WHO ARE WE

Friends! Romans! Countrymen!

Cartellopoli is a blog for publishing and archiving the news, photos and statements of Rome's citizens, visitors and allies who are determined to fight the plague of advertising billboards which have literally laid waste to the city's landscape under the current city administration of Mayor Gianni Alemanno.

Rome is the only city in the west which has been transformed into a wild west where streets, squares, gardens, parks, archeological areas, monuments as well as masterworks of contemporary architecture are completely surrounded by endless and motley walls of more or less illegal billboards of every size and dimension.

It is Cartellopoli's mission to stimulate the debate by publishing photos, providing a forum for neighborhood committees and encouraging dialogue with those who work in the sector, with politicians and with our institutions.

Now, with Cartellopoli in English we wish to inform the public worldwide of this shameful situation, inflicted upon a city loved and admired around the globe like no other. It is our sincere hope that you will join us and make your voice heard by contacting Mayor Alemanno, Italy's tourism bureaus and embassies, the travel section of your local newspaper or travel blog as well as the President of Italy. We believe that  an international campaign, raising awareness of the situation can simply shame our local authorities into meaningful action. That's why every email you send out, every facebook friend you inform will surely add to an ever-louder chorus of condemnation and an unstoppable call to put an end to this travesty.

Cartellopoli's goal is exclusively this: for the city of Rome to once more have public advertising to a degree which is comparable to that of Europe's principal cities. Cartellopoli is not politically aligned with any party, confession or economic interest of any kind.