Echoes in pictures
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- Faun
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- A teenage boys last moment
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- The last moment of an old man
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- 2000 years after
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- 2000 years after
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- public bath
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- public bath detail
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- public bath
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- mosaic floor
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- brothel decor
Some snapshots with echoes from ancient and recent pasts. Read the “2000 year old echoes” post to get the story in words :-)
~Guri
Pantheon depicted
Friday, January 13th, 2012 Leisure, Photography, Travels None
Today we passed Pantheon again. A walk around the Pantheon is also a nice experience. I have tried to capture some of the details here.
~Lars
Local inhabitants
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 Ecology, Leisure, Photography, Travels Birds, breadcrumbs or salvation, cute None
Some of the local inhabitants waiting for their salvation at Piazza San Pietro. Or maybe they just want some breadcrumbs.
~Lars
Pantheon and Bar del Fico
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 Leisure, Photography, Travels Bar del Fico, chess, Pantheon None
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- Inside Pantheon
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- The dome of Pantheon
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- Inside looking out
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- Lars standing in the doorway
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- Campari bitter
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- Old guys playing chess beneath the Fico
(2/2) The visit to Pantheon was downright magnificent. Be sure to drop by if you visit Rome. In need of unwinding after a full day of grandeur, we relaxed at a café called Bar del Fico, where old men were playing chess beneath a tall fig tree. Nice :-)
~ Guri
Castel Sant’ Angelo, Piazza Navona Pantheon
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 Leisure, Photography, Travels Castel Sant' Angelo, Piazza Navona None
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- Getting ready and set
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- Castel Sant’ Angelo (r), St Pietro (b)
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- Castel Sant’ Angelo in the background
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- Piazza Navona
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- Piazza Navona
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- Lars admiring the Pantheon
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- Fuelling up for the sightseeing
(1/2) To get to the Pantheon we walked a route leading us by the Castel Sant’ Angelo which originally was built to hold the remains of the emperor Hadrian in 139 AD. It now appears as a fortified bastion which among other things served as the popes retreat site way back when (the mid-16th century I think)… We went through a bunch of charming alleys to get to the Piazza Navona and shortly thereafter, the Pantheon…
~ Guri
Piazza San Pietro
Monday, January 9th, 2012 Leisure, Photography, Travels Piazza San Pietro, St Peters square None
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- Enjoying Berninis work
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- Saints
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- Great photoshoot
We spent the daylight hours walking to the St Peters Square and relaxing in the sun. A lot of impressions and enjoying Berninis work (read about him here if you want) resulted in a heap-load of pictures… I won’t be boring you with too many – google will give you plenty that are better than mine if you are interested – and I bet Lars will post some too ;-)
Had to include the one showing of the saints in an arch… During Johannes Paulus II (or Karol Wojtyla) more people were given status as saints than during the 17 popes that went before him – IN ALL! Now, there’s one guy that knew his PR…!
~ Guri
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