Roma a continuacion: Rome continued

ESPQR: Roughly translated to mean property of Rome...it's EVERYWHERE!

St. Ivo...Baroque architecture. The facade is actually curved concavely from where the photo is taken and the dome isnt quite round, but has 6 different "points" like a jewish star, with half rounded and the other half points.

After a quick stop in Piazza Navonna (sp?) Ben and I loaded pics on Christi's comp, then did some wandering:

Chariot atop a large bldg.

The Pope's fortress...you know, in case of emergency or something.

St. Peter's...I'm not quite sure where Rome ends and the Vatican begins...

An old church-Ben would know a bit more about these sites than I...as I was being his shadow in order to avoid sitting in the apartment all day while everyone else was at the Vatican to see the Pope speak after mass.

One of the bridges connecting the city--the sculptures were awesome

La isglesia di Quattro Fontane...The church of the 4 fountains. I asked 4 policemen where it was, and they could only tell me where the street named Quattro Fontane was...each corner of the intersection has a different sculpture/ftn...hence the name.

Front column and stairs of the church.

We are such good kids.-Out in front of Quirinale, another Baroque-ish church

Next, we headed through the twisting streets to Richard Meier's Ara Paci Augustas, which I really liked for its ability to separate itself from the street through white noise of the ftn, while offering a great place for enjoying the day, the city, a book...or the building and its many planes of structure, facade and screen.