Outside the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica - No Pope today
A view in the other direction from the
top of the Basilica's dome
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And from the back of the
statues who oversee St Peter's Square
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The dome
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A beautiful mosaic at the top of the dome
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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers)
Each river has a representative God with
stereotypical indicators of each respective continent
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A lion and a palm tree for Africa and a
bamboo stick for Asia etc...
Great fun guessing who represents which
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Incidentally this fountain was also fed by aqueduct
and occasionally (although not since 1866),
they put a plug in the drain, flooded the entire surrounding square,
and had mock warship battles!
Good times!
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The Pantheon, an original Roman building built in
27 BC in homage to the Gods.
Later converted, in 609 AD, to a
Catholic building to celebrate just the one God
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2 comments:
Flooding the Fountain of the Four Rivers to have mock warship battles sounds brilliant. What a piece of integrated water management. And all it needed was a plug or two.
For a minute I thought you had a photo of the first female Pope, being boycotted by the faithful. But one or other of those would never happen - I'm just not sure which...
Looks a fabulous trip and such great photos.
Simon
Fab pics - of both you two and the city. You've seen loads of great stuff. Xx
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