"A traveler in Italy, what does N. Iorga see, in the twilight of the century (1897), on the via sacra of his historian's reveries? Primo tempo, what anyone strolling across the cities of the Peninsula will see: life, with its everyday, ordinary rhythms. Exaggeratedly solemn ceremonies, theatrical processions, boisterous festivals, but also brawls and other scandals – 'a country of outdoor life.'"
by Florin Faifer
