Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of November 28, 1876

Overview

Visits to the Lateran and to San Paolo fuori le Mura were made under a heavy sirocco that R. found oppressive. He said plainly that he disliked Rome, seeing it as a carnival of unexpected and disjointed things that were ultimately disagreeable.

Content

Tuesday, November 28:

Visited the Lateran in the morning, and in the afternoon the Church of S. Paolo fuori le Mura.

Sirocco atmosphere, which R. finds very oppressive. He does not feel happy here and declares that the city is a carnival, everything unexpected, disjointed, and in fact disagreeable.