Roman Holiday, Part Three (special photo supplement)

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You can find picures of the Roman crowds anywhere, but where else can you see a heffalump?

santa maria maggiore side chapel This is one of several side chapels at the fantabulous Santa Maria Maggiore

santa maria maggiore high altar This is the high altar. The canopy is roughly two stories tall. The apse mosaics date to the IVth or Vth century; the ones in front are a millennium later.

A closer view of the altar.

bernini A Bernini grave at Santa Maria Maggiore.

kill donald More Roman grafitti.

marketing Action Francine in search of shoes.

shoes Shoes, shoes, shoes!

ciao A lazy Roman morning. Note the background grafitti.

sanduwiches A vendor near Castel Sant'Angelo. This may have been my favourite sign in Rome.

angel One of the giant angel statues on the bridge near Castel Sant'Angelo. They were each carrying something enigmatic. This one, for example, appears to be holding an ice-cream cone. Peraps she is trying to distract the pigeon roosting on her head.

ponte The bridge. Note the angel on the right holding what appears to be a traffic cone.

obelisk Looted from Egypt by Imperial Rome, moved to the Piazza Navona by a XVIth century Pope: these obelisks sure do get around.

navona bikes All Rome comes to the Piazza!

grazie These and similar posters appeared all over Rome throughout the week.

heffalump The enigmatic elephant of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva.

skully Why we need more tombs in churches: cool skull sculptures!

catherine St. Catherine's sarcophagus at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva.

arise! Death comes to the archbishop, and he shrugs it off.

pantheon rear Just passing by the back of the Pantheon. This picure is a pretty good summation of why I find Rome so fascinating.