Chaos and Passion, this describes Rome in a nutshell. I hope you enjoy the following photos. They are certainly some of my favorite moments that I have captured here so far.
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| The building on the right is my apartment, 5th floor. |
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| Castel Sant'Angelo (Castle of the Holy Angel) in the background, AKA the Mausoleum of Hadrian. It was featured in Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, as the last existing church of the Illuminati. |
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| Obelisks.. |
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| Bronze doors at San Pietro. |
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| Castel Sant'Angelo. |
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| View of the Tiber and Basilica San Pietro. |
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| This photo and the next is an artist's installation, so incredible! |
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| Romulus and Remus, twin brothers & legendary founders of Roma. |
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| La Luna. |
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| Moon imagery. |
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| The beautiful dome of the Pantheon, still used for church services to this day. |
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| This is the beautiful ceiling in the entryway to my school here in Roma. When in Rome, never forget to look up when you enter a building. Sadly, it took me almost a week to notice this. |
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| The next few photos are images of the immaculate ceilings in Basilica San Pietro. |
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| Virgen de Guadalupe, in the crypt of Basilica San Pietro. |
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| Interesting geometry on the exterior of a church with connections to Freemasonry. |
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| Juxtaposition of Castel Sant'Angelo and sculptures commissioned during Mussolini's influence in Italy. |
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| Larger than life sculptures that line the top of the buildings in Saint Peter's Square. |
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| View from the Cupola San Pietro. |
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| This photo and the next show only a fraction of the many steps I had to climb to get to Cupola San Pietro. |
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| Here I am standing at the highest point in Rome. If you look closely, you will see that I was reflecting this photo from a two-way mirror where the guards were having beers and a meal (middle of the afternoon). |
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| View of Saint Peter's Square from the Cupola. |
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| Swiss guards whose uniforms are the same design used in the Renaissance (in part designed by Michelangelo). |
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| My first gelato, half lemon and half raspberry. |
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| The ceiling where I had the gelato. |
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| A beautiful cappuccino. |
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| Korean restaurant in Roma! I especially took this photo for Jake C: |
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| The next few photos are from my first Italian night out of dining. What a wonderful experience, no English spoken! |
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| Here is the fortune I got, one side in Italian and the other in English. I like how the English side still has Italian on it. |
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| I pass this on the way home from school every day. |
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| I get sandwiches here on my lunch break at school. Everything is fresh! |
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| The flower shops have beautiful plants. |
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| The most exceptional example of sacred geometry I have ever seen in a vegetable. |
