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  • Trevi fountain.
  • Which one will the fountain bless?
  • Trevi fountain.
  • Worst tour moment. When we got to the Colosseum Mary couldn't find her ticket which I KNEW I had given her earlier but eventually found in my pocket. This is me begging forgiveness in front of our tour group.
  • The Colosseum
  • The Colosseum
  • The Colosseum
  • The Colosseum
  • Roma
  • The Vatican
  • This bronze pine cone once part of an ancient Roman fountain near the Temple of Isis but is now a focal point of the highest terrace in the Vatican. The bronze peacocks were taken from Hadrian's mausoleum.
  • The Vatican. The keys in this coat of arms are representative of the keys of St. Peter to the kingdom of heaven, reputed in the gospels to have been given him by Christ.
  • Vatican Museum Tapistry of the adoration of the Christ child.
  • Detail of a second tapistry of Christ leaving the tomb.
  • Vatican Museum tapestry
  • Last supper tapestry
  • The Vatican
  • St. Peter's Square
  • St. Peter's Basilica. The size and scope of this place was difficult to grasp.
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • Michelangelo's Pieta
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica dome
  • St. Peter's "baldachin," a bronze canopy above the alter designed by Bernini
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • Statue of St. Andrew. St. Peter's Basilica
  • st. Peter's baldachin beneath the dome of the basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • The Pantheon
  • The Pantheon
  • The tomb of Victor Emanuele, unifier of Italy.
  • Viewing a panorama of the Vatican from one of Rome's seven hills.
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