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Friday November 18th 2022 by Peter Thomas Lang

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History is finicky. Normally one avoids combining radically different kinds of historical narratives together, especially when there is obviously little in common among them. Nonetheless, I always welcome the potential for random associations. I took a recent walk along the ancient Roman aqueduct on Via del Mandrione in Rome and then, just days later on a perfunctory trip to Stockholm, I visited the historic 19th century open-air Nordic “folk” park Skansen. These two places constitute two entirely different realities, from distinct epochs, offering deeply contrasting sensations. Yet why pass up an opportunity to flirt with history? There are definitely a few curiously odd contrasts to mull over on closer inspection.

 

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