Rome and its ruins have always been a favorite retreat of colonies of cats of all breeds. Indeed calendars and postcards on display in every newsstand and souvenir shop, present in every corner of the historical city center, find among the main players just these felines captured in many different poses: at the foot of the statue of an emperor, behind the column of a temple, looking out the window of a house, on the steps of a Romanesque church or on the edge of a Baroque fountain.

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