Monday, August 5, 2013

Rome - Step by Step

A park in Rome - all the trees in the parks are tall and have the same square "hair-do"


 St. Angelo Castel


Enternatiners at St, Angelo Castel


 Tibru River

 Tibru River 

 Tibru River - with the view towards Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica


Singer in Piazza Navona

 Piazza Navona - Always full of artists


 "Fountain of Neptune" in Piazza Navona


"Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi" or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" in Piazza Navona
 
 "Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi" or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" in Piazza Navona


 Through Rome

The Pantheon in Rome - The temple to all the Gods - was build in 126 AD during the reign of Augustus

 The Pantheon in Rome - The temple to all the Gods
 The Pantheon in Rome - The temple to all the Gods

 The Pantheon in Rome - The temple to all the Gods

 A street in Rome

  A street in Rome - the most commom way of moving through Rome and the best way to park

 Fontana di Trevi - is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.

Work began in 1732 and the fountain was completed in 1762, by the comission of Pope Clement XII. The backdrop for the fountain is the Palazzo Poli
 
  Fontana di Trevi was the setting for an iconic scene in Frederico Fellini's film "La Dolce Vita" starring Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni.

 A traditional legend holds that if visitors throw a coin into the fountain, they are ensured a return to Rome.Coins are purportedly meant to be thrown using the right hand over the left shoulder. This was the theme of 1954's "Three Coins in the Fountain" and the Academy Award-winning song by that name which introduced the picture. An estimated 3,000 Euros are thrown into the fountain each day. The money has been used to subsidize a supermarket for Rome's needy.
   "Taming of the waters" is the theme of the gigantic scheme that tumbles forward, mixing water and rockwork, and filling the small square. Tritons guide Oceanus' shell chariot.

 Fontana di Trevi

 Fontana di Trevi

 Fontana di Trevi

 Fontana di Trevi

 Fontana di Trevi


The National Museum 

 Traian's Column

 The National Museum Square - The National Day of Italy's Parade (June the 2nd)

 The National Museum Square - The National Day of Italy's Parade

 The National Museum Square - The National Day of Italy's Parade

 The National Museum

 Traian's Column - commemorates Roman emperor Traian's victory in the Dacian Wars

  Traian's Column

 Roman Forum

  Traian's Column

 Roman Forum and The National Museum

 Roman Forum

 Roman Forum

Arch of Constantine - situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill.It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312
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