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Fatti non foste a viver come bruti
Ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza
Dante - Hell - Canto XXVI
Ye were not made to live like unto brutes,
But for pursuit of virtue and of knowledge
H. W. Longfellow's Translation
(Ulysses encourages his sailors to cross the Pillars of Hercules)

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May 18, 2013
- Jerusalem: The Crusader City, The Holy Sepulchre and Haram esh-Sheriff

May 11, 2013
- Jerusalem - The Walls and Jerusalem - The Ancient City

May 4, 2013
- Nazareth and - Belvoir

April 27, 2013
- Rieti

April 20, 2013
- Tiberias and Holy sites in Galilee

April 13, 2013
- Acre (Akko) and Turner's excursion to Kaifah (Haifa)

April 6, 2013
- Introduction, Nimrod and Banias

Click here to see the coat of arms of Pope Francis (it opens in another window).

March 30, 2013
- Larnaca and Cyprus Fortresses

March 23, 2013
- Castiglione del Lago and Cittā delle Pieve

Waiting
(above) Portraits of the popes at S. Paolo fuori le Mura; (below) some of the cardinals who could be portrayed in the empty space after Pope Benedict XVI: (left to right) Christoph Schönborn (Austria), Francis Arinze (Nigeria), Luis Antonio Tagle (Philippines) and Marc Ouellet (Canada)

February 23, 2013
- Cirenes (Kyrenia/Girne) and Bellapais

Waiting
(February 21): (left-above) A balcony at SS. Michele e Magno: "Dear Pope our thoughts are with you"; (left-below) TV networks preparing their posts near Castel Sant'Angelo; (right) inscription dictated by Pope Sixtus V on the western side of the obelisk at Piazza S. Pietro: "Christ conquers, He reigns, He commands. May He defend His people from all evil." A forceful statement at a time of great uncertainty for the Roman Catholic Church.

February 16, 2013
- Orvieto

The
Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on February 11. On that day thunder roared and lightning flashed in the sky of Rome. According to the Prophecy of St. Malachy, Petrus Romanus, his successor will be the last pope and then the City of the Seven Hills will be destroyed. The Romans prefer to think that the Eternal City will perish when the statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius loses its remaining gold leaf or, according to Venerable Bede, when the Colosseum falls. The photo was taken on February 14 and it shows Trajan's Column.

February 11, 2013
- You may wish to see an old page on the election of a new pope.

February 9, 2013
- Mandalay and Bagan

February 2, 2013
- Nicosia

January 26, 2013


January 19, 2013
- Famagusta

January 12, 2013
and - Villa Adriana

January 5, 2013
- Salamis

The
The "Vale of Tempe" at Villa Adriana and Tivoli in the background on the last day of autumn 2012

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