Saturday, September 8, 2012

more of the Neighborhood

Porta San Prancrazio

Fountain of Aqua Paola

War memorial commemorating the defeat of the Papal States in the Pagan Style of Ancient Rome

Though the exterior is devoid of Christian Symbols the crypt chapel has an illuminated alabaster cross with two palm leaves

The Tempio of Borromini, his experiment to build St. Peter's!

The interior

The apse mosaic of S. Maria Trastevere

The Dormition of the Virgin in S. Maria Trastevere

The Facade of S. Maria Trastevere

View of Rome from the headquarters of the Knights of the Holy Sepluchre.  Pantheon is the low saucer dome on the right.  There is a sign as you enter the gate to the property that warns you are leaving Italy and entering the Vatican, it is like NAC an extraterritorial area.

1 comment:

  1. Hey! I have the apse of S. Maria Trastevere in my living room! What a coincidence.

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