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# A branch holding up a ruin
- URL: https://www.readingrome.com/a-branch-holding-up-a-ruin/
- Published: 2026-09-17T14:10:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T14:10:01.000Z
- Author: Maria Chugrova
- Tags: № 018 · Via Condotti

Outside Fendi, a blackened tree grows straight through a fragment of carved stone — cornice or capital, hoisted mid-branch like the building gave the sculpture away and the tree caught it. Rome does this constantly: old stone finding a new plinth, no one asking permission. RR