Rome - July 05

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Ernest siestering near Villa Celimontana on the Celian Hill.
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Water fountain in the gardens on the Celian Hill
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The bell tower of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (added by the only English pope - Nichola Breakspeare/Adrian IV in 1159), the Celian Hill
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The interior of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (pity the chandeliers weren't on)
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The Palatine Hill (ancient roman ruins) from the Celian Hill
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The stadium (part of Domitian's imperial palace, c. AD 81), Palatine Hill
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Foundations of a foutain in Domitian's imperial palace, c. AD 81, Palatine Hill
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"Live8" was here in Circus Maximus - 2 days later all you can make out are the remnants of the circular stage, from the Palatine Hill
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Looking down into the Forum (arches of the Basilica of Constantine & Maxentius, c. AD 312), from the Palatine Hill
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Looking over the Forum from the Palatine Hill
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The House of the Vestel Virgins in the Forum
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Temple of Anonius & Faustina (AD 141, the church behind is much later - 1601!) in the Forum
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Palazzo di Giustizia (at the end of the road from our hotel)
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St Peter's & Ponta S. Angelo (Rome's 'newest' roman bridge, AD 133)
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Castel Sant'Angelo
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Vatican Museum This Way
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Looking 'decorous' in the Vatican Museum queue (improvised sunhat from map)
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Ernest at the modern ramp, Vatican Museum
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Ernest at the old ramp/stairway (1932), Vatican Museum
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"Sphere Within A Sphere" by Arnaldo Pomodoro, Vatican Museum
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Us reflected in Pomodoro's "Sphere Within A Sphere", Vatican Museum
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Cortile della Pigna pine cone
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Apollo del Belvedere "perfectly embodying the ideals of Classical beauty", Vatcian Museum
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Perseus & Medusa statue, Vatican Museum
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Ernest & roman busts (part of the Vatican Museum we couldn't look more closely at)
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Another part of the Vatican Museum we couldn't look more closely at
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Detail of Raphael's "School of Athens" (Euclid demonstartes his geometry, Raphael's self portrait is to the right in a black beret), Vatican Museum
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Ernest in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo's "Last Judgement" behind
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