Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Aristocratic abuses: disrespect for Italians

Disrespect for Italians


In one of the main rooms, the "Camera del Sole e della Luna", one can look up into a dome. The art above in the dome implies that Roman charioteers were a bunch of asses. It has been said the story about the venial duke in the opera "Rigoletto" centered in the "Palazzo di Té.

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