Papal Rome - A holiday impression, May 2000

R O M E
the Papal City
May XXV - XXX
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Launched June 2000
Ronald Langereis - 2000 - Amsterdam

Contents
Welcome
Ancient Rome Papal Rome Via Appia Antica

Castel S.Angelo was built originally as the tomb of the Emperor Hadrian, 2nd century A.D., but Aurelian, 3rd century, had it made into a fortress, part of his namesake wall. Twelve angels are guarding the bridge and most of them have an emblem with a text on the sockel. This one reads: Vulnerasti cor meum, saying: Thou hast wounded my heart.

Piazza Navona owes its rectangular form to the fact that it was built over the former Stadium of Domitian. The design was made by Bernini who also executed the Fountain of the Four Rivers. Intimately embedded squares and fountains like Navona and Trevi are the lungs of Rome, always filled with people, drinking, talking, laughing, walking, from morning till late into the night

After visiting St.Peter's church we passed under one of the porches in the curtain wall of the Vatican and through the papal city walked to the Castel San Angelo More than once a pope all but saved his life, leaving the Vatican in haste by the hidden way on top of the wall to take refuge into the Castel, fleeing before his enemies

From the deep shadows of a narrow street, suddenly there is a bright little square with outdoor restaurants and all around incredibly sensuous façades and from here you may take a right turn, unsuspecting, and before you fully realize where you are, there before you is the Pantheon massively bearing its age

Virtual Tour, pictures by Virtual Rome of most of the monuments

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Castel S.Angelo was built originally as the tomb of the Emperor Hadrian, 2nd century A.D., but Aurelian, 3rd century, had it made into a fortress, part of his namesake wall.			Twelve angels are guarding the bridge and most of them have an emblem with a text on the sockel. This one reads: Vulnerasti cor meum, saying: Thou hast wounded my heart.
Piazza Navona owes its rectangular form to the fact that it was built over the former Stadium of Domitian. The design was made by Bernini who also executed the Fountain of the Four Rivers.			Intimately embedded squares and fountains like Navona and Trevi are the lungs of Rome, always filled with people, drinking, talking, laughing, walking, from morning till late into the night
After visiting St.Peter's church we passed under one of the porches in the curtain wall of the Vatican and through the papal city walked to the Castel San Angelo			More than once a pope all but saved his life, leaving the Vatican in haste by the hidden way on top of the wall to take refuge into the Castel, fleeing before his enemies
	From the deep shadows of a narrow street, suddenly there is a bright little square with outdoor restaurants and all around incredibly sensuous façades	and from here you may take a right turn, unsuspecting, and before you fully realize where you are, there before you is the Pantheon massively bearing its age