Tag: Rome
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Imagining the Itinerary in “My Father’s House” by Joseph O’Connor
Before the occupation of Rome in the second world war, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty would take the occasional brisk walk across the city from his residence in the Vatican’s Collegio Teutonico (1). On hot days, he would stop for an orange juice at a bar on the Via del Portico d’Ottavia (2) and then carry on…