European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse History of Rome comes alive in its statues by Michael Abrams staff photographer Rome is Home for More than 3 million people. Millions More visit the italian Capitol every year it keeping the City alive Day and night. But it is not Only the he on the streets and the piazzas in the cafes and the bars that is there. On fountains and monuments on churches and palaces the statues Are alive. No matter where you look in Rome they Are there staring at you pointing at you. Some mean and Stern some fun. And whimsical. Commissioned by emperors Popes and Kings designed and sculptured by the Best artists of the times the statues of Rome can be As elegant As the Angels on the Sant Angelo Bridge or As intricate As the figures in the famed Trevi Fountain. Walking past the Palace of Justice a thoughtful judge sits on his Pedestal seeming to deliberate a Tough Legal question. At the Piazza Mignanelli near the Spanish Steps a Prophet on the column of the immaculate Conception appears to be proclaiming his prophesies to anyone who will. A hear. 1. The three fountains on Piazza Navona a the Fontana Del Nettuno Bernini s Fontana Dei fiume and Fontana Del is another place where the statues come to life. A Little imagination is All that is needed and the figures could come. Splashing right out of the water. From the roman Ages to the present whether simple or fanciful Large or Small the statues give silent testimony the grandeur and history of Rome 74 stripes Magazine july 14, 1994 juy 14, 1994 stripes Magazine 75
