Home - 2022 - Italy - Day 6 - Rome


Photographer: Josh Eckels


Moon in the early morning

Empty platform on our way to the Vatican

The Vatican Museum entrance

Getting the lay of the land

St Peter's dome

Papal carriages

Holding the keys

For special occassions

One of the first popemobiles

Very thick windows

More modern vintage

Pine cone and peacocks in the Pinecone Courtyard

Sphere within a Sphere

Belvedere Courtyard

So many Roman and other sculptures

The cupid bolsters his case for being in charge

Sculpture gallery

Laocoon Group

Greyhounds!

Mosaics with incredibly tiny pieces

A grand bath tub

More mosaics

Map gallery

Inside St Peter's

Giant but somewhat restrained

Elegant ceilings

Michelangelo's Pieta

Michelango's dome

St. Peter's Baldachin by Bernini

John Paul II

Mosaics, not paintings

The very tall dome

Changing of the Swiss guards

Newest sculpture in the square in the last 400 years - Angels Unaware

Our new mosaic

Finalizing the paperwork

Inside the Pantheon, the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome

Marble floors

Inside the Pantheon, first king tombs

Drainage

Arch of Constantine

Inside the Colosseum, with some original seats intact

The underground areas

Lots of brick

Trap door

Stadium design hasn't changed much in 2000 years

Looking west to the Forum

Arch of Constantine again

Inside the bowl

Athletic grounds on Palatine Hill

Semi-intact floors

A few wall panels

Lots of brick interiors, all of which were clad in marble

Restored fountain area

Circus Maximus

Dining area, with buckled floors

More gardens

Entryway and guest rooms

The Forum

The Forum

Nice view for an emperor's

Back up to the emperor's palace

Church taking over an older temple

Allegedly an armadillo at Piazza Navona

Boozy vending machine

 

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