The beginning of our trip to Tuscany, Italy. We had booked flights to take us to Pisa to begin the trip and thus made all of the arrangements around this. Unfortunately, Emirates decided to remove their scheduled flight from Dubai to Pisa leaving us with a bit of a problem. We ended up having to leave a couple of days earlier than planned and fly to Rome and then catch a train to Pisa to start our holiday, hence we spent only a single day in Rome. Below is from that day.
Views of The Colosseum
Archaeological Excavation, via Luigi Petroselli, Rome, Italy
Circus Maximus, Viale Aventino, Rome, Italy
Chiesa di San Rocco all’Augusteo, Via di Ripetta, Rome, Italy
(Built between 1499 – 1832)
Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, Foro Traiano, Rome, Italy
Distressed Wall, Chiesa di San Sebastiano al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy
Ornate Statuette Lamp. Grand Hotel Palace, Via Vittorio Veneto, Rome, Italy
Gateway, Chiesa di San Sebastiano al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy
The site was originally for a temple built by the emperor Elagabalus in the third century. The temple was replaced by a church and an attached monastery in the tenth century. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Saint Sebastian, and Saint Zoticus, which can be read in an inscription that also contains the name of the founder of monastery, a physician named “Peter”. Originally the church was known as Santa Maria in Pallara, after the Palladium, the ancient image of Athena from Troy which – along with some of the most sacred objects in pagan Rome – was allegedly kept in a pagan temple on the same site. In 1061, the church was given to the abbot of Montecassino. It was then dedicated to Saint Sebastian. The structure that stands today is the result of a rebuilding in 1624.
Terme di Elagabalo, Via di S. Gregorio, Rome, Italy
Roman Baths adjacent to The Colosseum.
Shrine, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy
Side Wall of Chiesa San Bonaventura al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy
Ruins, via Filippo Turati, Rome, Italy
Ruins behind Circus Maximus, Viale Aventino, Rome, Italy
Overgrown Gateway, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy
Courtyard, via Cairoli, Rome, Italy
Colonnade, via Giovanni Giolitti, Rome, Italy
Colonnade, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy
Poignant Message, Colonnade, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy
Doorway, Frati Cappuccini (Capuchin Friars), San Fedele Convent, via Cairoli, Rome, Italy
Street Sign, Via Machiavelli, Rome, Italy
Birra Moretti IPA, Hotel Napoleon, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy
Oops!, Via di Porta Maggiore, Rome, Italy
99 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy
