Roma 2018

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Pantheon




Giolitti gelato shop




Piazza Navona






Trevi Fountain

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The Colosseum














Roman Forum




Campo de' Fiori




Palazzo Spada












View of Rome from Janiculum Hill

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Metropolitana di Roma




St. Peter's Basilica

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The Spanish Steps




Via Condotti




H&M


Roma Termini station




Next stop, Firenze!

[geomorph]

Originally Posted by homebucket

Is this in the Vatican Museums? I don't remember seeing it. It has been a long time since I was there in 1995! Thank you for bringing so much of it back to my memory, I think I saw every sight featured here except Palazzo Spada.

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Originally Posted by geomorph

Is this in the Vatican Museums? I don't remember seeing it. It has been a long time since I was there in 1995! Thank you for bringing so much of it back to my memory, I think I saw every sight featured here except Palazzo Spada.

Yes it is! It's called the Bramante Staircase. It was built in 1932 so it should've been there when you visited in 1995.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramante_Staircase

It was my first time in Rome so I definitely wanted to hit up all the main attractions!

[Sun Belt]

Good stuff!

Something about ruins has always been of interest to me. I can't get enough.

What's strange is that at some point in our future, our greatest achievements that we think will always be here, will be seen as ruins or significant human heritage sites as well.

[AviationGuy]

Great thread!

Was there in 2000 (fortunately in October, when the weather was cool) and was able to see the Pope (from a distance) in front of St. Peter's. Unfortunately, we didn't climb to the top of St. Peter's. Saw all the usual touristy things plus other things my sister knew about. She lived there at the time.

Everyone should see Rome at some point in their lives. It can have a profound effect on one's life.

[AJW]

Great photography, a city I have yet to visit.

[JM1976]

Rome...what a gorgeous city! I love it.

[Aqua_Chicago]

thank you very much for these photos, they are fabulous¡¡¡

https://greatbuildingsoftheworld.blogspot.com/

[fern]

Fantastic city and country
What did you think about the graffiti , every Italian city I've been to has been covered in it.
I like graffiti the artistic mural type not the tagging that seems to be everywhere.
Anyway great pics

[AviationGuy]

Originally Posted by fern

Fantastic city and country
What did you think about the graffiti , every Italian city I've been to has been covered in it.
I like graffiti the artistic mural type not the tagging that seems to be everywhere.
Anyway great pics

I was hoping the graffiti problem had been cleaned up by now (I was there 18 years ago). Florence and Naples were the same in that regard. Still loved all those cities, though.

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy

I was hoping the graffiti problem had been cleaned up by now (I was there 18 years ago). Florence and Naples were the same in that regard. Still loved all those cities, though.

To me I felt like Naples > Rome > Florence, in terms of amount of graffiti.

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Originally Posted by fern

Fantastic city and country
What did you think about the graffiti , every Italian city I've been to has been covered in it.
I like graffiti the artistic mural type not the tagging that seems to be everywhere.
Anyway great pics

I wasn't too surprised by the graffiti, since I read about it on a lot of different travel sites and blogs. There was definitely much more graffiti in Naples though. Also, Rome wasn't as dirty as others were making it out to be.

[AviationGuy]

Originally Posted by homebucket

I wasn't too surprised by the graffiti, since I read about it on a lot of different travel sites and blogs. There was definitely much more graffiti in Naples though. Also, Rome wasn't as dirty as others were making it out to be.

I didn't find inner city Rome to be all that dirty. Considering the throngs of people everywhere, the amount of litter wasn't all that bad. When I took a train out to the suburbs to visit my sister, the train went through some districts where people apparently dump all sorts of stuff along the right of way. It was pretty bad. But I loved the historic inner city.

By the way, the suburb where my sister lived looked remarkably like American suburbs. Her apartment complex looked amazingly like any random apartments in our suburbs. The interiors looked that way, too. One thing that was interesting was that the apartment dwellers dried their clothes by hanging them on lines strung across patios or balconies. I don't know if it's that way now or not.

[Architype]

I never get tired of photos of Italy. Beautiful and interesting.

[bnk]

Awesome pictures of Rome.

I went to Italy on my honeymoon years ago and it stranded out by a very far margin as my favorite city in Italy. The Roman col, the Parthenon the Vatican


So much to see. I should have spent a week there instead of only 4 days and 3 nights.

I will plan to go again some day, it is a life goal of mine this time though I will not chicken out and make it to the very top of St. Peters next time.



It was scary at the time.... We couldn't do it.

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Originally Posted by bnk

Awesome pictures of Rome.

I went to Italy on my honeymoon years ago and it stranded out by a very far margin as my favorite city in Italy. The Roman col, the Parthenon the Vatican


So much to see. I should have spent a week there instead of only 4 days and 3 nights.

I will plan to go again some day, it is a life goal of mine this time though I will not chicken out and make it to the very top of St. Peters next time.



It was scary at the time.... We couldn't do it.

It can feel a little bit claustrophobic in the spiral tunnel of stairs to the top, but I think there is an elevator that can take you at least part of the way.

[Murphy de la Sucre]

To be honest but with surprise, Rome is really rare on this forum and this is one of the boutiques.

Especially with those street shots, true Rome is amazingly presented.