Italy Photo Gallery by Rene Little at pbase.com

Italy

Naples/Sorrento on Sunday 13th and Rome on Monday 14th April, 2008

ITALY 13 APRIL 2008 - Sorrento	Beautiful Sorrento	Small streets of Sorrento 13.4.2008	Small streets of Sorrento 13.4.2008
Beautiful Sorrento	Rene in Sorrento with Mt. Vesuvius in the background 13.4.2008	Dave in Sorrento with Mt. Vesuvius in the background 13.4.2008	Sorrento is built on extremely high cliffs
Name plaque of the main Catholic church in Sorrento	Main Catholic church in Sorrento	Eating out in Sorrento	The restaurants ceiling is covered in hundreds of these little plates
Mt. Versuvius erupted in 79 AD this photo was taken from a moving bus	Mt. Versuvius erupted in 79 AD.	Pompeii this Roman town was buried in volcanic ash after Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD	This outside wall of Pompeii still has remnants of art on the wall
Mt. Versuvius from Pompeii 13.4.2008	Entrance to Pompeii this Roman resort was buried in volcanic ash after Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD	Its amazing to see such rich colours still visible arter so many centuries	Buildings of Pompeii destroyed in 79 AD and still partly standing
One of the many statues found in the ruins	Ruins uncovered from the excavations in Pompeii	Streets of Pompeii	Building of Pompeii
City baths villas theatres and wrestling grounds of Pompeii	These surviving columns are amazingly stable	Plaster cast of a person caught in the lava flow	Jugs, plates, vases used around the period 79 AD
There are so many of these plaster casts and artifacts they are stored in locked storage areas	There are so many of these artifacts they are stored in locked storage areas	There are so many of these artifacts they are stored in locked storage areas	Fountain
City baths villas theatres and wrestling grounds of Pompeii	Typical road in Pompeii	A very well preserved house	The wall tiles have retained much of their colour
Cobblestone streets	Cobblestone streets	Cobblestone streets	Some sort of ablution block
Mt. Versuvius from Pompeii 13.4.2008	Bakery	Oven for making bread from 79 AD look familiar	Wonderfully preserved wall tiles
Another bakery	Groove made by years of traffic horse drawn carts	Fountain	Cobblestone streets
Palatial villa	Beautifully painted walls amazingly preserved	Palatial villa	Another amazingly preserved wall
Another amazingly preserved wall	This appeared to be an indoor garden	This appeared to be an indoor garden	Dave enjoying the villa
City baths villas theatres and wrestling grounds of Pompeii	These large stones were used to slow traffic the carts wheels fitted between the stones	Top of a damaged pillar	City baths villas theatres and wrestling grounds of Pompeii
City baths villas theatres and wrestling grounds of Pompeii	Playing tourist can't believe I am here 13.4.2008	Looking out at the landscape from Pompeii	The size of lemons in the Sorrento area are huge and make an incredible Italian liqueur
The Italian name for Twisties	ROME, ITALY 14 APRIL 2008 - Colosseum	Colosseum once featured 76 entrances marble seats and subterranean passages where animals were hidden from view	Colosseum used for Gladiatorial combats until 404 AD
This passageway circumnavigates the entire building and leads into the arena	Inside the Colosseum	Rene at the Colosseum 14.4.2008	Inside the Colosseum
Dave and Rene at the Colosseum 14.4.2008	Inside the Colosseum	Inside the Colosseum	Inside the Colosseum
Inside the Colosseum	Rene at the Colosseum 14.4.2008	Inside the Colosseum	Colosseum used for Gladiatorial combats until 404 AD
Trevi Fountain	Trevi Fountain - Rome	Throwing my coin into the Trevi Fountain as the legend says I will return to Rome	Trevi Fountain - Rome
Dave and Rene in front of the Trevi Fountain - Rome 14.4.2008	Rene playing tourist again posing in front of the Trevi Fountain Rome	Trevi Fountain - Rome	Trevi Fountain Rome - legend says that if you throw a coin into the fountain you will return to Rome
The very top of the Trevi Fountain	Rene with two of the Italian guards at the Trevi Fountain Rome 13.4.2008	Our way into the Vatican Rome	The Vatican museum
The Vatican museum and grounds	Sign depicting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel	The dome of St. Peters taken from the grounds of the Vatican museum	Entrance into the Sistine Chapel, Rome
One of the statues in the Vatican Museum	One of the statues in the Vatican Museum	Vatican Museum	Ceiling of the Vatican Museum
Vatican Museum	Ceiling of the Vatican Museum	A tapestry on the wall of the Vatican Museum	A tapestry on the wall of the Vatican Museum the needle work is so fine it almost looks like a painting
Ceiling of the Vatican Museum	Ceiling of the Vatican Museum	Ceiling of the Vatican Museum	The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo's famous frescoes
The Sistine Chapel Rome	The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo's famous frescoes	Sistine Chapel	The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo's famous frescoes
The Sistine Chapel, Rome	The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo's famous frescoes	Popes entrance to St Peter's Basilica	The interior of St. Peter's Basilica
The interior of St. Peter's Basilica	The interior of St. Peter's Basilica	The famous Pieta by Michelangelo unfortunately blurred	The interior of St. Peter's Basilica
The interior of St. Peter's Basilica	The interior of St. Peter's Basilica	The interior of St. Peter's Basilica	The interior of St. Peter's Basilica
The famous balcony where the Pope appears on Sundays and Wednesdays to bless the congregation	St Peter's Square	St Peter's Square	Rene in St. Peter's Square 14.4.2008
St Peter's Square	St Peter's Square	St Peter's Square

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