HeyJaredThe Painted Palazzo
Writer, journalist, historian, researcher, 60 year resident in Italy. Like my unique palazzo in central Italy, my substack includes a variety of subjects: lifestyle, expats, interviews, travelogues,guest posts. Come visit!
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Raffaello paintings in Civitavecchia (opens the original)
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Eight years ago I had the pleasure of celebrating my birthday with a visit to a very special apartment on the third floor of Palazzo Manzi in Civitavecchia’s historic center. The palazzo’s size protected it from the severe bombings that wiped out large areas of the port city on May 14, 1943, for it served as a navigational signal to the Allied bombers during the terrible days of World War II. When the owner, retired policeman Tarcisio De Paolis, led us up the stairway and opened the door to his
A Symphony dedicated to Water (opens the original)
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While walking to last night’s special premier I passed the historic wash house built in 1851 beneath my palazzo and used regularly by all the neighbors until about a year ago. This local lavatoio is one of hundreds located in strategic positions in all the towns of Tuscia. Today they are a symbol of the work ethic of the area’s women for they served the essential function of providing clean water for washing before running water became available (about 1910) in homes. They also were gathering pl
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