sunset behind the fabulous Stone Pines (or Umbrella Pine, Pinus pinea) of Villa Doria Pamphili

…the nearby park and the largest in Rome is one of my favorite places in town –  just outside the Aurelian wall at Porta San Pancrazio – where today I had a sunset walk through a grid of Roman Stone Pines – also cultivated for their pine nuts which the Genovese like to use in their pesto. (Villa Doria Pamphili)