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      • Dome
      • St Longinus
      • St Helena
      • St Veronica
      • St Andrew
    • St Peter
    • Chapel of the Choir
    • Chapel of the Baptistery
    • Nave
  • Sistine Chapel
    • North Wall
    • South Wall
    • East Wall
    • Ceiling: Part One >
      • Ceiling: Part Two
      • Ceiling: Part Three
    • The Last Judgement
    • The 'Raphael' Tapestries
  • Fountains
    • Trevi Fountain
    • Fontana della Barcaccia
    • Fountain of the Triton
    • Fountain of the Bees
    • Fountain of Moses
    • Fountain of the Four Rivers
    • Fountain of the Acqua Paola
    • Fountain of the Turtles
    • Fountain of the Naiads
    • Fountain of the Cannonball
    • Fountain of the Four Lions
    • Fountain of the Pantheon
    • Fountains of Piazza Farnese
    • Fountain of the Goddess Roma
    • Rioni Fountains
    • Street Fountains
    • Venice Marries the Sea
    • Fountains of St Peter's Square
    • Fountain of the Moor
    • Fountain of Neptune
    • Fountain of the Porter
    • Fountain of the Seahorses
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    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro in Vincoli
    • Sant' Agostino
    • Sant' Agnese in Agone
    • Sant' Andrea del Quirinale
    • Sant' Andrea della Valle
    • Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
    • Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
    • Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza
    • Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
    • Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
    • Santa Francesca Romana
    • Santa Maria del Popolo
    • Santa Maria della Pace
    • Santa Maria della Vittoria
    • Santa Maria dell' Anima
    • Santa Maria in Aracoeli
    • Santa Maria in Campitelli
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maddalena
    • Santa Maria Maggiore
    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
    • Santa Prassede
    • Santa Sabina
    • Santi Apostoli
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Trinità di Monti
  • Ancient Monuments
    • Arch of Constantine
    • Arch of Septimius Severus
    • Arch of Titus
    • Castel Sant' Angelo
    • Colosseum
    • Column of Marcus Aurelius
    • Pantheon
    • Pyramid of Cestius
    • Temple of Venus and Rome
    • Theatre of Marcellus
    • Trajan's Column
  • Obelisks
    • 'Minerveo' Obelisk
    • 'Flaminio' Obelisk
    • 'Matteiano' Obelisk
    • 'Lateran' Obelisk
    • 'Dogali' Obelisk
    • 'Macuteo' Obelisk
    • 'Solare' Obelisk
    • 'Vatican' Obelisk
    • 'Agonalis' Obelisk
    • 'Sallustiano' Obelisk
    • 'Quirinale' Obelisk
    • 'Esquiline' Obelisk
    • 'Pinciano' Obelisk
    • 'Mediceo' Obelisk
    • 'Torlonia' Obelisks
    • 'Mussolini' Obelisk
    • 'Marconi' Obelisk
  • Mosaics
    • S. Agnese fuori le Mura
    • S. Cecilia in Trastevere
    • S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • S. Marco
    • S. Maria in Domnica
    • S. Prassede
    • S. Pudenziana
    • S. Zenone
    • Ss. Cosma e Damiano
    • Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
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    • Piazzas >
      • Piazza del Campidglio
      • Piazza del Quirinale
      • Piazza del Popolo
      • Piazza di Spagna
      • Piazza Navona
      • Piazza S. M. in Trastevere
      • Piazza San Pietro
    • Fountains
    • Churches
    • Ancient Rome
    • Palaces
    • Domes
    • Papal Coats of Arms
    • Street Shrines
    • Old Photographs
    • Borromini & the Baroque
WALKING TOURS OF ROME

The River Nile

29/2/2020

 
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Statue of River Nile, Vatican Museums, Rome
The River Nile

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The Capitoline Museums

28/2/2020

 
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Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius

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Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts

27/2/2020

 
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Laocoon and His Sons, Vatican Museums, Rome
Laocoon and His Sons

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The Borgia Apartment

26/2/2020

 
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Portrait of Pope Alexander VI in the fresco of the Resurrection by Pinturicchio, Borgia Apartment, Vatican Museums, Rome
Portrait of Pope Alexander VI in the fresco of the Resurrection by Pinturicchio

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The Fountain of the Sea-Horses

25/2/2020

 
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Fountain of the Sea-Horses, Villa Borghese, Rome
Fountain of the Sea-Horses, Villa Borghese

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The Gallery of the Candelabras

24/2/2020

 
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Gallery of the Candelabra, Vatican Museums, Rome
Gallery of the Candelabra, Vatican Museums

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'Oh Rome! my country! city of the soul!'

23/2/2020

 
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Statue of Lord Byron, Villa Borghese, Rome
Statue of Lord Byron, Villa Borghese

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Sicily's Three-Legged Lady

22/2/2020

 
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Trinacria, symbol of Sicily, Villino Ximenes, Rome
The Trinacria (symbol of Sicily), Villino Ximenes

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The Fountain of the Senate

21/2/2020

 
Via degli Staderari
The Fountain of the Senate, Via degli Staderari, Rome
The Fountain of the Senate (Fontana del Senato)

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Views of Rome: Past & Present

20/2/2020

 
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Old photograph of 'Cannonball' Fountain, Villa Medici, Rome
Old photograph of the Fountain of the Cannonball and, in the distance, St Peter's Basilica

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The Mother Church of the Jesuits

19/2/2020

 
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The Chiesa del Gesu, Rome
The Chiesa del Gesu

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The Botanical Garden

18/2/2020

 
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Fountain of the Tritons, Botanical Garden, Rome
Fountain of the Tritons

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The Fontana del Pianto

17/2/2020

 
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Fountain, Piazza delle Cinque Scole, Rome
Fontana del Pianto

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The Orange Garden

16/2/2020

 
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Orange Garden (Parco Savelli), Rome
The Orange Garden

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Santa Maria della Pace

15/2/2020

 
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Church of Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
Santa Maria della Pace

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Palazzo delle Esposizoni

14/2/2020

 
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Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
The Palazzo delle Esposizioni

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Baroque at its Very Best

13/2/2020

 
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Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel, church of San Francesco a Ripa, Rome
Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel, San Francesco a Ripa

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From Riches to Rags

12/2/2020

 
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Church of San Gregorio della Divina Pietà, Rome
San Gregorio della Divina Pietà

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Via Margutta: The Street of the Artists

11/2/2020

 
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Via Margutta, Rome
Via Margutta

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A Saint On His Deathbed

10/2/2020

 
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St Stanislaus Kostka by Pierre Legros, church of Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, Rome
St Stanislaus Kostka by Pierre Legros, Sant' Andrea al Quirinale

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San Bernardo alle Terme

9/2/2020

 
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Church of San Bernardo alle Terme, Rome
San Bernardo alle Terme

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Know Thyself

8/2/2020

 
Museo Nazionale Romano (Baths of Diocletian)
Mosaic of a skeleton & the Greek aphorism 'Know thyself', Baths of Diocletian, Rome
Ancient Roman mosaic of a skeleton & the Greek aphorism 'Know thyself'

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Monument to Pope Alexander VII

7/2/2020

 
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Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, St Peter's Basilica

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A Curious Image of a Carthusian Monk

6/2/2020

 
​Museo Nazionale Romano (Baths of Diocletian)
Trompe l'oeil painting (1855) by Filippo Balbi, 'Michelangelo' Cloister, Baths of Diocletian, Rome
Trompe l'oeil painting (1855) by Filippo Balbi, 'Michelangelo' Cloister, Baths of Diocletian

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The Roman 'Aquarium'

5/2/2020

 
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Roman Aquarium (Acquario Romano, 1885-87) by Ettore Bernich, Rome
Roman Aquarium (Acquario Romano, 1885-87) by Ettore Bernich

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  • Home
  • Private Tours
  • Contact
  • Slideshow
  • Notes on Rome
  • St Peter's Basilica
    • Altars >
      • Altar of St Joseph
      • Altar of St Gregory the Great
      • Altar of the Madonna of Succour
      • Altar of St Sebastian
      • Altar of the Lie
      • Altar of the Presentation of the Virgin
      • Altar of St Jerome
      • Altar of the Transfiguration
      • Altar of Pope Leo the Great
    • Monuments >
      • Countess Matilda of Canossa
      • Maria Clementina Sobieska
      • Queen Christina of Sweden
      • Pope Innocent VIII
      • Pope Paul III
      • Pope Gregory XIII
      • Pope Gregory XIV
      • Pope Leo XI
      • Pope Urban VIII
      • Pope Alexander VII
      • Pope Clement X
      • Pope Innocent XI
      • Pope Alexander VIII
      • Pope Innocent XII
      • Pope Benedict XIV
      • Pope Clement XIII
      • Pope Pius VII
      • Pope Leo XII
      • Pope Pius VIII
      • Pope Gregory XVI
      • Pope Pius X
      • Pope Benedict XV
      • Pope Pius XI
      • Pope Pius XII
      • Pope John XXIII
      • The Stuarts
    • Portico >
      • Door of Death
      • Door of Good and Evil
      • Central Door
      • Door of the Sacraments
      • Holy Door
    • Pieta
    • Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
    • Cathedra Petri
    • Crossing >
      • Baldacchino
      • Confessio
      • Dome
      • St Longinus
      • St Helena
      • St Veronica
      • St Andrew
    • St Peter
    • Chapel of the Choir
    • Chapel of the Baptistery
    • Nave
  • Sistine Chapel
    • North Wall
    • South Wall
    • East Wall
    • Ceiling: Part One >
      • Ceiling: Part Two
      • Ceiling: Part Three
    • The Last Judgement
    • The 'Raphael' Tapestries
  • Fountains
    • Trevi Fountain
    • Fontana della Barcaccia
    • Fountain of the Triton
    • Fountain of the Bees
    • Fountain of Moses
    • Fountain of the Four Rivers
    • Fountain of the Acqua Paola
    • Fountain of the Turtles
    • Fountain of the Naiads
    • Fountain of the Cannonball
    • Fountain of the Four Lions
    • Fountain of the Pantheon
    • Fountains of Piazza Farnese
    • Fountain of the Goddess Roma
    • Rioni Fountains
    • Street Fountains
    • Venice Marries the Sea
    • Fountains of St Peter's Square
    • Fountain of the Moor
    • Fountain of Neptune
    • Fountain of the Porter
    • Fountain of the Seahorses
  • Churches
    • Chiesa Nuova
    • Chiesa del Gesù
    • San Sebastiano fuori le Mura
    • San Carlo al Corso
    • San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
    • San Clemente
    • San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
    • San Giovanni in Laterano
    • San Girolamo della Carità
    • San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • San Luigi dei Francesi
    • San Marco
    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro in Vincoli
    • Sant' Agostino
    • Sant' Agnese in Agone
    • Sant' Andrea del Quirinale
    • Sant' Andrea della Valle
    • Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
    • Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
    • Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza
    • Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
    • Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
    • Santa Francesca Romana
    • Santa Maria del Popolo
    • Santa Maria della Pace
    • Santa Maria della Vittoria
    • Santa Maria dell' Anima
    • Santa Maria in Aracoeli
    • Santa Maria in Campitelli
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maddalena
    • Santa Maria Maggiore
    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
    • Santa Prassede
    • Santa Sabina
    • Santi Apostoli
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Trinità di Monti
  • Ancient Monuments
    • Arch of Constantine
    • Arch of Septimius Severus
    • Arch of Titus
    • Castel Sant' Angelo
    • Colosseum
    • Column of Marcus Aurelius
    • Pantheon
    • Pyramid of Cestius
    • Temple of Venus and Rome
    • Theatre of Marcellus
    • Trajan's Column
  • Obelisks
    • 'Minerveo' Obelisk
    • 'Flaminio' Obelisk
    • 'Matteiano' Obelisk
    • 'Lateran' Obelisk
    • 'Dogali' Obelisk
    • 'Macuteo' Obelisk
    • 'Solare' Obelisk
    • 'Vatican' Obelisk
    • 'Agonalis' Obelisk
    • 'Sallustiano' Obelisk
    • 'Quirinale' Obelisk
    • 'Esquiline' Obelisk
    • 'Pinciano' Obelisk
    • 'Mediceo' Obelisk
    • 'Torlonia' Obelisks
    • 'Mussolini' Obelisk
    • 'Marconi' Obelisk
  • Mosaics
    • S. Agnese fuori le Mura
    • S. Cecilia in Trastevere
    • S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • S. Marco
    • S. Maria in Domnica
    • S. Prassede
    • S. Pudenziana
    • S. Zenone
    • Ss. Cosma e Damiano
    • Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
  • EUR
  • Gallery
    • Piazzas >
      • Piazza del Campidglio
      • Piazza del Quirinale
      • Piazza del Popolo
      • Piazza di Spagna
      • Piazza Navona
      • Piazza S. M. in Trastevere
      • Piazza San Pietro
    • Fountains
    • Churches
    • Ancient Rome
    • Palaces
    • Domes
    • Papal Coats of Arms
    • Street Shrines
    • Old Photographs
    • Borromini & the Baroque