| Current album: images:Travel:Italy Jan 2004 |
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A closeup of the building - they're pretty sure it used to be covered in marble |
A view to the interior |
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At the Foro Romano |
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At the Foro Romano |
Somewhere in the Forum - the doors are original, apparently |
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Taken in the late evening near the Barberini Metro |
In the colonnade at the Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican |
The columns in the colonnade were huge! |
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Borromini's self-indulgent work - the San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane in Rome |
The emperor Hadrian built himself a huge villa outside of Rome, including this amazing naval theater |
A column at Hadrian's Villa - like the Colosseum, everything here used to be faced in marble, but it was ransacked through the ages |
A little marble somehow got passed over and remains on some ruins at Hadrian's Villa |
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This was actually in the servants' quarters at Hadrian's Villa |
Still at Hadrian's Villa |
These statues are at the far end of Hadrian's Villa, but it's well worth the walk |
We ended up at the Hotel Mignon in Sorrento that was on this charming (little) street |
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Hard to believe this was all buried in ash. |
The volcano (still active) looming over the city |
Near the large theater in Pompei |
This is the small theater in Pompei |
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This is actually a reproduction of a wine/grape press they found at Pompei |
Here we are at Pompei, with Vesuvius in the background |
This is the main drag in Sorrento (notice all the motorbikes) |
We took a hike down to Capo di Sorrento to see some Roman ruins, but the coastline was much more exciting |
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This is about a 4 or 5 kilometer hike from the center of Sorrento |
From the cape, we had a nice view across to the beautifully illuminated town of San Angello |
We took another hike up into the hills above the city and were treated to some nice views across the Bay of Naples |
Another view from the hills - unfortunately, we had to turn back not long after this due to the very territorial guard dogs in the hills |
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Back in Rome, a view from the Spanish Steps |
The Tempieto (an architecturally important but kinda small, unassuming building) is situated on a hill in Trastavere - nice view back towards the city |
The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II - it's huge, and gorgeous! |
Most of the pictures I took in the Vatican didn't really come out, but just imagine miles of corridors filled with immeasurably expensive artifacts |
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Abby decided to make the climb up to the dome at St. Peter's [Photo credit to Abby] |
The climb up to the dome included a nice view on the inside of the church [Photo credit to Abby] |
The view from up in the dome [Photo credit to Abby] |
The view of Rome from St. Peter's [Photo credit to Abby] |
