July 2013 tour to Rome, Florence, Pisa and Venice with GoJo Travel, Rochester, New York. Photographs were all taken by Doug Della Pietra and are copyrighted.

1. Rome 2013

2. 11:25 a.m. Depart Rochester USAir 3647
12:47 p.m. Arrive Philadelphia
6:15 p.m. Depart Philadelphia USAir 718
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
10:30 a.m. Arrive Rome
Monday, July 8, 2013

5. Hotel Visconti Palace
Via Federico Cesi 37, Rome, Italy
Tel: +39-063684

6. Arch of Constantine

7. Arch of
Constantine

8. The Colloseum

18. The Roman Forum

22. The Roman Forum:
Temple of
Antoninus Pius &
Faustina

23. The Roman Forum: Temple of Castori

24. The Roman Forum:
View from the Palatine Hills

25. The Roman Forum:
View from the Palatine Hills

26. The Roman Forum:
Ceiling of Temple
of Romulus

27. The Roman Forum:
Column of Phocas

28. The Roman Forum: Basilica Julia

29. The Roman Forum:
The Temple of Saturn in the Forum

31. The Roman Forum:
The Temple of Saturn in the Forum

32. The Roman Forum:
The Arch of Septimius Severus

33. The Roman Forum:
Temple of Castor and Pollux
Nancy Sketching Temple of
Castor & Pollux

34. Trajan’s Forum: Our Tour Group

35. Trajan’s Forum

36. Trajan’s Forum

37. Trajan’s Forum

38. Trajan’s Forum

39. Trajan’s Forum

40. Central Museum of the Risorgimento

41. Central Museum of the Risorgimento

42. Central Museum of the Risorgimento:
View from Terrace

43. Central Museum of the Risorgimento:
View from Terrace

44. Central Museum of the Risorgimento:
View from Terrace

45. Central Museum of the Risorgimento:
View from Terrace

46. Central Museum of the Risorgimento:
View from Staircase

47. Central Museum of the Risorgimento:
View from Staircase

48. On The Streets

49. On The Streets

50. On The Streets
Bus:
“Malatesta” can be
translated as “crazy”

51. Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus

52. The Mithraeum – located below the palace place in the northeast of the
Circus Maximus, in the area of ​​the Forum Boarium

53. Bascilica Santa Maria in Cosmedin

54. Gardens Piazza Santa Maria in
Cosmedin

55. Gardens Piazza Santa Maria in
Cosmedin

56. The Basilica of St. Bartholomew
on the Island

57. On the Tiber

58. On the Tiber

59. On the Tiber

60. On the Tiber

61. On the Tiber

62. On the Tiber

63. San Giovanni Hospital
Fatebenefratelli Calibita

64. San Giovanni Hospital
Fatebenefratelli Calibita
Nurse in
Window

65. Buildings and Alleys

66. Buildings and Alleys

67. Buildings and Alleys

68. Buildings and Alleys

69. Buildings and Alleys

70. Buildings and
Alleys

71. Buildings and Alleys

72. The Pantheon

73. The Pantheon

74. The Pantheon

75. The Pantheon

76. The Pantheon
"M. AGRIPPA.L.F.COSTERTIUM.FECIT”
“Marcus Agrippa son of Lucius, having been consul three times made it”.
* Translation taken from "Roman Pantheon." Rome.info. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 July 2013. <http://www.rome.info/pantheon/>.

77. The Pantheon: Nancy and Doug

78. Piazza Di Pietra

79. Piazza Di Trevi – The Trevi Fountain

80. Piazza Di Trevi – The Trevi Fountain

81. Piazza Di Trevi – The Trevi Fountain

82. Piazza Di Trevi – The Trevi Fountain

83. Piazza Di Trevi
Very cool-looking pasta!

84. Spray-Paint Art

85. Spray-Paint Art

86. Spray-Paint Art

87. Spray-Paint Art

88. Spray-Paint Art

89. Spray-Paint Art

90. Spray-Paint Art

91. Spray-Paint Art

92. Spray-Paint Art

93. Spray-Paint Art

94. Spray-Paint Art

95. Spray-Paint Art

96. Spray-Paint Art

97. Spray-Paint Art

98. Spray-Paint Art

99. Spray-Paint Art

100. Spray-Paint Art

101. Spray-Paint Art

102. Spray-Paint Art

103. Spray-Paint Art

104. Spray-Paint Art

105. Spray-Paint Art

106. Piazza Di Spagna – The Spanish Steps

107. Piazza Di Spagna – The Spanish Steps

108. Piazza Di Spagna – The Spanish Steps

109. Piazza Di Spagna –
The Spanish Steps

110. Wine from L'Antico Porto in Rome

111. “Vatican Avenue”

112. Caffe Vaticano

113. The Vatican Museum
Vatican City Wall

114. The Vatican Museum

115. The Vatican Museum

116. The Vatican Museum
View of Downtown Rome

117. Circle of Moons Mosaic

118. The Vatican Museum
Coat of Arms – Pope Leo XIII
Bust of Pope Leo XIII

119. Ganymede and
Zeus' eagle

120. The Tapestry Gallery

121. The Tapestry Gallery:
The Massacre of the
Innocents

122. The Tapestry Gallery: The Resurrection

123. Sala Rotunda
Within the Pio Clementino Museum
Shaped like a miniature Pantheon,
ancient mosaics on the floors and
ancient statues line the perimeter

124. Gallery of Maps
Painted on the walls by friar Ignazio Danti of Perugia, commissioned by Pope
Gregory XIII (1572–1585). It remains the world's largest pictorial geographical
study

126. “Sphere Within Sphere”
Created in 1990 by Italian
sculptor Arnoldo Pomodoro

127. The Vatican Gardens

128. The Vatican Gardens

129. The Vatican Museum: Inner Parking Lot

130. The Vatican Museum
Hall of Constantine

131. The Vatican Museum
Hall of Constantine

132. The Vatican Museum
Hall of Constantine
Ceiling Painting “Triumph of Christianity
over Paganism” by Tommaso Laureti Siciliano

133. The Vatican Museum
Hall of Constantine
Battle of Constantine against Maxentius

134. The Vatican Museum
Room of Heliodorus
Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple

135. The Vatican Museum
Room of Heliodorus
Mass of Bolsena

136. The Vatican Museum
Room of Heliodorus
Liberation of St Peter

137. The Vatican Museum
Room of Heliodorus
Encounter of Leo the Great with Attila

138. School of Athens
The Vatican Museum
Room of Signatures

139. The Vatican Museum

140. Collection of Modern Art

141. Collection of Modern Art

142. Collection of Modern Art

143. St. Peter’s Basilica

144. St. Peter’s Basilica

145. St. Peter’s Basilica

146. St. Peter’s Basilica

147. St. Peter’s Basilica

148. Papa Francesco – Pope Francis

149. St. Peter’s Sqaure

150. Swiss Guards

151. St. Peter’s Square
Location of the Chimney to Signify
“Yes”/”No” Vote for the Next Pope

152. The Holy Door

153. St. Peter’s Basilica: The Pieta

154. St. Peter’s Basilica

155. St. Peter’s Basilica
Chapel of St. Sebastian
The Remains of Pope John Paul IIBronze Statue of St. Peter

156. St. Peter’s Basilica
The Nave Looking toward Central Altar

157. St. Peter’s Basilica:
Main Altar & St. Peter's Tomb

158. St. Peter’s Basilica:
Ceiling of the Dome

159. Ceiling of the Dome

160. St. Peter’s Basilica: Ceiling

161. Daily Market in Campo de' Fiori

162. Daily Market in Campo de' Fiori

163. Daily Market in Campo de' Fiori

164. Daily Market in Campo de' Fiori

165. Daily Market in Campo de' Fiori

168. Piazza Navona

169. Piazza Navona

170. Piazza Navona

171. Fountain of the Four Rivers

172. Fountain of the
Four Rivers

173. The Colloseum

174. Arrivederci Roma

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