Don’t Forget to Look Up: How to Discover Liberty Style Architecture in Rome

| Thu, 03/03/2022 - 02:53

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Art Nouveau, or what in Italy is called Stile Liberty or Liberty Style, might not be the first architectural style that comes to mind in Rome. Of course, visitors come to Rome for the Colosseum, Pantheon, and Forum, but Liberty Style buildings — and two neighborhoods in the Eternal City with a focus on this opulent architectural style — echo another part of the Italian capital’s past.

As you gaze up at intricate stucco designs, decadent paintings and airy stained gl

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