S I G H T S E E I N G
Winter is coming >>> (a note on a sculpture by Bernini that shows Hades kidnapping Persephone)
In the very heart of the ancient Rome >>> (a note with photo gallery after a visit to the ruins of Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill)
The Lateran Archbasilica >>> (a note with photos after a visit)
Santa Prassede >>> (a note after a visit in the Santa Prassede Church)
Castel Sant’Angelo and Ponte Sant’Angelo >>> (a note after a visit)
Villa Borghese Pinciana. A breathtaking art gallery and a masterpiece in itself >>> (a note with an extensive photo gallery on one of the most interesting art galleries in Rome)
Trastevere >>> (a note on the Roman quarter of Trastevere)
Quattro Fiumi and Sant’Agnese in Agone >>> (a short note)
H I S T O R I C A L N O T E S
A short note on the Roman Empire >>>
The grave of Caesar >>> (a note after the visit at the symbolic Julius Caesar’s grave)
Giordano Bruno >>> (a short note)
I N D E X O F P O S T S O N V A T I C A N >>>
G A L L E R Y
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- Lateran Archbasilica. Confessio beneath the altar
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- Rome, ancient mixes with new
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- At Forum Romanum
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- At Piazza Navona, view onto St. Agnes in Agony Church, shot made while sitting on the Four Rivers fountain
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- A gate in the ancient Roman Wall
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- Shot by accident. Rome
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- Lateran Archbasilica
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- Rome
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- At the Pantheon
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- Grave of Caesar, at Forum Romanum
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- At Castel St. Angelo
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- Four Rivers fountain, Piazza Navona, Rome
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- Historic city, but definitely not ancient
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- Lateran Archbasilica. The Cosmati style floor mosaics
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- Seen at Piazza Navona
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- Forum Traiani, located vis a vis Forum Romanum
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- Di Trevi fountain
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- One of the oldest frescoes in Rome
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- At Forum Romanum
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- Galeria Borghese. Definitely on a short list to see in Rome.
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- Giordiano Bruno, Campo di Fiori
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- Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
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- Trastevere
