To really understand Rome, you must understand its people – or the mob, as they were known in ancient times. As Giorgio Locatelli and Andrew Graham-Dixon explore Italy’s iconic capital, they are in search of the generations of ordinary Romans who have left their mark on the city’s culture and gastronomy.
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Chef Giorgio Locatelli and art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon conclude their exploration of Italy’s capital. In the second of two programmes, as well as marvelling at the mosaics in the 12th-century Basilica di San Clemente, Andrew takes Giorgio to an ancient Roman schoolteacher’s classroom. Then it’s on to a true architectural and civic wonder – the vast Testaccio Slaughterhouse, where workers were once paid in offal. Travelling to the Palazzo Colonna, Andrew shows Giorgio the Beaneater by Carracci, a Baroque painting that makes an everyday subject extraordinary.
