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Bank and Sheep

4/24/2013

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Parking of the headquarters of the national bank BNL this morning:
Plenty of sheep.
Isn't it great?
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Azaleas at Spanish steps

4/22/2013

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Spring time arrives when the azaleas vases are displayed on the Trinita' dei Monti Staircase, better known as Spanish Steps.
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Ancient Versus Baroque

4/10/2013

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This view is one of my favorite, I don't know how many times I took a picture from the same angle of the Trajan column in contrast with the doomed church.
Rome is a wonder of artistic contrasts!
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 The Gallery of the Tapestries in the Vatican

4/9/2013

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Immagine
It’s a 75 meter long gallery with a splendidly vault decorated in trompe d’oeil executed in 1789.

On the walls are displayed tapestries belonging to two different periods and manufactures:
on the left wall there are tapestries woven in Rome by the Barberini workshop and commemorating important moments in the life of the Barberini pope Urban VIII.


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The municipal police band performing by the coliseum

4/7/2013

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Wonderful weather today in Rome!
By the Constantine triumphal arch the band of the street policy was performing this morning and enjoying the visitors of the coliseum with beautiful music.
Every month they perform in a different roman square. Today it was coliseum square turn.
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