Day Nine: Florence

Farewell to Rome

A Hilltop Town in Umbria (On the Way to Florence)

Firenze!

Our Group At the Duomo

Brunelleschi's Dome from the Ponte Vecchio

The Duomo

Another Feast for the Eyes

The Palazzo della Signoria

Dinner at Trattoria ZaZa (by the Mercato Centrale)

Day Eight: Farnesina, Pantheon, San Luigi and Sant' Ignazio

Sant' Ignazio

Caravaggio at San Luigi dei Francesi

A View of Caravaggio's Work at the Contarelli Chapel in San Luigi dei Francesi

Bramante's Tempietto

Lemons at the Farnesina

Our Group at the Farnesina

The Dome of the Pantheon

The Pantheon

Day Seven: Centrale Montemartini & San Pietro in Vincoli

Sculptural work at the Centrale Montemartini

Entrance to the Montemartini in Ostiense

Aquatic Mosaics from an Ancient Roman Pool

Machines and Gods

A Study in Contrasts

The Grand Hall of the Old Generating Station

The Julius II Tomb at San Pietro in Vincoli

The Chains of St. Peter

MIchelangelo's Moses

Some of Our Group Members at the Colosseum

Day Six: Villa Borghese

The Villa Borghese

Gianlorenzo Bernini's Apollo and Daphne (Villa Borghese Collection)

The Spanish Steps

Miniature Dachshund at the Campo de Fiori

A Bakery Window near the Campo de Fiori

Borromini's Perspective Arch at the Palazzo Spada

Day Five: Vatican Museum & St. Peter's

Raphael's School of Athens at the Vatican Musuem

Bernini's Baldacchino at St. Peter's

Raphael's School of Athens

View from the cupola of St. Peter's

Baldacchino, St. Peter's

With our tour guide, Rosalba

Piazza del Popolo

The Papal Gardens from the cupola of St. Peter's

Day Four

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

Visiting the crypt at Santa Cecilia

Santa Cecilia by Stefano Maderno

Suora Maura

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Bernini

The dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

The Blessed Stanislaus Kostka at Sant' Andrea al Quirinale

Day Three

Tossing coins into thr Trevi Fountain

She-Wolf, Romulus and Remus at the Capitoline Museum

An audience with Pope Benedict at the Vatican

Addressing the congregation