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This Week's Pulse

Rome hosted a flurry of cultural events this May, including the Taste of Roma festival at the Gazometro and the final matches of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia tennis tournament.

While current events highlight the city's modern vibrancy, Stuff You Missed in History Class recently revisited the city's grittier artistic past. Holly Frey recounted the 1603 libel trial of Caravaggio, noting that the painter's poems were "so filthy" that they "made even me, a person very comfortable with salty and filthy language, uh, that many other people would find upsetting, I gasped a."

The show also highlighted the administrative history of the capital, noting that the Uffizi Gallery once looked to Rome to consolidate its state archives. Frey explained that museum staff were "disproportionately small" and struggling for funding before "the operations in those offices moved to Rome."

As the city transitions from the Notte dei Musei to the ongoing Open House Roma, the contrast between the city's bureaucratic history and its current status as a global cultural hub remains a compelling narrative thread for observers.

Where it's discussed

Uffizi: A Painting, A Bombing, A Restoration

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Holly Freyneutralfrom “The Life and Art of Bartolomeo Manfredi”

The city where Caravaggio lived and where the libel trial involving his servant took place.

“It is unclear if Manfredi ever studied with Caravaggio, although he certainly became associated with the older artist's work. In 1603, Caravaggio was sued for libel by rival painter Giovanni Baglione after critical and unflattering poems that Caravaggio wrote …”

Holly Freyneutralfrom “Uffizi Gallery Post-Bombing Recovery”

The location where the state archives offices moved to before the Uffizi expansion project.

“allowed seven curators for their massive and historically significant collection. Other branches of their staff were similarly disproportionately small for what they were trying to do. The allocated budget for its upkeep was tight enough that, according to new…”