Rome is a bit too broad term for what I’m about to show: Tiburtina station and its immediate surroundings as viewed one October day two years ago.
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When I saw Amy’s theme old and new for this week’s Lens-Artists photo challenge, my first thought went to the wall spotted just opposite the Tiburtina station the (only) time I went to Slovenia from Rome by bus, FlixBus to be exact.
They depart from the vicinity of this train station, Rome’s second largest after the Termini. It is quite peculiar. Only now I spot the sign “Designed with L<3 in Denmark” in one of its windows. Really? A quick online search yielded nothing, but now it suddenly seems very Scandinavian to me.
I had some time to kill so I pulled my suitcase along a couple of streets and wasn’t sorry. Have a look at how they dropped this modern building into the surrounding Rome.
I was travelling all alone after quite a while and you know how suddenly there is so much to tell and show to another and there is nobody there? It wasn’t but now it is. Welcome. The photos are in the same order as taken.
Cavour was a 19th century count who was working for the unification of Italy. 
The exterior. 
No, it’s not an airport. 
It’s the funky Tiburtina train station. Denmark is mentioned in the window on the left from the boards. 
Just opposite. Still Rome? You could have fooled me. 
Estonian street art by (R)estart reality. Sounds like just the thing. 
Us… 
…and them. 
A gated community. 
Would you like to live here? 
What? Some sort of ghosts. 
This is the photo that sprang to mind at old and new. 
A wider view. What? Why? 
A middle-aged building opposite. 
Hurry, maybe the offer still stands. But you’ll have to cross the moat. 
And then this… Really old but protected in a novel way. 
How will we ever be able to apologise for modern architecture? 
Good for a doorfie. With the suitcase instead of bestia. 
New and old. 
All together now.
For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, hosted by Amy at THE WORLD IS A BOOK…: Old and new
Wow Manja, quite the tour! Very brave of you to wander about by yourself but what an amazing little tour you took!
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Oh Tina, you don’t like travelling alone? It didn’t feel dangerous at all. I had to go to Slovenia then and amore couldn’t, and taking the bus was the best way. It took me almost the entire day though.
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No, I’m all about traveling w my husband and sometimes another couple. I’m a bit of a chicken when it comes to out-of-country travel although I did it for work when I was younger.
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I really enjoy this series, Manja. Excellent choices for this theme. The Tiburtina station is incredible, so much different from other architecture in Rome. Thank you for the tour. 🙂
How long did it take to get to Rome?
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Thank you, Amy! 🙂 I’m glad you approve. You mean from Rome to Ljubljana? I believe it was more than 12 hours since I had to switch buses in Mestre near Venice with a couple of hours in between.
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12 hours. I’m sure you enjoyed the scenery all the way back to Ljubljana. 🙂
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I was reading mostly. 🙂 It was a covered murky day with not many good views.
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Some incredible architecture. Restart reality… what? Nice bit of street art.
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Thank you, Scooj. First time I hear of them. I just notice Estonia mentioned.
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I like your comment about modern architecture. (K)
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I’m really glad you do, K. 🙂 Of course, not ALL modern architecture, but pretty much.
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The pink one with windows is quite funny.
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Right, Bojana? What were they thinking?
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Totally.
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The old and ugly versus the new and shiny? Or the old and beautiful versus the new and ugly? It’s all there in a city, isn’t it? I rather like that stripey, shiny building at the end. Sending hugs 🙂 🙂
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Thank you, Jo. I dedicate this building to you then. 😀 I must say that I tend to hate all these metal cages. Hugs right back.
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Cavour, best politician (he ran the shop for the Kingdom) Italy ever had. You can’t get the French to fight the Prussian on your behalf and not to be the best. Plus he was Piedmontese 😀
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Oh, thanks for the info, Fabrizio. I always wondered why a subway station is named after some Frenchman (which I assumed from the name).
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Oh no, he’s a big deal over in Piedmont. Every city/village has a “via Cavour”, there’s a town called Cavour (because he was Camillo Benso, count of Cavour or “Cavour” for friends) and even a channel used to irrigate the rice paddies (“Canale Cavour”). Piedmont is filled with French-sounding toponyms (Villarboit, Caresanablot, Preit, Sampeyre etc etc) and the dialect has a lot of French in it. After all the Savoia family ruled the land…
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Enjoyed the tour, Manja – as always you find things out of the ordinary! Who would have found these in Rome but you!? Excellent!
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Hihi, thank you, Leya, but all this were really just opposite the station! Everybody with a few extra minutes could find it, but the question is whether most wouldn’t just walk by without a second thought. 😉
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Excellent series. Love that heavily supported old wall!
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Thank you, John. Italy is old but it’s as if they kept the old at the same stage throughout. It never gets older. 🙂
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Great choices and gallery, Manja. That old wall is amazing! I can see why you thought of it.
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Thank you, Patti! 🙂 Usually this kind of first thoughts are the best lead to follow.
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Wow, such variety of shots, Manja.
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Thank you so much, Rupali. In Rome it’s not that hard to spot combinations like these. It contains so many layers of history and present.
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