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icarus_chained) wrote2013-12-05 08:35 pm
icarus_chained) wrote2013-12-05 08:35 pm
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Random History?
Drive-by post because all the things are still happening and won't go away but at least I'm semi functional right now? Also, I'm reading a lot of really random things both on- and off-line to fill in odd moments. Which leads to ...
Speaking as someone whose joint degree was in archaeology and geography, this blog post on the historical geographies of Rome is possibly the best thing I've read in days. The sense of history entwined in the physical shape of a city, the layers and the layout, was one of my favourite things about the 'Historical Geography of the City' module in college. And, you know, Rome. 2000 years plus, right off the bat. Heh. I love it.
That blog also has some cool posts about Venice, commedia dell'arte, gelato, Italian Renaissance politics, current Italian tourism, costumes in different portrayals of the Borgias, and lots of other good stuff.
Speaking as someone whose joint degree was in archaeology and geography, this blog post on the historical geographies of Rome is possibly the best thing I've read in days. The sense of history entwined in the physical shape of a city, the layers and the layout, was one of my favourite things about the 'Historical Geography of the City' module in college. And, you know, Rome. 2000 years plus, right off the bat. Heh. I love it.
That blog also has some cool posts about Venice, commedia dell'arte, gelato, Italian Renaissance politics, current Italian tourism, costumes in different portrayals of the Borgias, and lots of other good stuff.