Italy

Vittoriano on Piazza Venezia, December 31, 2003.

Vittoriano 'The Wedding Cake' Piazza Venezia, December 31, 2003.

A rhythm of circles and arcs The Coliseum and tangent carriage wheel, December 27, 2003.

A rhythm of circles and arcs The Coliseum and carriage wheels, December 27, 2003.

Colosseum carriages in the afternoon December 27, 1993

Via del Governo Vecchio looking toward Via del Teatro Pace near Piazza Navona, December 28, 2003.

Piazza Navona, December 28, 2003

Sunset in Villa Borghese Park December 31, 1993. Part of Gothe statue in foreground.

Galassia 50 three wheel micro car on Via Sistina. Obelisk in Piazza della Trinita dei Monti appears in the background. December 27 1993.

Bibite the Forum Hotel and the shadow of Hadrian's Column. December 28, 1993.

Antico Caffe: Via del Teatro Marcello n. 42, December 31, 2003.

Ticket booth in the cupola of Saint Peter's. December 28, 1993.

"Zagor Ladro Di Ombre" Detail from: http://SWC-Biogon.smugmug.com/photos/311681373_GKy2Q-L.jpg Ticket booth in the cupola of Saint Peter's.

Saint Peter's Cupola access doors. December 28, 1993.

View from Saint Peter's Cupola. The second railing was added on top of the brass hand grips sometime after 1960.

View from Saint't Peter's looking South West toward Piazzale Gregoria VII. December 28, 1993.

View from Saint Peter's Cupola stairway window. December 28, 1993.

Piazza Navona, December 28, 2003.

Piazza Navona, December 28, 2003.

Hand puppet: Piazza Navona, December 28, 2003. "Max Ciambelle Calde 3.00 Euro"

Signora with an umbrella: Piazza Navona, December 28, 2003.

Villa Borghese Park December 31, 1993

Tiled entrance from Pompeii, December 2003, looks the same as the day it was made.

Pompeii and Vesuvius, December 2003. A lot of history still to be unearthed, with a new discovery every year.

Pompeii, December 2003: Regio I Insula X Vicolo di Paquius Proculus. Looking east across junction with Vicolo del Menandro, towards I.7.18

Pompeii, December 2003

Bernini's 1643 Triton fountain in Piazza Barberini, from December 26, 1993.

Piazza Barberini, from December 26, 1993. In the background right is an elderly gentleman who made a career out of play acting around the piazza dressed in leggings, a tutu, ear muffs, goggles and a feather in his head; seen here hamming it up by a tour bus.

Bernini's 1643 Triton fountain in Piazza Barberini, from December 26, 1993.

Pompeii December 29, 1993.

Pompeii December 29, 1993.

Pompeii December 29, 1993. Location TBD

Window in the cupola of Saint Peter's. December 28, 1993.

Pompeii 2003. View from the SW end of the Forum toward Via Marina. Inadvertent tourist captured center right.

Pompeii 2003. View of the Forum toward Vesuvius.

Pompeii doorway vista, December 29, 2003.

Pompeii 1993

Pompeii 1993