The dawn of the new millennium!
Waiting for an answer about the fundamental question whether we are in the new millennium or not (famous scientists are still discussing this question) I have decided to give this title to this page (it sounds very evocative) in which I've collected the photos I've taken the first of January 2000. I was in company of some friends of mine, with whom I had passed the rest of the night in Piazza del Popolo and around with other few intimate friends (500.000 people). Before dawn we went to Zodiaco, where you can have a wonderful view of a large part of the Eternal City. The only trouble was the terrible winter cold, but the sight, as you can see, was wonderful:
at the beginning Rome is still lit up by electric lights,
the sky becomes brighter and the outline of the mountains golden,
then the first slice of sun looms upon the horizon, giving rise to cheers and applause of the little crowd, or, more correctly, of the few people that had survived the terrible cold,
and at last here is the first day of the new millennium...
I wish you to have a wonderful 2000 !!