Monday, September 29, 2008

Michelangelo's Pieta


One of my favorites...never thought I would get to see the real thing. Pieta by Michelangelo in 1499. You can find it at St Peter's Baslica. It is carved from a single slab of marbel.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Raphael's Paintings


Raphael's paintings at the Vatican
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Sistine Chapel




The Sistine Chapel's fabulous frescoes by Michelangelo interpets the Old and New Testaments.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Red marble bathtub...


Nero's wife filled the tub with goat' milk.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Santa Marie dell'Anima

A German church in Rome.

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Sunday, September 7, 2008

Plazza Navona

Rome's most popular piazza. Originally built as a raceway for chariots, today it is graced by Bernini's fountains.
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Monday, September 1, 2008