World Travelers - name the monument & city

[wsuffa]

Another "identify this" for your perusal. The world travelers stand a good chance of getting this...

 

[SkyHog]

Another "identify this" for your perusal. The world travelers stand a good chance of getting this...

Arco de Constantino. Seen it myself

FWIW, its in Roma.

 

[ScottM]

What Nick said.

The area around it today sure looks a lot different.

 

[wsuffa]

Excellent, Nick. And you are correct, Scott, amazing how it's changed in 64 years.

 

[Obi Heed Kenobi]

I remember how sad I was when I saw all of the graffiti on it.

And it is striking how much it's changed. Funny to think that it's been there for, what, ~1,800 yrs? I suspect there have been a lot of things that have changed!

 

[ScottM]

I remember how sad I was when I saw all of the graffiti on it.

And it is striking how much it's changed. Funny to think that it's been there for, what, ~1,800 yrs? I suspect there have been a lot of things that have changed!

It has been cleaned up and fenced off.

BTW graffiti has been a Roman tradition for several thousand years.

I was in Pompei looking at graffiti in the 'locker room' of a gymnasium near their collesium. The was a line of graffiti stating that "the women of Pompeii swoon for Flavius"

That line of graffiti, once considered vandalism at its time is now an important insight into the life of the common Roman circa 60AD.

A year or two later I was in Athens at the Acropolis looking at Greek graffiti that was 2500 years old and photographing it. A person approached me and asked what I was doing. I explained my interest in the graffiti and that I photographing it as I was not at all fluent in ancient Greek and hope to translate it later. It turns out the woman who was asking me these question studies ancient Greek graffiti and she gave me a special tour of the ruins to see some of the markings. Tons of great stuff about families, loves, dedications and jokes.

 

[Ghery]

Here's a more up to date picture of the original location, taken last summer.

 

[wsuffa]

Did someone mention Acropolis?

From that same roll of film:

(Yep, that's Dad back then)

And in 2008 during my visit (probably should convert to grey scale):

Man, it sure looks like someone ruined it but good...

 

[wsuffa]

And one more from the Acropolis:

Then:

Now:

 

[mikea]

Did someone mention Acropolis?

And in 2008 during my visit (probably should convert to grey scale):

You were there when they stated building it and they still haven't finished it yet?

 

[Obi Heed Kenobi]

It has been cleaned up and fenced off.

BTW graffiti has been a Roman tradition for several thousand years.

I was in Pompei looking at graffiti in the 'locker room' of a gymnasium near their collesium. The was a line of graffiti stating that "the women of Pompeii swoon for Flavius"

That line of graffiti, once considered vandalism at its time is now an important insight into the life of the common Roman circa 60AD.

A year or two later I was in Athens at the Acropolis looking at Greek graffiti that was 2500 years old and photographing it. A person approached me and asked what I was doing. I explained my interest in the graffiti and that I photographing it as I was not at all fluent in ancient Greek and hope to translate it later. It turns out the woman who was asking me these question studies ancient Greek graffiti and she gave me a special tour of the ruins to see some of the markings. Tons of great stuff about families, loves, dedications and jokes.

When I wrote that, I actually had a few very specific examples in mind - one that sticks out was a swastika carved into it. It made me sad.

At the same time, it would be interesting to go forward 1,000 years to see what our progeny says about it.