Life in Rome has turned upside-down, writes NPR's Sylvia Poggioli. 'Even for someone who has reported from war zones, it's unnerving … Life in Italy's COVID-19 red zone is like being suspended between the Dark Ages and a sci-fi future.'
The lockdown measures are strictly enforced. All restaurants, cafes, pubs, retail stores, cinemas, theaters, museums — you name it — are shut down until at least March 25.
I live in Trastevere, in the heart of old Rome, not far from Piazza Trilussa. The square is known for its lively nightlife, and it's usually full of people 24/7. As I continue to meander through my neighborhood, it seems the only inhabitants these days, along with birds, are cats and ghosts. Walking on these centuries-old cobblestones, it's hard not to think they've seen this before. It was here, along the Tiber River, that aIn normal times, visitors to Rome tell me how struck they are by the near absence of police and the abundance of priests.
And some of Rome's churches are still sending out messages the old way. At 8 p.m. Saturday, the bells of all the churches in Trastevere rang out for 10 minutes in a sign of closeness, solidarity and prayer for all those suffering from the consequences of the virus.
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