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The backyard of the Vatican, from St. Peter's The Vatican Museums, from St. Peter's The Bernini Colonnade, from St. Peter's The circular staircase leading up to the Vatican museums. It was designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932 Inside the Sistine Chapel, where one isn't supposed to take photos (though I didn't know that; I though they just didn't permit flash) When you're done with the Vatican Museums, walk out the door and jog to the right then half a block down Via Santamaura to the Fonzi Bar (#23), run by the Fonzi family since 1910. They have a <i>tavola calda</i> with good vegetables. If you take a left out of the bar and then another left you'll eventually come to a nice ice cream shop on your left. The statue of Marcus Aurelius at the Campidoglio, being restored under the direction of sculptor Guido Veroi Walking into the Palazzo Nuovo, one of the Capitoline Museums in Rome Bronze of Marcus Aurelius from the 2nd century AD, once in the center of Rome's Campidoglio but now housed in the adjacent Palazzo Nuovo (museum) Newlyweds pose atop Rome's Capitol hill A creche inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill A creche inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill The Santa Bambino inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill. A 15th-century Franciscan monk carved this olive-wood figure of the Christ Child. A sign explains that he lacked paint to decorate the idol so a saint came down and finished it for him. While being transported on a boat, the Bambino was washed overboard but miraculously arrived at its intended destination on its own. The idol is richly attired in fine fabrics and jewels, gifts from people who have been helped by its powers. Sometimes the Bambino is carried to the beds of the gravely ill. If it can help the sick person, the wooden lips turn purple. If not, the lips turn pale. The Santa Bambino inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill. A 15th-century Franciscan monk carved this olive-wood figure of the Christ Child. A sign explains that he lacked paint to decorate the idol so a saint came down and finished it for him. While being transported on a boat, the Bambino was washed overboard but miraculously arrived at its intended destination on its own. The idol is richly attired in fine fabrics and jewels, gifts from people who have been helped by its powers. Sometimes the Bambino is carried to the beds of the gravely ill. If it can help the sick person, the wooden lips turn purple. If not, the lips turn pale. The Santa Bambino inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill. A 15th-century Franciscan monk carved this olive-wood figure of the Christ Child. A sign explains that he lacked paint to decorate the idol so a saint came down and finished it for him. While being transported on a boat, the Bambino was washed overboard but miraculously arrived at its intended destination on its own. The idol is richly attired in fine fabrics and jewels, gifts from people who have been helped by its powers. Sometimes the Bambino is carried to the beds of the gravely ill. If it can help the sick person, the wooden lips turn purple. If not, the lips turn pale. Detail from the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. It commemorates the victories of the Romans over the Jews in AD 68. This relief shows a menorah from the Temple in Jerusalem being hauled back to Rome as booty. The Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. It commemorates the victories of the Romans over the Jews in AD 68. This creche, smack in the middle of Mussolini's Rome train station, shows that the idea of separation of church and state hasn't caught on in Italy The tomb of Nicolo Machiavelli, in Florence's Santa Croce. The tomb of Michelangelo, in Florence's Santa Croce. Home of Guido Veroi, from left his wife, Mario Valeriani, Veroi, and me Terrier on Florence's Ponte Vecchio Arches in Florence, by the river Moses Receives the Ten Commandments, one of Lorenzo Ghiberti's 10 panels in the east door of Florence's Baptistry (c. 1430) Lorenzo Ghiberti's 10 panels in the east door of Florence's Baptistry (c. 1430) Lorenzo Ghiberti's 10 panels in the east door of Florence's Baptistry (c. 1430) 13th-century mosaics illustrating the Last Judgment, in the ceiling of Florence's Baptistry Cloister in Florence's Santa Croce Cappella de Pazzi, designed by Brunelleschi in 1430, in Florence's Santa Croce A tourist at Florence's Santa Croce A Citroen in a Florence side street Part of the five-story staircase leading to the Uffizi Gallery The crowd at the Uffizi inspects Piero della Francesca's Duke and Duchess of Urbino (1460) The tour groups at the Uffizi mill about the Botticellis I love the dragon in this painting in the Uffizi Halfway through the Uffizi, one comes out into a sunny gallery with a view over the Arno View of the Ponte Vecchio, from the Uffizi Gallery Just another ceiling in the Uffizi Gallery Just another ceiling in the Uffizi Gallery Florence's Piazza della Signoria A main shopping drag in downtown Florence, closed to vehicles Sunset over the Arno (Florence) Canon in the courtyard of Florence's Bargello Stepping on a fish's head is one way to dominate Nature (inside Florence's Bargello) On the second floor of Florence's Bargello Coming down the stairs into the courtyard of Florence's Bargello A tourist photographs Michelangelo's Bacchus, inside Florence's Bargello The interior of the dome of San Lorenzo, where Florence's Medici family built their tombs A gypsy begging on the steps of Florence's San Lorenzo A gypsy begging on the steps of Florence's San Lorenzo The cloister garden inside Florence's San Lorenzo Policemen and horses in the very center of Florence Walking up a side street in Florence Flowers and mopeds in Florence A horse in Florence's Piazza della Signoria, with the Palazzo Vecchio behind On the Ponte Vecchio in the rain A random lion somewhere in Florence The northern part of Florence's center contains a lively street market as well as the covered Mercato Centrale Inside Florence's Mercato Centrale Even dogs have mopeds in Italy Even dogs have mopeds in Italy Even dogs have mopeds in Italy A pastel view from Florence's Boboli Gardens The Porcelain Museum in Florence's Boboli Gardens Florence's Boboli Gardens Workers in Florence's Boboli Gardens Florence's Boboli Gardens (L'Isolotto) Florence's Boboli Gardens (L'Isolotto) Florence's Boboli Gardens (L'Isolotto) Worker in Florence's Boboli Gardens Florence's Boboli Gardens It may look like a fat guy riding a turtle, but it is actually art: Valerio Cioli's 1560 statue in Florence's Boboli Gardens. It shows Pietro Barbino, Cosimo I's court dwarf, as Bacchus. La Grotta Grande in Florence's Boboli Gardens, which contains casts of Michelangelo's Four Prisoners, among other treasures