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Two millennia ago, gladiators, prostitutes, and politicians—Julius Caesar, for one—rubbed shoulders in a red-light district adjacent to the Forum and Colosseum. Now it’s a zone where something new is always opening, Italians gather for animated conversations outside overflowing wine bars, and young women in stilettos pick their way through cobblestoned streets.
The Radar: Tour the Vatican by iPod, South America by Bus, Best of Puerto Rico
Posted by Giovanna Palatucci on June 22, 2011 
The Vatican officially kicks off a pilot program today that will allow visitors to tour the Basilica by iPod. The devices, which will be free to use, are part of an effort to reduce noise from chattering tour guides. [Fox News] Traveling through South America by bus is easy. Just ask our Digital Nomad. Here…
The Vatican Secret Archives
Posted by emcnulty on July 2, 2010 History enthusiasts and Da Vinci Code fans rejoice – Belgian publisher VdH Books has released a 252-page volume filled with photographs of restricted texts from the depths of the Vatican’s mysterious archives. The Vatican Secret Archives, created with the aid of seventeenth Archivist Cardinal Raeffaele Farina, contains over 100 documents accompanied by detailed historical commentary…
