OUR TRIP THROUGH SOUTHERN ITALY, FEB 2003
PHOTOS OF ROME
- Spanish Steps
- The Pantheon built in 27 B.C
- Inside the Pantheon
- Trevi Fountain click for larger image
- Basilica of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem
- Basilica of San Giovanni in Lateran
- Bronze doors, 2000 yrs old
- Ceremonial door opened every 25 years
- Inside of Basilica of San Giovanni in Lateran. Click for larger image of wooden ceiling
- Statue of Apostle in the Basilica
- An Egyptian obelisk. (Rome removed all the obelisk they found in Egypt and brought them to Rome). Click to see hieroglyphics
- Sculpture inside a church. Click for larger image.
- Ruins
- King Emmanuel II
- Victor Emmanuel building
- Roman Forum
- Arch of Septimus Severus
- Closeup of arch. Click for larger image
- Ruins in the Roman Forum
- Moses by Michelangelo. Click to enlarge
- Peter’s Chains
- Michelangelo’s Pieta. Click to enlarge
- Inside St. Peter’s Basilica. Click to enlarge. Note that the lettering in the ceiling is 9 feet high
- Inside St. Peter’s Basilica
- Picture in St. Peter’s Basilica. It is done in mosaics. Click to enlarge.
- Inside St. Peter’s Basilica
- Swiss guards at the Vatican
- The Vatican
- The Roman Coliseum
- Interio
- Bottom had two levels. Bottom level was wet and housed alligators, hippos and other water loving animals
- Floor would be wood, covered with sand
- Rebuilt seating
- Ancient ruins
- Ancient ruins
- Second fountain in Piazza Navona. Click to enlarge
- Mime at the fountain
- Bernini fountain in Piazza Navona. Click to enlarge
- Church interior
- Italian Alps from the airplane. Click to enlarge
- Italian Alps, Arrivederci. Click to enlarge