That brief moment at the end of February seems like an idyll now. In Rome, we were hearing about the novel coronavirus showing up in various countries, and people all over the world were starting to think twice about their holiday plans. Then on Sunday, February 23, I woke up to the news that there were 152 cases in…
Jeannie Marshall
Jeannie Marshall was previously a feature writer for the National Post. She lives in Rome.
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Jeannie Marshall
Recently, on my way to catch a bus into the centre of Rome, I noticed that a building near my house in the Garbatella neighbourhood bears the date E. F. VII, which refers to the seventh year of the Era of Fascism. As the bus turned onto the Lungotevere, I noted that Anno IV is marked on the stone embankment of the Tiber…