IF IT SNOWS IN ROME DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY
Snow is not a phenomenon that occurs frequently in the Eternal City.
But when it happens it always has a special charm because the city and its monuments take on an absolutely magical aspect.
From various documents the first certified news of snow falling on Rome appears to have occurred from December 27 to December 29 in 1788 when it snowed for three days in a row.
In 1985 when a snowfall blocked the city starting from the day of January 6 when the Romans woke up and opening the windows discovered a Rome covered by 20 cm of snow.
The city was completely hidden under a soft white blanket starting from the central districts of the city, from the Colosseum to the dome of St. Peter’s, from Spanish Steps to Navona Square up to the most peripheral districts.
There were many citizens who put on their skis to launch themselves on the unprecedented snowy slopes represented by the Roman streets.
Even in the days following the event, inevitably, caused the closure of the airports of Ciampino and Fiumicino and also caused the blocking of rail traffic:
only 10% of trains managed to leave.
January 1985 is remembered in Italy as the month of frost and great snowfalls.
Historic snowfalls, exceptional, with record accumulations even in cities where snow is usually never seen, as in Rome.
Another 27 years will pass before finding another snowfall worthy of the name in Rome.
However, for the Romans, snow is always a celebration, so much so that in Roman they say “nun c’è problema” which is equivalent to saying “Don’t Worry Be Happy“.
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