Rome in April 2006

On this page I show you pictures of a trip to Rome in April 2006

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The travellers f.l.t.r.: Greyhound Karl, Onkel Tom, Markus Angerer, Heimo Müller   Onkel Tom pictured by Heimo Müller

From Termini Station to the Spanish    Stairway and the Piazza del Popolo  From Pza. del Popolo to the Angel's    Castle  Around Piazza Navona  Campo de' fiori & St. Barbara  Visiting the Vatican State  Rome - City Of General Stores  Forum Romanum & Foro Italico  San Ambrogio e San Carlo a Corso    & Fontana di Trevi  Pictures Without A Topic  Portraits: People In Rome

From April 24 to 28, 2006 may father "Greyhound" Karl, my brother Markus and my longtime-travel-companion Heimo Müller went with me to the "Eternal City" of Rome.
Here I show a selection of the pictures I made there.
Resuming I can say one thing: 3 days are too short for an enourmus city like Rome.

From Termini-Station to Pza. di Spagna
and further to Pza. del Popolo

As usual we did most of our sight-seeing walking. This time our first way lead us to the nearby hotel "Domus Mea"; which is a tipp for all travellers who don't need too much comfort and don't want to spend too much money on the accomodation.
Later we walked to the famous Spanish Stairway and the also very crowded Piazza del Popolo.

orange-blossoms	St. Mary in front of an unknown church
Fountain at Piazza Barberini	Near Pza. Barberini
On the Spanish Stairway	Obelisk at the Spanish Stairway
Building next to the Spanish Stairway	Flowers at the Spanish Stairway
On the Spanish Stairway	Typical backstreet of Rome
romantic back-road wit a cafe	A "ristorante" invites you to stay

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From the Pza. del Popolo to the Angel's Castle

After the first pizza close to the Pza. del Popolo we crossed the Tiber River and walked across a little flea market. We finally found ourselves at the famous Angel's Castle.

backyard near Pza. del Popolo	house-porch Pza. del Popolo
in the rest-room of a ristorante	the front-garden of the ristorante
At a flea-market close to Pza. del Popolo	At a flea-market close to Pza. del Popolo
At a flea-market close to Pza. del Popolo	At a flea-market close to Pza. del Popolo
Near Angel's Castle	View from the Angel's Castle towards the Vatican-State
The Ark-Angel Michael on top of the Angel's Castle	numerous costermongers offer their goods on Angel's bridge

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Around Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona already impressed me very strong at my first visit at Rome. Although there are loads of tourists this square has so much of this special Italian spirit like nearly no other has.

Cafe near Piazza Navona	Romantic is an important word in Rome
Roman hospitality	with fragrances of flowers and classic music
side-road of Piazza Navona	The "Moor-Fountain"
The "Moor-Fountain"	Figure on Berninis "Four-Rivers-Fountain"
Figure by Bernini	Allegory for one of the four biggest rivers at the time of Bernini
Obelisk on Bernini's "Fontana dei Fiumi"	The "Fountain of Neptune"
Balkony at the Piazza Navona	Piazza Navona - Meeting Point for artists

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Campo de' Firoi and the church of Sta. Barbara

Near Piazza Navona we find Campo de' Fiori. This is a typical Italian square on which there is kept a vegetable-market in the morning and a flower-market in the afternoon. The Italian singer Antonello Venditti even dedicated a song to this remarkable square.
Close to this place there is a small church which is sacred to the holy Barbara. Visiting this quiet place really brought me down after all the action on the touristic places of Rome.

Campo de' Fiori - The flower-market...	...invites you!
You find pot- and garden-plants as well...	...as multi-coloured bouquets for your loving wife or girlfriend.
In the colours of springtime...	...presented in a unique way!
Campo de' Fiori - a secret tipp...	...not only for friends of gardening!
In a small road not far away...	...we find the small church of Sta. Barbara
The porch in detail	The main altar of Sta. Barbara
The main altar of Sta. Barbara	The faithful say their prayers

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Visiting The Vatican-State

Our way lead us into the Vatican-State twice. The first visit was on Wednesday. We didn't know that this is the day of the general audience of the pope. Finally we took part at it for a while and decided to come again the next day.
At our second visit we climbed up the stairs to the cupola of St. Peter's dome, visited the graves of the formar popes and watched the inside of the cathedral.
Due to the high number of people waiting we had to save a visit of the museums of the Vatican up to our next trip to Rome. Be sure, this will happen!

First view on St. Peter's Cathedral	The breath of god blows towards the east into the "Levante"
General audience of Pope Benedict XVI.	Thousands of faithful listen to the words of the pope
The impressing cupola of St. Peter	View from the tower over St. Peter's square
Blick in die Vatikanischen Gärten	Blick in die Vatikanischen Gärten
Underneath the cupola on the roof	mausoleum of Pope Pius XI.
Mausoleum of Pope John Paul II.	The main altar of St. Peter's Cathedral
The cupola pictured from the nave	mausoleum of Pope Alexander VII.
Altar of the crucifixion of St. Peter	one of the numerous side-altars

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Rome - City Of Little General Stores

In the old town of Rome you steadily pass small shops where you can nearly buy everything. The shop-owners understand to present the goods in a way that you can't pass without taking a particular look on them.
 

In the store	Do you like pasta?
Or sweets?	Grappa in all variations
Vino Rosso	Pepperoni
...or everything together!	Delicious!!!

Back to the Menu Forum Romanum & Foro Italico In this chapter I'd like to put the Forum Romanum - heart of the old Rome - and the Foro Italico, this is the area around the new-time Olympic Stadion,  together because here history is alive too. There you can see how the symbols of the "Duce" Benito Mussolini and the Italian fascism are presented. The picturing and presentation is without any political valuing and I want to admit that I distance myself from such a political direction! Wild flowers close to the Forum Romanum Red poppy at the Forum Romanum Red poppy at the Forum Romanum Temple of Antonius and Faustina The Titus-Arc Well-known: The colosseum Foro Italico: Olympic-Stadium and Mussolini-monument The way to the Olympic-Stadium The way to the Olympic-Stadium Statues around the athletic-field  Back to the Menu The Church Of S. Ambrogio e S. Carlo a Corsa & The Trevi-Fountain On the Corso - one of the main streets crossing the centre of Rome - we find the church of the holy Ambrogio and Carlo, which is hardly mentioned in the travel-guides. Especially when it is very warm or a little too busy on Rome's streets this is a place of peace, at cool temperatures and an impressing background. There is nothing more to say about the Trevi-Fountain. The pictures speak for themselves. San Ambrogio e San Carlo a Corsa Built in the late 17th century with all of the - at that time - usual ...imposing veneration of god! San Ambrogio e San Carlo a Corsa A place of silence and peace! The Trevi-fountain meeting point for doves and pigeons built in the 18th century ordered by Pope Clemens XII.  Back to the Menu Spaziergang durch Rom - Bilder ohne Kategorie Here I show eight pictures, which I photographed all across Rome but did not really fit in one of the chapters above. So I "united" them here. Tramway at the Piazza Mancini (Near the Foro Italico) Porch close to the Trevi-Fountain   Roof-painting in the church San Ignazio close to the Pantheon A small square close to the Pantheon Inside the Pantheon   Looks a little bit like London - Porch close to Sta. Maria Maggiore Temple of Aeskulap in the park of the Villa Borghese In the park of the Villa Borghese  Back to the Menu Portraits - People In Rome motorized Carabiniere Firemen and a legionnaire Reading tourist in front of a church Praying moslem at the Piazza del Popolo Beautiful back-sides of Rome Tourist at the Monumento Vittorio Emanuele II. Directly connected? Proud of the "Machina Tedesca" ("German machine") Here I want to say "Thank you" to my companions for the great time in Rome!  philosophing Heimo Father & Son Man at work When the father with his sons...  Back to the Menu