Best seat in the house

Our trip to Rome caught the tail-end of a heat wave. This cat was perched behind the insect screen in the only small vent available in the house wall facing the street - perhaps it was cooling off, or it just wanted to watch the passers by? Clearly the owner has a good eye for design, so I wondered at first if the cat was stuffed. Thankfully it moved to get a better view of me for my second shot.