Photos from Italy 1996

I went to Italy as part of a 1996 European vacation (I also visited in 1995, sans camera, under less appealing circumstances).  On the same trip I also visited Britain, Egypt, Greece, and France.

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The Colosseum, from street (Rome)

Outside the Colosseum

Outside the Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum

Look, it's a real Roman centurion!

More inside the Colosseum

More inside the Colosseum

Arch of Constantine, from the Colosseum


An arch in the Forum

Mussolini's Palace (Rome)

The dome of The Pantheon (Rome)

Inside the Pantheon, Raphael's tomb

The Trevi fountain (Rome)

Remains of the Temple of Castor and Pollux (Forum, Rome)

The Forum (Rome)

Forum

Forum

Outside our hotel room in Rome

St. Peter's Square, The Vatican

Andy in St. Peter's, in front of the Basilica

Michelangelo's "Pieta" in St. Peter's

The spot of Charlemagne's coronation in St. Peter's

An ex-Pope. If you look carefully you can see it was one of the innocents

A bit of macabre sculpture in St. Peter's

The dome of St. Peter's

Statue of St. Peter in the Basilica. People rub his feet

Trajan's Column (Rome)

I hope this guy got fired (Pisa)

Andy, goofin'

The door of the Duomo. Garish, isn't it? (Florence)

Just David (Florence)