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# A streetlamp that still expects you to look up
- URL: https://www.readingrome.com/a-streetlamp-that-still-expects-you-to-look-up/
- Published: 2026-10-05T10:25:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-05T10:25:47.000Z
- Author: Maria Chugrova

A Madonnella — Mary and child in mosaic, ringed in an iron frame — bolted to a corner two centuries ago to light the street before streetlights existed. The lamp's still lit. Nobody installed it; nobody's responsible for keeping it on. It just keeps being someone's quiet job.

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