Photo a day - San Vitale

This is some detail from the botanical part of the mosaic design in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. Photo from November 2009.

Photo a day - Arrivederci Roma!

Today we are leaving Rome to return to the US. We will miss this place terribly! Forgive the tourist photo.



Photo taken in April 2011.

Photo a day - Galla Placidia

During a trip to Ravenna, we visited the mausoleum of Galla Placidia, famous for its beautiful ceiling mosaics. This photo was taken in November 2009.

Photo a day - San Marino

In November 2009, we visited San Marino, a tiny country whose boundaries are entirely within Italy.

Photo a day - Bernini's angel

All along the Ponte Sant'Angelo, the bridge that goes across the Tiber (Tevere) River to Castel Sant'Angelo, are angel sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Here's one photographed in November 2009.

Photo a day - Tarquinia

Tarquinia was an Etruscan city dating back to the 7th century BC or so. One can tour its necropoli, which feature detailed frescoes in an impressive state of preservation. This fresco depicts a banquet. I like the leopards above.

Photo a day - Duomo demons

This photo was taken in the cathedral (duomo) of Florence in October 2009. We climbed the stairs to the top of the dome, which allowed us a close-up view of the ceiling and its amazing fresco. This detail cannot be seen from the floor of the church, probably to the great relief of the parishioners.