Postcard From Rome: Santa Maria in Trastevere Santa Maria in Trastevere dates to medieval times and features spectacular mosaics.  Even in dim light the tiles appear like jewels, but their beauty isn’t just about splendor. There’s a sweetness in the details — for instance in the curls on the sheep — that brings to life the tenderness […]

Postcard From Rome: Mostra di Leonardo Way at the back of the courtyard of Palazzo della Cancelleria is a museum dedicated to the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. Visitors get to see (reproduced) pages from Leonardo’s notebooks along with full-scale models of the inventions themselves.   Many of the models are interactive, meaning kids of all […]