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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREA FRAZZETTA
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By Whitney Johnson, Director of Visual and Immersive Experiences
The saying goes: All roads lead to Rome. That phrase was inspired by the Via Appia (the Appian Way), a Roman-era “superhighway” that has all but disappeared.
In centuries past, the Appian Way symbolized the Roman Empire’s might. Now, Italy is restoring the ancient road, hoping to create a pilgrimage route through history.
Italian photographer Andrea Frazzetta, who traveled the Appia for us, is very passionate about his heritage. “As a photographer I was initially interested in the subject because of the beauty of the itinerary and the photographic opportunity it presented to me,” Andrea said.
“Now that I have delved deeper, I realize that we are talking about an invaluable heritage that risked disappearing, and it is time for the country to recover this itinerary and enhance its memory.” (Pictured above, the Arch of Drusus, the start of the planned 360-mile Appia walking journey.)
Andrea’s life, however, began at the end. His family roots are in Brindisi, where the ancient Roman highway stops.
See and read the full story here.
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