Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Cupola


Tuesday, August 29, 2006

San Pietro in Vaticano



Vatikan



Saturday, August 26, 2006

Piazza di Spagna

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Olimpico




Roma, Stadio Olimpico surroundings

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Pantheon


The Pantheon (meaning "Temple of all the Gods") is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome, but which has been a Christian church since the 7th century. It is the best-preserved of all Roman buildings and the oldest important building in the world with its original roof intact.



Monday, August 21, 2006

Forum Romanum


The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum, Forum Magnum) was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce, business, prostitution, cult and the administration of justice took place.




Saturday, August 19, 2006

Scale Sante

Holy Staircase (28 of them) is believed to be the actual steps that Jesus climbed the day He was sentenced to death. Tradition holds that the stairs were ordered sent from Jerusalem to Rome by Saint Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine I in 334. Though not completely documented, this has been believed for over 1,200 years, since it was first mentioned in papal documents in 844. The stairs are known as the Scala Pilati (Pilate's stairway) or the Scala Sancta (holy stairway).

Friday, August 18, 2006

Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo)


The Circus Maximus is an ancient arena and mass entertainment venue located in Rome. The location was first utilised for public games and entertainment by the Etruscan kings of Rome.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

L'Arco di Settimio Severo


L'Arco di Tito


L'Arco di Costantino

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Il Colosseo



As you could already figure it out, I'll be boring you with photos from Rome next few days. Maybe weeks :).

Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano





The Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the cathedral church of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Pope. Officially named Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris, it is the oldest and ranks first (being the only cathedral in Rome) among the four major basilicas of Rome, and holds the title of ecumenical mother church (mother church of the whole inhabited world) among Roman Catholics.

An inscription on the façade, Christo Salvatore, dedicates the Lateran as Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour, for all patriarchal basilicas are dedicated to Christ himself. As the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, containing the papal throne (Cathedra Romana), it ranks above all other churches in the Roman Catholic Church, even above St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Ferryboat


Across The Sea


On the Ferry Split-Ancona.
August 2006, an early morning.
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