THE FLOOR OF A BAR IN MILAN CENTRAL STATION (IMAGE #38)

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THE POPE PHOTOGRAPHED UP CLOSE: UNPUBLISHED SHOTS OF FRANCIS AND HIS GESTURES OF CLOSENESS TO THE PEOPLE

© Roberto Alborghetti Here in this photo gallery are some unpublished shots of Pope Francis, who left us a few days ago, amid general regret. These images, which I took in December 2021 during a special audience, show and document Francis in his closeness to the people. His public meetings were above all dedicated to… Read More THE POPE PHOTOGRAPHED UP CLOSE: UNPUBLISHED SHOTS OF FRANCIS AND HIS GESTURES OF CLOSENESS TO THE PEOPLE

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FAREWELL TO POPE FRANCIS / I TOLD HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE IN “FRANCESCO” THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY

Pope Francis passed away this morning at the age of 88. I have written 7 books about him. The first, titled “Francesco,” was described as the “first illustrated historical biography.” It was published in December 2013. In memory of Pope Francis, here is what was posted on this site on that occasion.    * GUEST… Read More FAREWELL TO POPE FRANCIS / I TOLD HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE IN “FRANCESCO” THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY

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MYSTERY AND FASCINATION IN THE LABYRINTH OF ALATRI (13th CENTURY) PERHAPS CONNECTED TO THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

In the province of Frosinone, not far from Rome, there is a special image (and in some ways full of mystery and charm). It is an ancient fresco: the “Labyrinth of Alatri”. It is kept in the former Convent of San Francesco, dating back to 1359 and now used as an exhibition hall. Here, in… Read More MYSTERY AND FASCINATION IN THE LABYRINTH OF ALATRI (13th CENTURY) PERHAPS CONNECTED TO THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

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SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#3)

© Roberto Alborghetti There are eyes that always “look” at us. They are those of the faces on the advertising posters on the walls or on the billboards, along the streets of our cities. The torn paper of the advertisements, consumed by time and bad weather, can reveal interesting glimpses and elements, such as those… Read More SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#3)

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CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #6

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine creata o modificata digitalmente. This image may look like a painting depicting a sky that has shattered under the blows of the global warming. Or it could also be the reproduction of… Read More CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #6

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CORROSION ON THE FLOOR OF A BAR IN MILAN CENTRAL STATION (IMAGE #37)

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente. There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CORROSION ON THE FLOOR OF A BAR IN MILAN CENTRAL STATION (IMAGE #37)

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PLACES / WONDERS OF ALATRI, THE ANCIENT CITY WITH THE PRE-ROMAN ACROPOLIS AND SURROUNDED BY CYCLOPEAN WALLS

Alatri (Frosinone) is a special and particular city: it announces itself from afar, from the top of a hill in the Ciociaria area (Lazio, Italy). It is first of all famous for the presence of the pre-Roman Acropolis surrounded by cyclopean walls in which the ancient Porta Civita opens. The frame of the walls, well… Read More PLACES / WONDERS OF ALATRI, THE ANCIENT CITY WITH THE PRE-ROMAN ACROPOLIS AND SURROUNDED BY CYCLOPEAN WALLS

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FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #3

© Roberto Alborghetti How might the photographic images I took for my project “Lacer/azioni” appear inside a house or a studio? Technology can help us imagine an answer to the question. In this series of images, here are some solutions. I think it is curious to think of placing, as furnishing accessories, photographs that I… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #3

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SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#2)

© Roberto Alborghetti There are eyes that always “look” at us. They are those of the faces on the advertising posters on the walls or on the billboards, along the streets of our cities. The torn paper of the advertisements, consumed by time and bad weather, can reveal interesting glimpses and elements, such as those… Read More SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#2)

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CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #5

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine creata o modificata digitalmente. This image may look like a painting depicting a sky that has shattered under the blows of the global warming. Or it could also be the reproduction of… Read More CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #5

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