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| First iconic sight ... Mussolini's Victor Emmanuel Monument, 1911 |
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| Our Hotel Smeraldo - Vicolo dei Chiodaroli 9 |
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| Our room |
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| Our view |
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| Hotel Smeraldo's roof garden |
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| We set off to explore the neighbourhood ... |
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| A short walk away is the Piazza Navona ... |
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| With its famous fountains |
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| And human street art .... |
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| Some rather peculiar.... |
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| This street performer was very funny and did some outrageous tricks.... |
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| Of course, one has to have a gelato.... |
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| Oh, the colours .... |
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| And the cobblestones, worn smooth... |
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| Always colour, gorgeous colour.... |
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| Castel Sant'Angelo aka Hadrian's Mausoleum |
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| We head to St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City across the Tiber ... |
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| And manage to get in before they close at 7pm ... |
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| Michelangelo's Pieta |
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| Someone is trying to read the Latin inscriptions .... |
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| Michelangelo's dome, redesigned in 1547, tallest in the world |
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| Bernini's baldacchino 95 foot canopy over the tomb of St. Peter |
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| Dove of the Holy Spirit |
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| Vatican Swiss Guard |
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| Papal apartments |
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| The Pantheon, AD126 |
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| It is very wet here... |
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| Can you see? It is raining!!! |
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| Piazza della Rotonda |
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| Dinner |
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| Back 'home' |
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| Final sight of the evening ... an accordionist serenades the trattoria patrons ... and us ... with his cheesy Italian songs! |
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