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# The bookstalls don't compete with the palazzo
- URL: https://www.readingrome.com/the-bookstalls-dont-compete-with-the-palazzo/
- Published: 2026-09-19T14:13:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-19T14:13:12.000Z
- Author: Maria Chugrova

Green kiosks, glass-fronted, packed with prints and spines gone soft at the edges — parked against pink and ochre façades like they've always been there, because they mostly have. A woman crosses in front, dress moving, and for a second the whole frame is just weather and motion. RR