Piazza dell' Oro, Rome 7 May 2013

Funeral of Giulio Andreotti at San Giovanni dei Fiorentini

Piazza San Pietro, Rome 13 March 2013

ANNUNTIO VOBIS GAUDIAM MAGNAM HABEMUS PAPAMThe election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis I

Piazza del Pantheon, Rome 19 May 2012

A demonstration to protest against the murder of Melissa Bassi, a school student in a bomb attack early that morning in Brindisi

Piazza del Quirinale, Rome 12 November 2011

Silvio Berlusconi's resignation is marked by shouts of buffoon, and a rendition of the 'Hallelujah Chorus'.

A Golden Tapir in Piazza Venezia, Rome

A golden tapir is presented to Silvio Berlusconi at Palazzo Grazioli, by an Italian satirical television programme, to mark his humiliating exit from office as Prime Minister.

Murder in the Cathedral

From the film 'La Notte di San Lorenzo' (1982) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
('Hostias et preces tibi, Domine' Verdi Messa da Requiem 1874)

Forum Romanum Reconstructed