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  • Rome, Fountain of the Turtles, Piazza Mattei, Rome ghetto; Fontana delle Tartarughe, the Tortoise Fountain. The fountain itself was designed by Giocomo della Porta at the end of the 16th century, but it was Bernini who added the tortoises in 1658.View of the entire fountain in its position in the piazza.  Boutique and house beyond.
    Piazza-Mattei-Rome_ITA200901--0954.jpg
  • Rome, Fountain of the Turtles, Piazza Mattei, Rome ghetto; Fontana delle Tartarughe, the Tortoise Fountain. The fountain itself was designed by Giocomo della Porta at the end of the 16th century, but it was Bernini who added the tortoises in 1658.  Detail showing arms and hands of figures lifting turtles into the top basin of the fountain.
    Piazza-Mattei-Rome_ITA200901--0951.jpg
  • Rome, Ara Pacis, exterior from roadway showing modern enclosure and passersby, one car in motion and a pair of pedestrians.  Reflection of buildings and trees across the Tiber show in the windows. Rome Historical Center.
    Ara-Pacis-enclosure-Rome_ITA200901--...jpg
  • Rome, adjoining stairways of Santa Maria di  Ara Coeli and the Campidoglio hill seen from below, across the piazza by the Ara Coeli bus stop.
    Campidoglio-Rome_ITA200901--1183.jpg
  • Small crowd of tourists huddle in the rain around their guide in the Piazza San Pietro, Rome.  A few other people scattered in the distance.  St. Peter's Basilica facade and dome beyond.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--1325.jpg
  • Mute mime (possibly a student)  in gold lame robes, in a sidewalk near Piazza Venezia, Rome. One hand held in front, thumb pointing upward.  Indifferent pedestrian, a man, walks by, his arm also up with a cigarette.  The mime's bicycle chained to pipe in the foreground, and a can for contributions in the ground in front.
    Streetscape-mime-Rome_ITA200901--117...jpg
  • Bocca della verita, in the porch of Santa Maria de Cosmedin, Rome.  Young woman  smiling, her hand in the mouth of the figure.
    Bocca-verita-Rome_ITA200901--0968.jpg
  • Statue of an angel on the Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome.  The figures, carrying the instruments of Christ's passion, were executed by Bernini's pupils (Antonio Raggi, Antonio Giorgetti and Ercole Ferrata) between 1660 and 1668 to Bernini's design.
    Statue_Baroque_angel_Rome_ITA200901-...jpg
  • Rome, Santa Prassede, chapel of Saint Zeno, dome, pendentives, mosaics.  8th century. Detail of one pendentive with figure of an angel wearing a white robe, standing on a globe,  hands upraised as though holding up the central dome with its figure of Christ Pantocrator.
    Santa-Prassede-mosaic-Rome_ITA200901...jpg
  • Rome, Basilica of Constantine (begun by Maxentius).  Colosseum visible beyond through the arched openings; one of the vast arches of the main hall on the left of the image.
    Constantine-basilica-Forum-Rome_ITA2...jpg
  • Rome, view from the Gianicolo (Janiculum)  hill at dusk.  Golden sunlight across the city roofs, hills beyond.
    Rome_cityscape_Janiculum_ITA200901--...jpg
  • Rome, Imperial Forum, Arch of Titus seen from below and to the side of the Via Sacra.  Erected 81AD  by Domitian in honor of Titus' capture of Jerusalem.  Restored 1821.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0529-2.jpg
  • Piazza Sta Maria sopra Minerva, Bernini elephant and obelisk, Pantheon partially visible between two adjoining buildings beyond, motorbikes in foregound.  Casual juxtaposition of contemporary necessities of urban life in Rome with its still vital ancient structures and ornaments.
    Piazza-Bernini-elephant-Rome_ITA2009...jpg
  • Bramante's Tempietto seen through barred iron gate, Embassy of Spain, Spanish Academy, Rome.
    Bramante_tempietto_Rome_ITA200901--1...jpg
  • Stairway up to the church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, on the Capitoline Hill, Rome.  It is a very long stairway.
    Ara-Coeli-stairway-Rome_ITA200901--0...jpg
  • Crowd of people lined up along a barrier in the Piazza del Popolo, Rome; the street sign above their heads on the corner of a building.  The piazza had been cleared for filming a movie scene.
    crowd-Rome_ITA200901--0743.jpg
  • Interior corridor of the hemicycle in Trajan's Markets, Rome.  Sunlight streams through arched openings on the right to fall on shop entrances on the left.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0486.jpg
  • Sequence of empty arched windows piercing walls of Trajan's Markets, Rome.  Closeup of one, beyond which two more in sequence can be seen.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0482.JPG
  • Rome, Capitoline Hill, looking up the ramped approach designed by Michelangelo, toward the Senatorio and its clock tower.  Statues of Castor and Pollux on their pedestals at the top.  Corners of the Capitoline Museums on either side.
    Capitoline-approach-Rome_ITA200901-4...jpg
  • Interior of the dining room in the House of Augustus, on the Palatine Hill, Rome; opened to visitors in 2008 after years of careful restoration.
    Palatine-house-Augustus-interior-Rom...jpg
  • A young couple descending the long staircase up the Quirinal hill, Rome, toward the Quirinal Palace, seat of government.
    Rome_Quirinal_ITA200901--0329.jpg
  • Shop window, rows of liquors and wines in their bottles, in Rome, near Largo Argentina.  Reds, greens, and yellows color the graphics of the shot.
    Shop-window-Rome-ITA200901--1187.jpg
  • Rome, Aurelian walls from an embrasure at the top of the San Sebastiano gate, looking along the Appian Way as a bus turns to enter it.
    Aurelian-walls-sebastiano-Rome_ITA20...jpg
  • Detail of a twisted column of Bernini's baldachino in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.  The black column with its gold ornamen tation is set against on e of the white marble square pillars in the basilica.  Three candles, unlit, in the foreground.
    Baldachino-detail_Rome_ITA200901-128...jpg
  • Statue of an angel on the Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome.  The figures, carrying the instruments of Christ's passion, were executed by Bernini's pupils (Antonio Raggi, Antonio Giorgetti and Ercole Ferrata) between 1660 and 1668 to Bernini's design.  This one holds a scroll INRI, expressing symbolic pain under its flying robes and wings.  Cloudy, rain-filled sky above and behind the figure.
    Statue angel Ponte Sant'Angelo ITA20...jpg
  • Statue of an elephant wearing an Egyptian obelisk in the Piazza Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome.  Sculpture by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680).  The elephant, seen from the rear, faces a multi-story hotel Minerva.
    Elephant-behind-ITA200901--0395.jpg
  • Rome, Ara Pacis, detail of sculptured reliefs of white marble, restored.   A goddess sits amid a scene of fertility and prosperity with twins on her lap. Scholars have variously suggested that the goddess is Italia, Tellus (Earth), Venus, and Peace, though other views also circulate. Due to the widespread depiction around the sculpture of scenes of peace, and because the Altar is named "peace", the favored conclusion is that the goddess is Pax.
    Ara Pacis panel ITA200901--0495-2.jpg
  • View through wrought iron gate into a chapel with Annunciation altarpiece, in Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Rome.  I am not a Catholic and the metal barrier represents my incomprehension of that belief system.
    Catholic altar ITA200901--0408.jpg
  • Close up of one twisted column of Bernini's canopy or baldachino in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.
    Bernini baldachino column ITA200901-...jpg
  • Rome, St. Peter's Basilica, Bernini's baldachino, detail of two twisted columns showing decoration; white pillar behind, 3 candles in front.
    StPeters_baldachino_detail_ITA200901...jpg
  • Black and white mosaic floor of the so-called Baths of the Coachmen, Ostia Antica, shows a pair of mules drawing a carriage with 3 passengers, and a human - sea monster creature who wields a long staff.  This facility was a barracks and stopover place for the muleteers who drove the cabs back and forth between Ostia and Rome.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1029.jpg
  • Street fountain in an alley beside the Palazzo Doria Pamphilij, Fontanella del Facchino, 16th century.  Figure of a man, probably a porter, holding a barrel from which the water pours from a hole in its side to fall into a basin below.  Cobbled street, protective chain in front of the figure.
    Street_fountain_Rome_ITA200901--1068...jpg
  • View from the top of the Vittoriale across the roofs of the church, and facades of the Senatorio and Capitoline Museum.  Graphic composition of angles and parallels.
    Capitoline-roofs-Rome_ITA200901--087...jpg
  • Museo Nazionale de Roma, Palazzo Massimo, mosaic panel, two pigeons, border of waves and rope
    Rome_ITA200901--1142-2.jpg
  • Sta Costanza interior, ambulatory colonnade of the circular structure showing re-used ancient columns and Byzantine arrangement.
    Santa-Costanza-Rome_ITA200901--1087.jpg
  • Pantheon dome exterior top with seagulls flying around the oculus.  Grey sky with rain clouds above.
    Pantheon-dome-exterior-Rome_ITA20090...jpg
  • Museo Nazionale de Roma, Terme Diocletiani, trompe d'oiel painting of a monk with a little dog coming through a door in the cloister of the Carthusian monastery adjoining the baths of Diocletian.    This fresco is probably later, 17th century.  A guard rope is secured in front of it.
    trompe-doeil-painting-Rome_ITA200901...jpg
  • San Francesco a Ripa, Trastevere, statue of Beata Ludovica Albertoni in ecstasy, Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1674.
    Bernini_Ludovica_Albertoni_Rome_ITA2...jpg
  • Santa Costanza, apse mosaic, 5th - 7th century; Christ in clouds handing scroll of the law to Peter and Paul. Heavily restored Early Christian mosaic.
    Santa-Costanza-Rome_ITA200901--1103.jpg
  • Sta Costanza, black and white mosaic detail in the curved ambulatory ceiling; 4th century.  Complicated design of grapevines interspersed with realistic figures doing the grape harvest, busts of other figures, and medallions with a variety of insets..
    Santa-Costanza-Rome_ITA200901--1091.jpg
  • Cloister and Renaissance facade of Santa Clemente.  Woman tourist with camera.  Cobblestoned pavement, graceful arched 18th century facade using ancient columns for the colonnade.
    San-Clemente-Rome_ITA200901--1260.jpg
  • San Clemente, ancient Roman street level underneath the later churches built over it.
    San-Clemente-Rome_ITA200901--0691-2.jpg
  • Ancient paving stones of the main street (Via Sacra)  in the Roman Forum.  Close up, low angle of view.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0523.jpg
  • San Clemente, interior, looking out from the main doorway to the courtyard and street beyond
    San-Clemente-Rome_ITA200901--1255.jpg
  • Santa Maria in Trastevere, interior, nave showing basilica form, ceiling, and apse; two visitors seated in contemplation on a bench in the foreground; another walks up the aisle toward the altar.
    Sant-Maria-Trastevere-interior-Rome_...jpg
  • Colosseum; outer corridor with external pillars, heavily pockmarked.
    Colosseum_Rome_ITA200901--0343.jpg
  • Crowds around the Fountain of Trevi, late afternoon sunlight illuminating its facade.  18th century design by Nicola Salvi.  Crowds mill about in the foreground.
    Fountain-Trevi-Rome_ITA200901--4842.jpg
  • Trajan's Forum, looking along a re-erected colonnade toward Trajan's Markets and the Casa dei Cavalieri di Rodi (Knights of St. John, or Rhodes (Rodi).
    Trajans-forum-Rome_ITA200901--4837.jpg
  • San Clemente, interior, 12th century Paschal candlestick, twisted shaft with multicolored mosaic inlay, Cosmati work.  Looking up the candlestick from its base, showing part of the gilded and painted ceiling of the church.
    San-Clemente-Rome_ITA200901--1243.jpg
  • Aurelian wall from the top of the San Sebastiano gate, showing fields, trees, and the modern city in the distance along the horizon touched with sunlight.
    Aurelian-walls-sebastiano-Rome_ITA20...jpg
  • Piazza Navona, Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, detail of the figure representing the River Nile, its head covered; part of the figure representing the Amazon River visible behind it, and the facade of Santa Agnese in Agone.
    Bernini_fountain_four_rivers_Rome_IT...jpg
  • Tempietto di Bramante, in courtyard of San Pietro di Montorio. 1502, on the site where St. Peter is supposed to have been crucified.  Round, Doric order, dome, seen through arched entrance.
    Bramante-tempietto-Rome_ITA200901--1...jpg
  • Trastevere street scene: sculpture on corner of a house, man drinking from a fountain; sculpture stuck on the wall above.
    Trastevere-streetscape-Rome_ITA20090...jpg
  • Castel Sant'Angelo, shipping trunks and chests in an upper room of Pope Paul 3d; an interior of polished wood panels on walls and floor.
    Castel-Sant'Angelo-interior-Rome_ITA...jpg
  • Keats and Severn graves, Protestant Cemetery, on a gray and gloomy day.
    Keats-grave-Rome_ITA200901--0708-2.jpg
  • Yellow motorbike passing remains of an ancient Roman aquaduct, on the Viale delle Terme di Caracalla.
    Rome_cityscape_ITA200901--0705.jpg
  • SS Quattro Coronati, exterior, entrance, patched with cement and draped informally with electrical wiring.
    Quattro-Coronati-Sylvester-Rome_ITA2...jpg
  • SS Quattro Coronati, chapel of St Sylvester, frescoes depicting  the legend of Emperor Constantine's cure from leprosy by Pope St. Sylvester and other miraculous events during the early pontiff's reign. They were completed and consecrated in 1246. Interior view of the chapel, showing floor inlaid Cosmati work, altar, and part of the wall paintings.
    Quattro-Coronati-Sylvester-Rome_ITA2...jpg
  • Roman Forum, Basilica of Constantine, seen beyond a grove of trees near the Arch of Titus, above which a pair of statues on top of Santa Francesca Romana's travertine façade (by Carlo Lambardi, 1615) seem to be floating on top of the tree branches.  Clear plain blue sky above.
    Constantine-basilica-Rome_ITA200901-...jpg
  • Cat resident in Trajan's Markets area patrols Trajan's Forum.  Many ancient Roman sites are also cat sanctuaries.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0489.JPG
  • Interior of a curving corridor along an upper floor in Trajan's Markets, showing arched windows and brickwork detail, with more windows seen through the nearest one.  Gentle daylight illuminates the floor and wall stumps.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0481.jpg
  • Trajan's Markets seen from its roof, looking down on the hemicycle and part of the pavement of Trajan's Forum.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0477.jpg
  • Pattern and texture of marble back of Dying Gaul statue
    marble-human-back-Rome_ITA200901--04...jpg
  • Trevi Fountain detail; seagull perched on the nose of a marble horse held by a marble man
    Rome_Trevi_fountain_ITA200901--0318.jpg
  • San Stefano Rotondo, interior under repair.  Built 5th century.  Part of colonnade with Ionic capitals; small crane parked in the center.
    San-Stefano-Rotondo-repair-Rome_ITA2...jpg
  • Aurelian Wall from outside San Sebastiano gate, with sun and shadow, bright blue sky and white clouds above.  One auto partly visible in the road.
    Aurelian-walls-sebastiano-Rome_ITA20...jpg
  • Museo Nazionale de Roma, Palazzo Massimo, flying horse or unicorn, detail of a wall painting from an ancient Roman house.
    Rome_ITA200901--1139.jpg
  • View from the top of the Vittoriale (Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II).  Visible are the Pantheon and the Castel Sant'Angelo.
    Cityscape-Rome_Vittoriale_ITA200901-...jpg
  • St Peter's Square in the rain, couple running under an umbrella, curved hemicycle of Bernini's colonnade beyond, grey clouds above.
    St-Peter-courtyard-Rome_ITA200901--0...jpg
  • Piazza Navona; Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, detail of the lion lapping the water at the base of the fountain.
    Bernini-fountain-Navona-lion-Rome_IT...jpg
  • Shelley grave, Protestant Cemetery, next to a wall with barred window.  Vase of fresh white chrysanthemums next to it.  Inscription clear in the foreground: "Nothing of him that doth fade but doth suffer a sea-change into something rich and strange." [ Shakespeare, The Tempest  ]
    Shelley-grave-Rome_ITA200901--0710.jpg
  • SS Quattro Coronati, chapel of St Sylvester, frescoes depicting  the legend of Emperor Constantine's cure from leprosy by Pope St. Sylvester and other miraculous events during the early pontiff's reign. They were completed and consecrated in 1246.
    Quattro-Coronati-Sylvester-Rome_ITA2...jpg
  • Sta Prassede, mosaic details, Pope St Paschal I ca. 822.  Panel next to apse entrance showing a procession of saints bearing crowns, escorted by two angels .
    Santa-Prassede-mosaic-Rome_ITA200901...jpg
  • Santa Pudenziana, interior, apse mosaic detail, right side, late 4th century mosaic.
    Santa-Pudenziana-Rome_ITA200901--062...jpg
  • Roman Forum, looking along the main street (Via Sacra)  toward the Arch of Titus.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0510.jpg
  • Santa Maria in Domnica, exterior, colonaded facade with Roman era carved marble boat in forecourt. Boat is an ancient offering incorporated into the 16th century fountain.  An unusual example of Renaissance adaptive reuse of ancient work.  Church portico by Sansovino 1513  main church is 9th century basilica with three apses, and lovely mosaics.  http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/Santa_Maria_in_Domnica
    navicella-Rome_ITA200901--1275.jpg
  • Navicella fountain in front of Santa Maria in Domnica; detail of the bow of the ancient marble gallley incorporated into the 16th century fountain.  A ferocious lion head is carved on the side
    navicella-Rome_ITA200901--1274.jpg
  • Bus stop below the Capitoline, showing a row of five route signs, passengers waiting on the sidewalk, and a stopped bus labelled "Pza. Venezia" at the curb.
    Piazza-Venezia-bus-stop-Rome_ITA2009...jpg
  • Cloister, San Giovanni in Laterano; details of twisted columns with Cosmati mosaics
    Cloister-SanGiovanni-Lateran-Rome_IT...jpg
  • Three tourists (one on a mobile phone) near the base of the arch of Septimus Severus which bears a relief of three figures (captured slaves)
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0521.jpg
  • View of Bernini=s colonnade around St. Peter's Square, from outside the semicircle.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--0289.jpg
  • Museo Nazionale de Roma, Palazzo Massimo, statue of a seated boxer, bronze.  Partial view, from the hips up, the head turned toward the camera.  The hands are tightly wrapped; facial expression one of polite weariness as he turns his head to answer someone.
    Statue_bronze_wrestler_Rome_ITA20090...jpg
  • Santa Costanza, apse mosaic, 5th - 7th century; Christ seated on a globe handing keys to St. Peter. Heavily restored Early Christian mosaic.
    Santa-Costanza-Rome_ITA200901--1105-...jpg
  • St Peter's Square, Bernini colonnade, interior curve; man seated writing in the foreground, orange backpack at his feet; another figure partly visible behind another column.
    St-Peters-Bernini-colonnade-Rome_ITA...jpg
  • Vatican. St. Peter's Basilica, detail of facade looking up to two column capitals, and cornice, with fragments of sculpture projecting above, including a disembodied arm and a papal crown.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--1281.jpg
  • Laocoon sculpture, Vatican museum; detail of a head of a boy looking frightened, as part of a snake coils over his upper arm..
    Boy_head_Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--029...jpg
  • Overview of the Roman forum from the overlook at the back of the Capitoline Museum, looking through an arched opening and over a protective barrier.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901-4857.jpg
  • Sign inscription plaque on brick wall Via Appia Antica
    Appia-Antica-Rome_ITA200901--1224.jpg
  • Vatican seen from in front of St. Peters,part of its facade showing on the left.  Heavy rain clouds.  Vatican structure looks distant, mysterious, closed, in contrast to the prominent columns of the St. Peter's facade.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--0819-2.jpg
  • "Umbilicus Urbis Romae" inscription on a marble  plaque fragment attached to the side of the ancient speakers' platform near the arch of Septimus Severus, Roman Forum.  ...
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0517.jpg
  • Trevi Fountain detail; seagull perched on the nose of a marble horse held by a marble man
    Fountain Trevi Rome ITA200901--0318.jpg
  • Two guards outside Roman Senate building, one Carabinieri wearing plumed hat, the other regular army, also in uniform and holding an upright staff.
    Italy-military-guard-Rome_ITA200901-...jpg
  • Dying Gaul statue, detail of head and face showing expression of pain.
    Statue_Dying_Gaul_Rome_ITA200901--04...jpg
  • Bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius, the original preserved in the Capitoline Museums.  Detail of both the horse's head and the emperor's behind it.  The horse seems to be looking at the camera.
    Marcus_Aurelius_bronze_statue_Rome_I...jpg
  • Raphael, stanza della signatura, fresco details of faces: bearded man writing in a large book, with a long haired boy looking on.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--0306.jpg
  • Laocoon sculpture, Vatican museum, man in a khaki colored raincoat, balding, gray hair, seen from behind studying the statue.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--0292.jpg
  • Corso on a Sunday; pedestrians; automobiles parked nose to tail along each sidewalk lining this narrow street.  Sharp linear perspective holds the composition firmly together. 18th century homes and apartment houses, residence of many visitors over the centuries, including Goethe.
    View-along-IlCorso-Rome-ITA200901--0...jpg
  • Overview of the Roman Forum from the vantage point at the back of the Capitoline Museum.  Visible are the Arch of Septimus Severus on the left, Column of Phocas, Basilica Julia, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Sacred Way, and Arch of Titus gleaming in the distance.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901-4859.jpg
  • St. Peter's Basilica: Michelangelo's Pieta behind protective glass, with barred window on the other side of the church reflected in the glass.  Multicolor marble sheets on the walls and on the base of the statue add warmth and atmosphere.
    Pieta_Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--1321.jpg
  • Statue of Dying (or wounded) Gaul in the Capitoline Museum, detail of hand pressing on his thigh
    Statue_Dying_Gaul_Rome_ITA200901--04...jpg
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