Italy Trip: Rome, Florence and Venice

St. Peter's Square and the front of the Basilica


Me in front of St. Peter's Square



The Basilica

Statue of St. Paul inside the Basilica

Michaelangelo's Pieta

The front of the Basilica

Oculus in the Basilica

Painting in the Basilica

The view of St. Peter's Square from the steps of the Basilica

A relief like the one shown in the movie "Angels and Demons"

The street view of the Colosseum

Me and a "Roman Legionaire"

Side view of the inside of the Colosseum

Me in front of the pit in the Colosseum

View of the exposed bottom of the Colossuem the wooden floor long removed

Upper view of the floor of the Colosseum

Higher view of the middle of the Colosseum, the wooden floor would have covered the middle area

Ruins next to the Colosseum

The Arch of Constantine

View of ruins from top of Colosseum

Ancient theater

Vestal Temple

Trevi Fountain

Larger view of the Trevi Fountain

Wider view of the Trevi Fountain

Entrance of the Vatican Museum

Door way in the Vatican Museum

Ceiling painting in the Vatican Museum

Another ceiling painting

Wall painting in the Vatican Museum

Floor art in the Vatican Museum

Chapel in the Vatican Museum

The front of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Door of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Close-up of the door of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Inside the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Oculus inside the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Another view of the oculus inside the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Front of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Side chapel of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Posiden statue in the Palazzo Vecchio

Perseus beheading Medusa statue in the Palazzo Vecchio

View of the Ponte Vecchio

Me on the balcony near the room at the hotel in Venice

View from the balcony of the hotel in Venice

Cathedral next to hotel in Venice, train station is on the left

Hotel we stayed in, in Venice

A gondolier

A view of the Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge

The Rialto Brigde

Cathedral in the Palazzo of San Marcos

Scene over the front door of the cathedral

Side view of the Palazzo San Marcos

Another view of the Palazzo San Marcos

Another view of the Palazzo San Marcos

Jalani and I in the Gondola

View of the Grand Canal from the gondola

View of the canal from the gondola

House of Vivaldi from the gondola

Home of Marco Polo

The Rialto Bridge from the gondola