Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller
Fatti non foste a viver come bruti
Ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza
Dante - Hell - Canto XXVI
Ye were not made to live like unto brutes,
But for pursuit of virtue and of knowledge
H. W. Longfellow's Translation
(Ulysses encourages his sailors to cross the Pillars of Hercules)
Anglers in Naples
December 21, 2013
- "Castles" in the Desert
December 14, 2013 - On the Road to Petra
December 7, 2013 - Madaba and Mount Nebo and the Dead Sea
November 30, 2013 - Amman and its environs
November 23, 2013 - Jerash
November 16, 2013 - Ajlun Castle and Pella and Umm Qays
November 9, 2013 - Notes and comments on Petra
November 2, 2013 - Introduction and Petra in Burckhardt's account
October 26, 2013
- Postcards from Vietnam
October 19, 2013
- S. Angelo Romano and Montecelio
September 28, 2013
- Gradara and Urbania
September 21, 2013 - Cesena and Fossombrone
September 14, 2013 - Cagli and Macerata Feltria
September 7, 2013 - Fano and Senigallia
August 31, 2013 - Urbino
August 24, 2013 - Pesaro and Sassocorvaro
August 17, 2013 - Introduction, Rimini and San Leo
August 10, 2013
- Ancient Synagogues and Necropolis of Bet She'arim
August 3, 2013
- Umbertide and Città di Castello
July 27, 2013 - Caesarea
July 20, 2013 - Gubbio - The "Comune" Heyday and Gubbio - Wandering About
July 13, 2013 - Scythopolis
July 6, 2013 - Diocaesarea and Nocera and Gualdo Tadino and Gubbio - page one
June 29, 2013 - Masada, Mamfis and Oboda
June 22, 2013
- Ascoli
June 15, 2013 - Introduction, Megiddo and Herodion
June 8, 2013
- Cascia and Norcia
June 1, 2013
- Jaffa and A Glimpse of Tel Aviv
May 25, 2013 - Jerusalem: The Four Quarters and Outside the Walls of Jerusalem
May 18, 2013 - Jerusalem: The Crusader City, The Holy Sepulchre and Haram esh-Sheriff
May 11, 2013 - Jerusalem - The Walls and Jerusalem - The Ancient City
May 4, 2013 - Nazareth and 
- Belvoir
April 27, 2013
- Rieti
April 20, 2013 - Tiberias and Holy sites in Galilee
April 13, 2013 - Acre (Akko) and Turner's excursion to Kaifah (Haifa)
April 6, 2013 - Introduction, Nimrod and Banias
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March 30, 2013
- Larnaca and Cyprus Fortresses
March 23, 2013
- Castiglione del Lago and Città delle Pieve
(above) Portraits of the popes at S. Paolo fuori le Mura; (below) some of the cardinals who could be portrayed in the empty space after Pope Benedict XVI: (left to right) Christoph Schönborn (Austria), Francis Arinze (Nigeria), Luis Antonio Tagle (Philippines) and Marc Ouellet (Canada)
February 23, 2013 - Cirenes (Kyrenia/Girne) and Bellapais
(February 21): (left-above) A balcony at SS. Michele e Magno: "Dear Pope our thoughts are with you"; (left-below) TV networks preparing their posts near Castel Sant'Angelo; (right) inscription dictated by Pope Sixtus V on the western side of the obelisk at Piazza S. Pietro: "Christ conquers, He reigns, He commands. May He defend His people from all evil." A forceful statement at a time of great uncertainty for the Roman Catholic Church
February 16, 2013 - Orvieto
Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on February 11. On that day thunder roared and lightning flashed in the sky of Rome. According to the Prophecy of St. Malachy, Petrus Romanus, his successor will be the last pope and then the City of the Seven Hills will be destroyed. The Romans prefer to think that the Eternal City will perish when the statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius loses its remaining gold leaf or, according to Venerable Bede, when the Colosseum falls. The photo was taken on February 14 and it shows Trajan's Column
February 11, 2013
- You may wish to see an old page on the election of a new pope.
February 9, 2013
- Mandalay and Bagan
February 2, 2013 - Nicosia
January 26, 2013
January 19, 2013 - Famagusta
January 12, 2013
and 
- Villa Adriana
January 5, 2013
- Salamis
The "Vale of Tempe" at Villa Adriana and Tivoli in the background on the last day of autumn 2012
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