Well I had this blog ready to go yesterday, and then the Ercoli power went out for five or six hours, which caused the internet to go down, soo.. yea.
Here are the rest of the pictures I was going to upload Thursday:
A pretty fountain in the Villa d'Este.
Cool tree that I HAD to sit in/get a picture in.
Another pretty fountain.
After Tivoli, we headed back to Rome but made a pit stop at a section of the ancient aqueducts that still stand. Along the remains, there are huge fields where people just come out and ride bikes, run, hang out, picnic, and play music. It was such a neat little part of Rome. I would LOVE to have something like this in Georgia.
On the right hand side is a golf course.
Inside the hole, there would have been a pipe that contained the water.
Today, we went to the Capitoline Museum for the second time to cover stuff that we didn't cover the first time.
Inside the museum, there was a great view of the Roman Forum.
The bust of Cicero, a famous orator and poet.
Brick stamps.
A lot of times, archaeologists will be able to date a building by the stamp that is on the bricks. They usually have the names of consulships or emperors.
A dying Gaul.
One of very few busts of the emperor Domitian. He was hated so much that after his death, most of his statues were destroyed.
The original Marcus Aurelius statue that stood on the Capitoline Hill. Now it is a marble replica. But it took over ten years to restore this beauty.
Fragmented remains of a massive Constantine statue.
Mars the Avenger.
The bust of a Flavian woman.
Three busts of the infamous Homer.
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ReplyDeleteWhat is truly incredible is the weather and sky in each of your pictures. The sky seems painted into the pictures. If it was in the US it would be called "Chamber of Commerce" days. Love seeing the ancient times through your eyes!
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