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| My morning breakfast at the hotel.
| Throughout Rome, we'd see long lines of scooters like this one.
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| Santa Maria Maggiore
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| A panorama of Santa Maria Maggiore as seen from the front. I
photographed it the day before from the back.
| The bronze statue of the Virgin and Child on top of a very tall
column in the Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore. Somehow I keep thinking of
beanies.
Artificially brightened.
| A statue and relief in the entryway.
| The church's lavish interior, filled at mass.
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Looking back above the entrance, carved angles, elaborate embossing,
detailed murals, and a stained glass window with vibrant blues.
Artificially brightened.
| Frescoes lining the nave.
| A panoramic movie of the foyer and, I think, a side chapel. There's a
lot of stuff going on here.
| Another side-chapel, this one with many paintings.
Artificially brightened.
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| Thirteenth century mosaics, hidden in the second-story arches above the
church's entrance. Still relatively vivid after all these years.
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| The Spanish Steps and Vicinity
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| Looking up the Spanish Steps at Trinita dei Monti. Also, it's easy to
miss the Egyptian obelisk at the top of the steps.
| A chestnut roaster in the plaza at the foot of the Spanish Steps.
| Looking down the elegant shopping street Via Condotti.
| The view of the Steps and of Trinita Dei Monti as bracketed by the
buildings along Via Condotti.
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The Colonna dell'Immacolata looks surprisingly similar to the column I spotted in
front of Santa Maria Maggiore earlier this day.
Artificially
brightened.
| A close-up of the base of the column.
| A panoramic video of Rome's skyline from atop the Spanish Steps.
Notices the church domes rising above the city. I think the farthest one
is Saint Peter's Basilica.
| A panorama of Rome's skyline as seen from the raised entrance to the
church at the top of the Spanish Steps. Note the rooftop cafe at right
and the rooftop garden in the center of the image. The more-distant
dome is Saint Peter's Basilica.
With the full-sized image, play where's Waldo. Or, where's Di Yin?
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| Inside Trinita Dei Monti, the church at the top of the Spanish Steps.
| The church has numerous frescoes covering every inch of every side
chapel.
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| Piazza del Popolo and Vicinity
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| A 360 degree panoramic video of the large Piazza del Popolo. This video
begins looking north toward two similar-looking buildings: Santa Maria
del Popolo (right) (a rather famous church) and a Carabini (military)
building (left) (done in the same style). The video then swings
clockwise, first passing a building with that appears to be a trump
de'liol facade, then a fountain, then another pair of symmetric
buildings (these are both churches: Santa Maria in Montesanto (left) and
Santa Maria dei Miracoli (right) ) at the piazza's southern entrance.
Interestingly, in the center of the piazza is an Egyptian obelisk that
was moved to the Rome in 10 BCE. It's actually the second obelisk we
saw this day (see the first.
| Santa Maria in Montesanto (left) and Santa Maria dei
Miracoli (right), with Via del Corso in between.
| A close-up of Piazza del Popolo's fountain. It, combined with the
series of balustraded series of steps behind it, is known as the Pincio.
| The Fontana di Nettuno is on the piazza's west side, opposite from the
Pincio. The small lion fountain in the foreground is one of four that
sits at the base of the Egyptian obelisk.
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| A neat relief I found nearby. It feels like modern art and makes me
think of math and geometry.
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| National Gallery of Modern Art and Vicinity
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| A panoramic photo of the approach to the National Gallery of Modern Art
from Borghese gardens.
| The fountains flanking the stairs are ringed with turtles. :) For some
reason this picture makes me smile and think a bit about Terry
Pratchett.
| A close-up of the National Gallery of Modern Art.
| The British School. Can you believe a friend of a friend of ours lives
in this building?
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