If it is not included in one of ya tours you have to go to Palatine hill
Has very interesting history, you should go and enjoy the feels, it is the center of the 7 hills of Rome. Augustus built a temple to Apollo here.

It actually is included in one of the tours so I'm definitely checking it out.

I made it to that occult store across the river a couple of days ago and bought some Italiano tarocchi. It's a very simple deck but that serves my purposes just fine. The shop is called Libreria Eterea and it's located at 274 Via Dei Gracchi in Roma (Google will find it easy). They have a huge amount of Tarot decks and Oracle decks, so many that there was a catalog to select from. They also have crystal balls and other assorted occultismo paraphernalia.

I spent yesterday in Florence and was surprised by more than just Renaissance art. I found a small book store with some occult volumes. Most of them were Italian translations of other works but a lot of them were old. I ended up buying The Divine Comedy in Italian but none of the other books were that interesting. There was a small leather shop that makes leather masks for decoration and while I'm sure they are supposed to represent something akin to the famous masks of theater they have a strikingly infernal visage. I bought one and hope to put up photos once I return.

Today I visited the Pantheon and it was beautiful. More interesting to you guys, I also visited the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. It is the home of the Bocca della Verita, the alleged skull of St. Valentine, and Hadrian's Tomb. I also made it to the Porta Alchemica. Again, I have pictures I'll put up when I get back.

Tomorrow I plan to go see the Meridian Line here and then I have a tour of some underground tombs and catacombs. I hope you all are well. I'll report more later.


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