Rome 2000 – at night
I was there for a conference, so the first couple of days I only saw Rome at dusk and during the night. I should have brought a tripod. Nightfall on…
Rome 2000 – cats in the Largo di Torre Argentina
The temple of Juturna and the temple to Fortuna Huiusce Diei
Rome 2000 – Piazza Navona, Trevi and other fountains
Piazza Navona in the Campus Martius, close to the Pantheon, has fountains by Bernini and della Porta. There was a dove convention going on apparently. Trevi fountain, the biggest fountain…
Rome 2000 – Pantheon
The largest un-reinforced concrete dome on Earth. I made a few visits at different times of day, there always seemed to be something going on. this is the rear side…
Rome 2000 – Palatino and Circus Maximus
The Palatine hill, overlooking the Forum on one side and the Circus Maximus on the other, site of the ruins of Imperial palaces. At the time of my visit it…
Rome 2000 – Aula Ottagona
This was part of the therms of Diocletian. It housed miscellaneous sculptures including two famous bronzes from the therms of Constantine.
Rome 2000 – Musea Vaticana
This place is enormous, I completely skipped any parts - such as the Sistine chapel - where I had to wait in line, and still spent almost a whole day…
Rome 2000 – Museo Nazionale
The museum was founded in 1889 with the aim of collecting together all the pre-Roman antiquities of Latium, southern Etruria and Umbria belonging to the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations. lots…
Rome 2000 – Musei Capitolini
In 1471, Pope Sixtus IV donated a collection of important ancient bronzes to the people of Rome and located them on the Capitoline Hill. Since then, the museums' collection has…
Bloemenstoet 2017
Since our sports infrastructure is closed for renovation, I had the idea to use that as the theme for this year’s flower festival float. They put up a big crane……