Colosseum and Sights

My chariot, my chariot.... where is my chariot?

Friendly Romans.
Roman chariot.

Colosseum

Basilica: More photos

St Juliana Falconieri




Monument to Pius VIII. The Pope is show kneeling, accompanied by a statue of Christ enthroned, with statues of Sts. Peter and Paul.


Altar of Transfiguration painting by Raphael, 1520

Pope's House

St. Peter's Basilica

Michelangelo's Dome

The Papal altar, under the celebrated Canopy by Bernini (1633) was made of bronze taken from the Pantheon


The Papal Altar.The bronze columns are 90 feet high-distance from home to first base.














The Throne of St. Peter

Sistine Chapel

Hall of Maps. "Goin' to the chapel.... "

Outside a window in the Hall of Maps.
Sicily as seen from Rome

Picture of the Sistine Chapel. Beautiful. Magnificent


Only video shot after leaving the Chapel. No camera or video allowed.

The "Last Supper"

Vatican Museum

The Pinecone. This is the "Cortile della Pigna" or Courtyard of the Pinecone.






Centerpiece of the "Courtyard of the Pinecone" at the Vatican Museum is this bronze sculpture called "Sphere Within Sphere" or "Sfera Con Sfera".






Gathering to hear details about Michelangelo's work.















One of the many hallways on the way to the Sistine Chapel.

Pantheon

The original Pantheon was built in 27 BC-25 BC under the Roman Empire, during the third consulship of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.








Agrippa's Pantheon was destroyed by fire in AD 80, and the Pantheon was completely rebuilt in about 125, during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian,








The front portico has three rows of 8 columns, each one with a diameter of 1.5m. A huge bronze door gives access to the cylindrical building. Its diameter equals the interior height of 43,3m.









Originally a temple for all pagan gods, the temple was converted into a church in 609.










The interior of the roof is intended to symbolize the heavens. The Great Eye, 27 feet across, at the dome's apex is the source of all light and is symbolic of the sun








The coffers for the concrete dome were poured in molds, probably on the temporary scaffolding; the oculus admits the only light.







Using the design of Alessandro Specchi, Pope Clement XI (1700-1721) rebuilt the high altar and apse in the sanctuary










The Pantheon contains the tombs of Rafael and of several Italian Kings.

Rome's Fountains

Trevi fountain ordered by Pope Clement XII and finished in 1762.

The fountain inspired the film title "Three Coins in the Fountain".Legend has it if you throw a coin into the fountain over your right shoulder you'll return to Rome.

The fountain wall is backed by the Palazzo Poli.


The water comes from a spring some 13 miles away.


Neptune carried through the water by sea horses.

The fountain of the four rivers- Nile, Ganges, Danube and de la Plata.


Obelisk soars from Bernini's fountain located at the Piazza Navona near the Pantheon.


The Triton fountain at one end of Piazza Barberini. This is the start of the Via Veneto.