Roman New Year 2003.
Roman New Year 2003.
dying galian.
Museo del Conservatori.
Piazza Campidoglio.
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Pantheon
Inside Pantheon
Roman Corroseo
Neptunes fountain at Piazza Nabona.
Trevi fountain.
Castle Sant Angelo.
Ara Pacis.
Mausoleo di Augusto.
Bernini; Fontana della Api.
Bernini; Fontana del Tritone.
Spanish steps.
Fontana della Baraccia
The mouth of turth.
Vatican
Celebrate New Year of 2003 at the Vatican
Cappella Sistina.
Laoccon and his sons.
Tivoli
Tivoli Canopo.
Via Appia antica
3-milestone.
Walked from the three-mile-stone towards the ROMA center.
This road was constructed by the consul Appius Claudius in 312 B.C.
from Roma to Brindisi (375Km away).
Tomb of Cecilia Metella.
View from the Appian way.
St. Sebastiano church and it's catabombe.
2-milestone.
Domine quo vadis?
The name of the church recalls an episode in the life of
the apostle Peter, who, when fleeing from Rome along this road,
met Christ disguised as a traveler. When Peter asked him
where he was going ("Domine, Quo Vadis"), Christ replied that
he was coming to be crucified a second time. On hearing these words
the apostle turned back to Rome to face martyrdom.
In the church there was a block of marble with the imprint of two feet,
an ancient ex-voto offered in gratitude after a successful journey:
a popular legend held that these were the miraculous
footprints of Christ himself.
Porta San Sebastiano, opened in the Aurelian Walls.
The 1st milestone.
Il Museo Nazionale Romano (PALAZZO MASSIMO)
Ostia Antica
The Baths of Neptune.
Here, in a beautifully preserved mosaic.
The sea god is seen riding a chariot drawn by four pawing horses.
The Forum of the Corporations, so called because
its great rectangular portico housed the offices of
sixty-four maritime companies. This was where you would come
if you needed to ship something to Rome, be it wheat from
Spain, sugar from India, or African beasts for the Colosseum games.
