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December 18, 2010
- IInd Edition: Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, Ruine dell'antico Tempio dei SS. Pietro e Marcellino, Anticaglie presso il Ponte Palatino, Chiesa di S. Maria del Rosario, and Casino di Villa Lodovisi presso Porta Pinciana; these pages complete the second edition of this section.

December 4, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Candelabro degli Ebrei, Map of the Walls of Rome, S. Andrea della Valle, Chiesa ed Ospizio di S. Luigi della Nazione Francese and Casino del Giardino Farnese sul Monte Gianicolo

November 27, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Palazzo Corsini, Spedale di S. Spirito in Sassia and Casino al Pigneto del Marchese Sacchetti

November 20, 2010
Thou shalt see me at Philippi - A Macedonian Journey: Thessalonica

November 13, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Piazza del Popolo, Palazzo Massimi detto delle Colonne and Ospizio di S. Galla

November 6, 2010
Thou shalt see me at Philippi - A Macedonian Journey: Philippi and Kavala

October 23, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Collegio dei Neofiti, SS. Trinità e Ospizio dei Pellegrini and Monte di Pietà

October 16, 2010
In Sight of the Gods:- Around Mount Olympus: Dion and Platamonas

October 9, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Mura dell'antico Castro Pretorio, Convento dei Padri Eremiti di S. Agostino, S. Andrea al Quirinale, S. Carlo al Corso and Spedale di S. Gallicano

October 2, 2010
They Stand in the Air - The Meteora Monasteries

September 25, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Piazza Crescenzi, S. Agnese fuori delle Mura, Seminario Romano and Casino della Villa Patrizi fuori Porta Pia

September 18, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Palazzo Farnese, Palazzo della Cancelleria and Palazzo Pio

August 28, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Palazzo Odescalchi, Palazzo S. Marco, Collegio Romano e S. Ignazio, and Palazzo dell'Accademia di Francia

August 21, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Palazzo Colonna di Sciarra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Palazzo Borghese and S. Ivo dei Brittoni

August 14, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Piazza di Spagna, SS. Trinità degli Spagnoli and Collegio di Propaganda Fide

August 7, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Palazzi di Campidoglio, Villa Madama fuori Porta Angelica, Secondo Prospetto del Casino di Villa Madama, Giardino Colonna nel clivo del Quirinale and Disegno dell' Anticaglia nel Giardino Colonnese

July 31, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Porta Angelica, Piazza di S. Pietro, Seminario di S. Pietro and Giardino e Casino Pontificio nel Vaticano

July 24, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Piazza Colonna, SS. Pietro e Marcellino, Convento dei Padri Ministri degli Infermi e Chiesa di S. Maria Maddalena and Villa Albani fuori di Porta Salara

July 17, 2010
Castles of the Crusaders in Syria

July 10, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Porta Settimiana, Veduta della Rinella, Chiesa e Monastero di S. Egidio, Chiesa e Monastero di S. Apollonia and Chiesa e Monastero di S. Maria dei Sette Dolori

July 3, 2010
Byzantine Dead Towns in Syria

June 26, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Porta del Popolo, Porto di Ripetta, S. Tommaso in Parione and S. Maria della Pace

June 19, 2010
Hama's Chanting Wheels, A Genoese Trade Route: Kilyos and Rumeli Feneri and A City of the Ancient World: Antioch (revised)

June 12, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: Palazzo Colonna, Ponte Mammolo, S. Lorenzo in Lucina and Villa e Casino Medici sul Monte Pincio

June 5, 2010

Mario Borghezio
Mr. Mario Borghezio is a European Member of Parliament for Lega Nord, an Italian right wing party which despises Rome and ridicules the Republican institutions; Mr. Borghezio in particular is known for his Islamophobic positions. When he is in the Eternal City, however, he enjoys browsing at an antique market in Piazza Borghese which specializes in old prints of Rome; for the occasion he does not wear the green pocket handkerchief which identifies the supremacist supporters of Lega Nord.

June 5, 2010
A Mile Long Colonnade: Apamea and Shrine of Obscure Gods: Baetocece

May 29, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: - IInd Edition: S. Maria in Trastevere, Ponte Salaro, Fonte dell'Acqua Acetosa and Chiesa e Convento di S. Onofrio

May 22, 2010
Coast of the Pirates: Olba (Uzuncaburc) and Elaiussa

May 15, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi: Piazza alli Monti, Ponte Nomentano, S. Lorenzo in Panisperna and Giardino e Casino Pontificio del Belvedere

May 8, 2010
Disputed Lands: Cyrrhus and Ain Dara
On the Long Road: Mut and Alahan

May 1, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Ponte Milvio, Spiaggia detta la Regola, SS. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and S. Maria della Purificazione

April 24, 2010
Disputed Lands: Aleppo

April 17, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Porta Pertusa, S. Maria delle Grazie, S. Pasquale di Bailonne, S. Giuseppe a Capo le Case and Collegio Romano

March 21, 2010

Spring
(left) The Shivering Old Man (aka January) by Bartolomeo Ammannati in Villa di Castello near Florence; (right) Spring by Filippo Gnaccarini in Piazza del Popolo in Rome.
In the northern hemisphere winter is over: romeartlover takes a break and will be back on April 17.

March 20, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Ponte Sisto, S. Bartolomeo all'Isola, S. Maria della Traspontina, il Gesù and Collegio Ecclesiastico a Ponte Sisto

March 13, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: S. Giacomo in Scossacavalli, S. Maria delle Fornaci, S. Maria in Aracoeli and Villa Corsini fuori di Porta S. Pancrazio

March 6, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Veduta delle antiche Mura di Roma, S. Grisogono, Chiesa e Monastero di S. Cecilia and Villa Corsini alla Lungara

February 27, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Porta Castello, S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane, Monastero di S. Paolo fuori le Mura and Basilica di S. Paolo fuori le Mura.

February 20, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Obelisco cavato di sotto le ruine, Palazzo Augustale detto Maggiore, Passo della Barchetta all'Armata, Chiesa e Monastero della SS. Annunziata and Chiesa e Spedale di S. Giovanni di Dio.

February 13, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: S. Prisca, Ponte e Mole Adriana, Archiginnasio della Sapienza and Casino di Villa Mattei sul Monte Celio.

February 12, 2010

Snow
Snow in Rome: view of S. Pietro from the Janiculum

February 6, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Porta Cavalleggeri, Porta Fabrica, S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura and Vestigie dell'Antico Ponte Trionfale.

January 30, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Porta S. Pancrazio, Porta S. Spirito, Fianco della Lungara e di Strada Giulia and Veduta del Giardino Farnese.

January 23, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Porta Portese, Porto di Ripa Grande, Collegio Nazzareno and Villa e Casino Panfili, detta del bel Respiro.

January 17, 2010

S. Antonio Abate
Blessing of the pets at S. Eusebio on January 17, feast of St. Anthony the Hermit, patron saint of the animals.

January 16, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Ponte Quattro Capi, Spiaggia verso la Bocca della Verità, Chiesa di S. Prassede, Chiesa di S. Paolo alla Regola and Chiesa di S. Marcello.

January 9, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Porta Latina, Palazzo Altieri, Chiesa di S. Nicolò de' Perfetti and Monastero dei Monaci Cisterciensi.

January 2, 2010
Giuseppe Vasi - IInd Edition: Chiesa e Monastero di S. Lucia in Selci , Chiesa e Monastero di S. Silvestro, Chiesa e Monastero di S. Chiara and Via Appia Antica from Torre in Selci to Frattocchie - revised page.

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