He found himself competing with the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation – which owns the famous museum nearby – to acquire the abandoned Dogana.
Up until recently, it wasn't this bad (with EVERYTHING now seemingly going through the dogana) and one could happily receive at least certain things without having to pay.
Imports by land into Rome were processed through the dogana next to Sant'Eustachio.
The Dogana at Foggia was intended to regulate the transference of large flocks of sheep from the Abruzzi mountains to set pasture lands on the Adriatic plains.
We had some trouble in getting our luggage through the dogana.