Word: romes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...river, but beneath the apparent calm there is a deep, turbulent rift which sometimes whirls up like an assault of wind-whipped breakers. That rift is symbolized by the tablet in the city hall commemorating Garibaldi's visit in 1849 (after the Republicans had driven the Pope from Rome), and by the blue & white statue of the Virgin Mary in the church...
...afternoon, most people in Fiumicino like to go for a boat ride. Left-wingers were disgusted with the crowds (including many trippers from Rome), who overfilled every available craft. The sun was setting in a fresh westerly breeze as the boats, hung with bunting, sailed out between the piers. On the leading boat stood the statue of the Virgin, one foot holding down the head of a sea serpent, above the inscription: "Tu es Virgo Maria, portus sahitis, marls stella" (Thou art the Virgin Mary, haven of safety, star of the sea). Catholic fishermen sailed their craft daringly, crashing...
...three main roads to Rome last week two Italian Army trucks rolled south. They had come from Munich, with $10 million worth of art under their tarpaulins. At the Ducal Palace in the mountain city of Bolzano, the trucks halted and weary armed guards began unloading the crates. They would be safe there until a show to celebrate their return could be arranged at Rome...
...originally hung in the Naples Museum, and would eventually return there. Early in the war, the Neapolitan curators stored their collection at Monte Cassino, which then seemed safe from Allied bombs. Just before the ancient Benedictine monastery was bombed to rubble, German commanders ordered the art shipped to Rome. But one freightcarful rumbled right through to Berlin; some of the boys in the Hermann Goring Division figured it would make a nice birthday present for the boss...
...Rome came an angry echo from Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official voice. Testimony of the U.S. clergymen, declared an editorial, did not meet "the first condition of seriousness and authority for any judgment...