Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Rome and Sights

Spanish Stairs located in the Piazzi di Spagna .I counted 136 stairs to the top.


The Barcaccia fountain by Pietro Bernini.






St. Peter-in-Chains Church (San Pietro in Vincoli.








The basilica was first built in the middle of the 5th Century to house the relic of the chains that bound Saint Peter while imprisoned in Jerusalem.











The chains of Saint Peter.

This church is most famous for its Michelangelo statue, a massive marble tomb intended to have 48 statues. Leah and Rachel are flanking Moses. Michelangelo's Moses dates to 1515.