Showing posts with label boccione. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boccione. Show all posts

Jun 2, 2011

A walk in the Jewish quarter

One of my favorite parts of the city is the Jewish Quarter of Rome.

I always enter from here, off the Piazza Mattei, through...
the Bernini–attributed turtle fountain

...a narrow and cobblestone-paved side street called Via della Reginella.
via della Reginella in the Jewish Quarter of Rome

Always stopping to glimpse at the Judaica on the corner...
Jewish Quarter of Rome, the oldest in Western Europe

...and landing at my sanctuary, Boccione–the neighborhood bakery.
Boccione bakery in the Jewish Quarter of Rome

It smells wonderful in here, all day long.

After some small talk with one of the signoras that work the counter, I walk out with a pocketful of almond-cinnamon biscottini, and a big smile on my face.

Are you familiar with this part of Rome?

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