Italy 2004 – Rome
What is there to say about the Colosseum, that hasn’t been said before?
Click Here for a short – poor quality video (it was 2004!)of Ann in the Colosseum.
Palatine Hill
Very confusing – which ruin is what exactly again?
Click Here for a (very poor quality) Video of the Forum I took from the Palatine Hill.
Great place for a picnic lunch with stunning views.
Ann enjoyed the Forum most – no cars!
The Arch of Constantine below – our Marble Arch is in better nick!
Campidoglio is a magical place. While we were here a military band ran into the square playing music. Very surreal.
The video of their playing
The Pantheon. A massive ancient temple turned into a church. Raphael is fittingly buried here.
San Pietro in Vincoli. This is Michelangelo’s “Tragedy of the Tomb”. In this tucked away church is the tomb of Julius II. It took Michelangelo over 40 years to complete. The original plan would have resulted in the world’s most spectacular mausoleum, even grander than the Taj Mahal. However this is the very much reduced end result with the powerful Moses, being the only significant Michelangelo sculpture in it.
Coincidentally, walking through a park in Auckland in 2015, I came across a copy of this very statue
Victor Emmanuel Monument. You can see how it got its nickname of “The Wedding Cake”.