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Rome empties in August, but the papal in-tray doesn’t
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Rome empties in August, but the papal in-tray doesn’t
Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican three weeks ago, after a stay at the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo, but Rome is pretty much a ghost town between August 13 and whatever Tuesday happens to follow. Romans head for the seaside, the hills outside the city, or pretty much anywhere else for the ancient Roman feragosto (ferragosto in Italian, but the Romans say it with one rolled r). The holiday is celebrated all throughout Italy, and coi…
The deserted Rome for Ferragosto, celebrated in films like "Il Sorpasso" and "Un sacco bello," is no more. Although Romans tend to abandon the capital, their presence is largely "replaced" by the arrival of tourists. The numbers of the new record: For August 15th alone, in the city,...
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