Rome
Ancient Rome
Arch of Constantine
Circus Maximus (field in front) with Domus Severiana
Temple of Venus and Rome
Theatre of Marcellus
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
Temple of Apollo Sosianus
Via Sacra and the Arch of Septimius Severus
Palantine Hill (left) and Temple of Castor & Pollux (right)
Horrea Agrippiana
Somewhere in the Roman Forum
Basilica of Maxentius with ruins of Temple of Vesta in foreground
Temple of Vesta and the House of the Vestal Virgins
The Curia and the Comitium
The Via Sacra and the Arch of Septimius Severus with Temple of Saturn
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (right), Temple of the Divine Iulius (left)
Temple of Romulus (left), Basilica of Maxentius (right)
Palantine
Theatre of Marcellus
Arch of Constantine
Arch of Constantine
Arch of Constantine
Forum of Augustuss
Forum of Augustus
Capitoline Wolf
Temple of Saturn
Arch of Septimius Severus
House of the Knights of Rhodes
Arch of Constantine
Forum of Augustus
Temple of Mars
Temple of Mars
Forum of Nerva
Forum of Nerva w/ Le Colonnacce
Forum of Augustus/Forum of Trajan
The Colosseum
Trevi Fountain
Fountain of the Moor, Piazza Navona
Fountain of Neptune, Piazza Navona
Fountain of Neptune
Fountain of Neptune (he's fighting an octopus)
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers)
Fnt. of the Four Rivers, Piazza Navona, w/ Obelisco Agonale
Fnt. of the Four Rivers
Fnt. of the Four Rivers
Barcaccia Fountain, Piazza di Spagna
Barcaccia Fountain, Piazza di Spagna
The Spanish Steps
A "Madonnelle" are shrines to Mary found all over Rome
Column of the Immaculate Conception, Piazza Mignanelli
Victor Emmanuel II Monument
Trajan's Column
Trajan's Column
MagnaNapoli Staircase
Remains of Colossal statue of Constantine, Capitoline Museums
Statue of Minerva, Capitoline Museums
Marforio fountain, Capitoline Museums
Satyr of the Valley, Capitoline Museums
Statue of Minerva, Capitoline Museums
Capitoline Venus, Capitoline Museums
Venetian glass chandelier, Capitoline Museums
The Dying Gaul, Capitoline Museums
Cupid and Psyche, Capitoline Museums
The Macuteo Obelisk, Piazza della Rotonda
The Pantheon
The Pantheon
The Pantheon
Madonnelle, Piazza della Rotonda
Wall of Forum of Augustus w/ Temple of Mars
Nerva Boutique Hotel across from Forum of Augustus
Door to our hotel suite :)
Vatican Museum
Vatican Museum
Vatican Museum
Theatrical mask from Hadrian's Villa, Vatican Museum
Vatican Museum
Discobolus of Myron, Vatican Museum
Satiri della Valle relief wall mask, Vatican Museum
Marble theatrical mask, Vatican Museum
River God Oceanus, Vatican Museum
Garland Sarcophagus, Vatican Museum
Vaulted ceiling, Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museum
Monumental doorway, Pope Leo XIII, Vatican Museum
Coat of arms of Pope Gregory XIII, Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museum
Detail of fresco, Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museum
Vaulted ceiling, Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museum
St. Peter's from Vatican Museum
School of Athens by Raphael, fresco, Vatican Museum
Momo staircase, Giuseppe Momo for Pope Pius XI, Vatican Museum
Momo staircase, Giuseppe Momo for Pope Pius XI, Vatican Museum
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica
Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (not sure why I didn't get a photo of the exterior)
High Altar
Salus Populi Romani, painting arrived in Rome 590AD, considered a symbol of the city of Rome and it's people.
Byzantine Marion Shrine
Baptismal chapel
Sistine chapel (...no, not that one)
Grand funerary monument, Sforza Chapel
Regina Pacis
High Altar
Nave to High Altar
Florence
Basilica di Santa Croce
Marble pulpit, Benedetto da Maiano
Tomb of Niccolò Machiavelli
Donatello's Cavalcanti Annunciation
Fresco by Maso di Banco
High Altar
Nave and high altar
Ceiling Fresco
Taddeo Gaddi's the Tree of Life and the Last Supper, the Refectory
Tomb of Giovanni Battista Niccolini
Tomb of Michelangelo
Tomb of Dante
Tomb of Galileo
Tomb of Galileo
Crucifix by Giotto, main chapel
Memorial Plaque to Enrico Fermi
Memorial Plaque to Leonardo Da Vinci
Cloisters
Marble statue, Cloisters (I relate...)
Florence Cathedral (formally Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flowers/Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore)
Interior, Duomo di Firenze
Duomo di Firenze
Palazzo Vecchio
Hall of the Five Hundred, frescos painted by Giorgio Vasari
Hercules and Diomedes, by de Rossi
Renaissance grotesque style fresco
Medici family coat of arms (basically if you see any version of this shield with the floating read balls, they paid for the art)
Ceres in Her Chariot Drawn by Dragons by Vasari
Hall of the Lilies
Fountain of the Putto, first courtyard
Perseus and Medusa, Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria
Fountain of Neptune, Piazza della Signoria
Uffizi Gallery
Uffizi Gallery
Uffizi Gallery
Self portrait, Rembrandt
Medusa, Caravaggio
Bacchus, Caravaggio
Medici Venus, 1st century BC
Minstrels' Gallery (Musicians' Balcony) and Organ Loft inside the Salone dei Cinquecento (Hall of the Five Hundred) at the Palazzo Vecchio
Pisa
Venice