Rome |
June 2011 |
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Our first stop was St Peter's
Basilica |
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St Peter's Square |
A Swiss Guard in traditional
uniform |
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St Peter's at
night where an outdoor Mass was in progress |
Below you can see the lights
in the Pope's study |
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The Castel de Angelo
which is connected to the Vatican by a
passageway |
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Great views from the top of the
Castle |
That's the Pantheon on the left
with the gold colored dome |
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A cannon was fired at noon from
a nearby hill |
Military artifacts attest to
its original defensive purpose |
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Above we're beginning
our tour of the Vatican Museum. |
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Here we are at the Plaza Navonna  |
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The Pantheon -
over 2000 years old with original door still intact. an oculus open to the sky. And an incredibly preserved interior and mosaic floor.  |
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The Pantheon is now known as
the Church of St Mary of the Martyrs |
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Recreating 'Three Coins in the Trevi Fountain' |
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The Victor Emmanuel Monument |
Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, originally
built by Augustus for "God's Son" |
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A view of the Forum from the
Capitoline Hill |
The statue representing the Romulus
and Remus legend |
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The Colosseum: Click HERE or the above picture for more photos |
The Aqueduct at
the start of our Forum Tour Click HERE or above picture for more photos |
The Church of San Pietro in Vincoli houses The Chains that bound St Peter both in Rome and in Jerusalem.  |
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To travel outside
the city we needed both buses and metro |
The pyramid tomb of Gaius Cestius
just outside the city wall was prime real estate back in 15 BC |
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Walking on the Ancient Wall of
Rome. Click photo for more pictures |
Walking the Appian Way in the
footsteps of the early Romans Click photo for more pictures |
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St John Lateran, the "Pope's
Church" ... Click HERE or the above photo for more pictures. |
...is located at
the "Latin Gate" entrance to the city. |
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The chapel across the street
houses the "Holy
Steps" - the steps from Pilate's Palace in Jerusalem that Jesus
ascended. Pilgrims now ascend these stairs on their knees while praying. |
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The Church of San Giaccomo (Joachim)
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 Visiting the vendors and strolling along the Tiber  |
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Seeking a restaurant along the
river and we found one. Lovely setting, but |
we will remember this as the
dinner of the lost order and "scary" seafood |
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Outside our Apartment. Click HERE or above photo for more pictures. |
Goodbye to Rome on our way to
the port of Civitavecchia |
