Thursday, January 03, 2008

I'm Back, Baby

Here are some of the places and things that we saw on our merry adventure:



St. Peter's Basilica and the Tiber River



Michelangelo's Pieta, St. Peter's Basilica



Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel



Michelangelo - The Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel



Castle Sant' Angelo



Basilica of San Clemente



Mosaic of SS Cyril and Methodius one level under San Clemente




Caravaggio: The Calling of St. Matthew



Caravaggio: St. Matthew and the Angel



Caravaggio: The Matryrdom of St. Matthew

San Luigi dei Francesi



Michelangelo's Moses, San Pietro in Vincoli (St. Peter in Chains)



Gianlorenzo Bernini. Saint Teresa of Ávila in Ecstasy, Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria.



Caravaggio: The Crucifixtion of St. Peter



Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul

Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo



Facciata posteriore

Santa Maria Maggiore



Built over the pagan temple of Cybele, Santa Maria Maggiore is the only Roman basilica that retained the core of its original structure, left intact despite several additional construction projects and damage from the earthquake of 1348. This is the largest and most important place of prayer dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.



Bernini's "Fountain of the Four Rivers", Piazza Navona



Fontana Del Nettuno

This fountain, placed in the northern part of Piazza Navona in Rome, was also restored by Bernini but remained for three hundred years without statues and decoration. In 1873 Antonio Della Bitta won the competition to carve the statue of Neptune, whilst Gregorio Zappalà carved the group aroun the basin: sea-horses, mermaids and putti playing with the dolphins. Work was completed in 1878.




Basilica of St. John Lateran



Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano

The Basilica was renewed in 1709 by Borromini, including the statues with the twelve Apostles.



Rome - Forum (from Capitoline Hill)



Santa Maria in Trastavere

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