TRADITIONS
One of the most predominant traditions of Rome is the fountain. The water springs that have supplied the city for two thousand years seem to be an integrated part of the culture and the people. Fountains on every street corner and highly decorative ensembles are dotted frequently all over the city. Each of these masterpieces are respected and each take your breath away.
None more so than the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi is the most beautiful monument I have ever seen. Its almost magical to behold. The way it protrudes out from the side of a building in the centre of a secluded piazza, where one could simply discover it by chance is overwhelming. The beauty and detail incorporated into the deign is perfection to the helm and the rocky finish that the sculptures stand majestically on top of finishes the aura of the fountain entirely.
RELIGION
Pure and utter devotion: the only thing to describe the religious culture in Rome. The love and care if everything to do with religion is beyond anything ever seen to thought about in Scotland. The chapels that appear on every street are so majestic and grand. Monuments and sculptures simply magnify the building entirely in its splendour and shows the respect, discipline and pride that Italy has for its architecture. The buildings are daunting in appearance and more so inside, where the attention to detail intensifies.
BOULEVARDS AND INFRASTUCURE
The linearity of Rome is evident everywhere. The long strips that run for miles though the city, connecting piazza to piazza, monument to monument and people to people. These boulevards essentially are perfectly straight never deviating from their original axis and are emphasised by the use of trees, buildings and street lamps, which are suspended over the centre of the road, and pillars all emphasise this linearity.