Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller
Vita non est vivere, sed valere vita est
Martial - Epigrams VI - 70
Life is more than merely staying alive
Oranges at Villa Celimontana
December 20, 2014
- Roman and Ostrogothic Ravenna
December 13, 2014 - Roman Pola
December 6, 2014 - Introductory Page and Roman Aquileia
November 29, 2014
- House of Augustus
November 22, 2014
- Cingoli and Jesi
November 15, 2014 - Fabriano and Recanati
November 8, 2014 - Loreto
November 1, 2014 - Papal Ancona and Osimo
October 25, 2014 - XVth Century Ancona and XVIth Century Ancona
October 18, 2014 - Introduction, Roman and Medieval Ancona
October 11, 2014
- Sebenico
October 4, 2014 - Trał
September 20, 2014 - Salona and Clissa
September 13, 2014 - Spalato - Churches and Spalato - Other Buildings
September 6, 2014 - Spalato - Fortifications and Spalato - Cathedral
August 30, 2014 - Spalato - Ancient Town and Spalato - Mausoleum
August 23, 2014 - Introduction and Spalato - Ancient Walls
August 16, 2014
- Houses, Paintings and The Economy
August 10, 2014
Supermoon over the pine trees of Villa Mattei. See pages on Rome in the Moonlight and the Pines of Rome
August 9, 2014 - Public Buildings
August 8, 2014
S. Paolo fuori le Mura: a slight change in the direction of the spotlight reflects the existence of two living popes at the same time
August 2, 2014 - The Town and The Temples
July 26, 2014
and La Farnesina (revised)
July 19, 2014
- Kashan, On the Road, Abyaneh, Persian Roses and People of Iran
July 12, 2014 - Shiraz
July 5, 2014 - Safavid Isfahan: Royal Palaces, Other Mosques and
Southern Quarters
June 28, 2014 - Safavid Isfahan: Naqsh-e Jahan and
Shah Abbas Mosque
June 21, 2014 - Seljuk Isfahan and
XIVth century Yazd
June 14, 2014 - Zoroastrian survivors and
Ardestan, Zavareh and Abarquh
June 7, 2014 - Bishapur and
Achaemenid Tombs and Sassanid Reliefs
May 31, 2014 - Introduction and
Pasargadae and Persepolis
May 24, 2014
- Sambuci and Mandela and Roviano
May 17, 2014
at St. John Lateran's Cloister
May 10, 2014
- Abbazia di Casamari and Boville
April 19, 2014
- Priverno, Abbazia di Fossanova and Sonnino
April 12, 2014
- Olevano, Bellegra and Rocca S. Stefano and Carpineto
April 5, 2014 - Cave and Marcellina and S. Polo dei Cavalieri
March 29, 2014
- S. Vito Romano and Ciciliano
March 22, 2014 - Castel S. Pietro Romano and Capranica Prenestina
March 15, 2014 - S. Gregorio da Sassola and Poli
March 9, 2014
Enjoying a sunny day at Tempio di Venere e Roma
March 8, 2014 - Introduction and Castel Madama, Vicovaro, Anticoli and Arsoli
March 5, 2014 (Ash Wednesday)
Pope Francis, Cardinal Francis Arinze, an Archbishop of an Eastern Church and a Monsignor showing his Burberry overcoat at the Ash Wednesday procession at S. Sabina. Compare these images with those of 2006 and notice the changes
March 3, 2014
"The Great Beauty" an Italian movie by Paolo Sorrentino won the 2014 Academy Awards for best Foreign Language Film. The great beauty is that of Rome. The image above was shot at Villa Medici. Other locations included S. Sabina, Giardino degli Aranci (Rocca Savella) and Priorato di Malta, Fontana dell'Acqua Paola and Tempietto del Bramante, Piazza Navona, Parco degli Acquedotti (Aqua Claudia), Caracalla's Baths, Palazzi Capitolini, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, Fontana di Trevi, Ponte Sisto, Terrazza del Pincio, Piazza del Colosseo, Palazzo Barberini, Palazzo Spada, Palazzo Sacchetti, Palazzo Altemps, Villa Giulia, Palazzo di Monte Giordano, Palazzo Braschi, Piazza dell'Orologio, Circo Massimo and Santi Domenico e Sisto
March 1, 2014
February 22, 2014
February 15, 2014
of the Vatican Palaces!
February 8, 2014
- Alviano
February 1, 2014 - Amelia
January 25, 2014
January 18, 2014
- Fara and Montorio and Nerola and Monteflavio
January 11, 2014 - Abbazia di Farfa
January 4, 2014
- Aqaba and Umm al-Jimal
Winter view of the Dome of S. Pietro between two ancient tombs of Via Appia Antica near Domine Quo Vadis?
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