This presentation uses Paolo Sorrentino's La grande bellezza (2013) and Rosi's Sacro Gra (2013) to frame a selective deconstruction of the Eternal City.

Paragraphs include Genius of Rome (broadly based on a long view of the city's primary logistics: place and time), Grand Narratives (focusing on an evolving Roman mythology driven by polarised qualifiers and tags), Individual Trajectories (looking at the default impact made by Rome on travellers from different periods) and Hope of Rome: Resurrection vs Resurgence (tackling the city's role in and since the Risorgimento and particularly under fascism).

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