Friday, June 4, 2010

Holy Area

“Area Sacra” (Holy Area) bench
Largo di Torre Argentina
Rome, May 2010

11 comments:

Lowell said...

Now what do you suppose makes a bench or an area "holy"?

And if there was a bench in the Vatican and you owned another in Argentina, both in "holy" areas, would the Vatican be "holier than thou"?

;-)

Jim said...

Interesting. I wish I could see a bit more of the ruin/statue in the foreground.
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Dina said...

The bench itself is just so-so, your your curious title Holy Area sent me to the link. What a place, this Largo di Torre Argentina!

VP said...

@ Jacob - I understand you are a bit obsessed with the Vatican, but there are holy places in Rome, and in the rest of the world, the Vatican has nothing to do with.
If you check the link, this area was called holy because there were pagan temples.
By the way, this is probably the place were Julius Caesar was killed.

joo said...

Looks like a nice place:)

cieldequimper said...

Where are the cats?

VP said...

@ ciel - We passed by almost every day and never saw any cat there...

Cezar and Léia said...

Wonderful composition, I like the bench and also those stones!
Happy Friday
Léia

cieldequimper said...

Lol VP, I only saw two!!! So is this some sort of myth?

VP said...

@ ciel - There is a sign saying that there are 350 cats in this colony...

tapirgal said...

Amazing! I remember this place.