ROME – Italy

ANCIENT ROME

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Colosseo

 

Palatino, Arco di Costantino and Esquilino

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Circo Massimo and ruins of the Flavian Palace of Palatino

Palatino y Circo Massimo

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View from the top of the F.A.O. building

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Colosseo
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Colosseo
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Colosseo 
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Arco de Constantino

 

LIFE IN THE STREETS OF ROME

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Living statue

 

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Roof of a Roman tram

The Tiber, and old door and the top of the Basilica S. Giovanni in Laterano

Tiber and Isola Tiberina

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Life around the Pantheon 

 

Balance and meditation

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Rome from the Aventino 
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Piazza Navona
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Piazza Navona 
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Sun coming to Sidi

 

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Fashion show of Valentino

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Castel Sant’ Angelo

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VATICAN CITY  AND ITS SWISS GUARDS

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Piazza San Pietro
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Gardens, corridors and THE Balcony 

Gardens, Radio Vaticano and Vatican Museum

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The Sistine Chapel

The corridors of power

The making of saints

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The Pope 
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The press

Stages of making a saint

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After the ceremony, SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI 

The Swiss Guards

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In their uniforms
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The Commander in Chief

New recruits swearing allegiance to the Pope

Life inside the Vatican

 

The Villa of Hadrian – Tivoli

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Many of the photographs in this page were taken by U.P. Spuler and are reproduced with his permission, with my thanks.

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