"SPQR"

gate | iron | door in Testaccio

A quick google search will tell you that SPQR stands for Senatus Populus Que Romanus, or the Roman Senate and People. SPQR signs are littered throughout the city, but this one caught my eye because it is arranged differently and the bright colors. Normally the letters are dark brown or black and in cast iron on drainpipe covers or manholes in the street. This door stood out to me because of the presentation of the letters, like it was something to be proud of instead of a dead acronym that is on the streets and things that people don't notice regularly. I also like how big and fat the bowls of the letters are, especially the Q.