April 2003 - Italy
Venice: The bridge of sighs, from the Doges Palace to the jail
Venice: The ornate interior of the Cafe Lavena, on the Piazza San Marco
San Gimignano, known as the Medieval Manhattan for its many towers. These two seem to be the medieval WTC
"The Devils Tower", so called because its owner convinced his neighbour that it had grown taller overnight
Oink!
Siena: The view from our room in the hotel run by the nuns of the Alma Domus convent
Siena: Medieval buildings
Siena: Interior of the Duomo
Mmmm... gelati
Florence: The Ponte Vecchio
Rome: the Colosseum
Rome: view of the Colosseum from across the Roman forum
The Appian way: Hippodrome at the tomb of Romulus
The Appian Way: Aqueduct leading to Rome
Cats wandering amongst the Roman ruins
Spiral Staircase at the Vatican museum
Statue of Artemis at the Vatican museum
Religious tchotskes
A particularly fragile and vulnerable looking example of the Ape three wheeler, common throughout italy.
Mussolini era sculpture - note the Fasces, the bundle of sticks with an axe, the symbol of order.
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