Rome - The Eternal City

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

Robert De Niro

Rome is definitely Rome. Which is why I decided to pay the wonderful place a second visit.

You can find my first thread here

1. Just like last time we once again begin in Piazza del Popolo. Once a place of executions and traveller's first view of Rome, today it is largely filled with tourists.



2. Piazza del Popolo as seen from Pincio - one of the hills of Rome, however not one of the 7 hills.



3. Same.



4. Same place, same view, different day. It was raining for two days. Yeah I know rain in Rome? Dafuq?



5. St. Peter's Basilica. There was an open air mass going, I even saw the Pope!



6. The courtyard of Biblioteca Lancisiana. It was pouring it down like there's no tomorrow!



7. Can't remember exactly where this was, but somewhere in the old town, institute of sorts or something. The courtyard was filled with busts and life-size statues of Roman emperors. Good, bad, mad and dangerous!



8. Spot Hadrian!



9. Quattro Fontane. Too bad it was raining so hard. The fountains were commissioned by Pope Sixtus V and installed between 1588 and 1593. The figures of the four fountains represent the River Tiber (the symbol of Rome); the River Arno the symbol of Florence; the Goddess Diana; the symbol of Chastity; and the Goddess Juno, the symbol of Strength. The fountains of the Arno, Tiber, and Juno are the work of Domenico Fontana. The fountain of Diana was designed by the painter and architect Pietro da Cortona.



10. I guess I'll just have to come back again and take a decent shot.