Posted on 01/28/2011 3:13:31 AM PST by markomalley
After twenty years, Rome has reopened the House of the Vestal Virgins, remains of an ancient Roman palace flanking ruins of the imperial seat of government in the Roman Forum. Major renovations to the structure were inaugurated Thursday with the opening of a new visitors' route through the ruins called Via Nova, which traverses the northwest slope of the Palatine Hill overlooking the Forum and ends at the Atrium Vestae, or ancient palace.
The configuration of Via Nova is believed to date back to urban planning made in the wake of a blaze that razed much of Rome in 64 AD, but may be older. More than 4,000 meters were refurbished along the route, of which the Atrium Vestae occupies 1,568 square meters. Work focused on restoring the structural stability and integrity of the ruins.
The Atrium Vestae was once a 50-room palace built around an elegant, rectangular garden, decorated with statues and two pools. It housed the priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, who were entrusted with keeping a flame eternally lit in the Temple of Vesta, located next door.
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Eeeeee-yew!
;D
I vaguely recall some kind of Shatner cover album.
Didn’t ever listen to it, though.
OMG...now I’ve seen it all...and it’s not pretty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hARDXYz2io
[especially loved the “Fractal Shatner” bit]
See #43.
Mind numbing.
Deo gave it to me. It’s one of three, all different.
Some folks call him the Space Cowboy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk57tQmRw70
[what has been heard cannot be unheard]
Figgers she’d have a whole collection....LOL
Yeah, but in space, nobody can hear you scream....*or* “sing”.
homos invaded Paw Paw?....when did that happen?
ex-WV’er here, I remember that place well!
homos invaded Paw Paw?....when did that happen?
ex-WV’er here, I remember that place well!
http://www.gayfriendlylodgings.com/?p=10
I had kin down there, thankfully now long gone.
The “unnavigable seclusion” that made it so wonderful also makes it a place where nobody can see what you're doing.
[I'll bet “ghosts” weren't the only ‘scary things’ you'd see in the Paw Paw Tunnel after they invaded]
I haven't been back there since we first heard about it but since their website is “gone” I reckon we'll ride over and have a look-see this summer.
Hopefully they're gone.
[I *really* can't imagine the locals being very “hospitable” to their business..or clientele]
WTH...the worst they can do is mistake us for Leather Fetish freaks...LOL
College, Air Force officer, then corporate world.
I know where the forts were and the family farm of my great grandfather that has the family cemetery as well as the burial site for one of my Rev War ancestors.
I visited it all with my grandfather when he wrote his genealogy book.
This thread hijack needs more cowbell...
What part of WV was that?
The north, western and eastern panhandle parts are really close to here...the central and southern, not so much.
We’re closer to the Appalachian ridges side of the state.
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