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Rome (my fav photos)

Pantheon with Sunset and Obelisk


Hadrian's Villa


Colosseum

Venice Photos ( my two favs)

Burano

San Marco Venice

Rome- Sorry for any Spelling Mistakes- I have midterms to study for!

Just back from ROME!! wow!! amazing.
here's the list of stuff we saw.

Friday:
Palazzo Farnese
- A Michealangelo Facade
S. Pietro in Montorio
-Bramante's Tempietto
-Place where St. Peter was Crucified
Villa Farnesina
-Galatea by Rafael
Vatican Museums
Rafael's Transfiguration
St Jerome by Leonardo DiVinci
Carravagio's Entombment
the Laocoon ancient sculpture inspired Michealangelo
Pope's Apt: Frescos by Rafael-- School of Athens, Expulsion of Heliadorous, Mass at Bolsena, LIberation of St Peter from Prison... etc.
Sistene Chapel
The Last Judgement
St. Peter's Basillica
Swiss Guards
Michealangelo's Pieta (first one)
Constantine by Bernini
Huge Bronze Baldechin
Catedro Petri Altar
Tombs of Popes
Treasure of the Church
Piazza S. Pietro w/ Obelisk
S. Maria Del Popolo
Caravaggio's: Crucifixion of St Peter, Conversion of St. Paul,
Where the 1st Cardinal was found dead in 'Angels and Demons' - that's for you liz!
Spanish Steps
French Church of S. Trinita del Monti
Fountain of the Baraccia by GL Bernini

SATURDAY:
San Luigi De Francesi- French National Church
Caravaggio's: Calling of St. Matthew
St Matthew and an Angel
The Martyrdom of St. Matthew
Sant 'Ivo alla Sapienza- Chapel of Former University of Rome- Boromini
Pantheon
Tomb of Rafael
S. Maria sopra Minerva
Michealangelo's Nude Christ
Fra Angelico Paintings
Gesu- Mother Church of the Jesuit Order- Most influential order of the Counter Reformation
Piazza Venezia and Palazzo Venezia
Pope Julius II Tomb with the Moses by Michealangelo
Colosseum
Arch of Constantine
Roman Forum
Palatine Hill
Capitoline Hill- done by Michealangelo
Ss. Martina e Lucia where St. Peter and Paul were imprissoned in the Mamertime Prisons
Walked by Apt of Sophia Lauren
Cat Sactuary- (also place where Ceasar was killed)
Palazzo Spoda
Perspective Gallery- Boromini
Paintings by: Artemesia Gentileschi
Orazio Gentileschi
Sant' Agostino
Madonna of the Pilgrims- Caravaggio
Piazza Navona- where ancient chariot and footrace stadiums of Emperor Domitian were
Four River Fountain - Bernini
Facade of S. Agese - Boromini
Sant' Ignazio- Rome's Second Greatest Jesuit Church-
Painted Fake Dome- Flat Oil on canvas, when you stand in the right spot looks like its real.
Trevi Fountain
Corono Chapel- Santa Maria Della Victoria
Ecstacy of St. Teresa

SUNDAY:
Borghese Gallery
Bernini's
Aneas, Pluto and Persephone, Apollo and Daphne, David
Caravagio's
Sick Bacchus, David and Goliath, Madonna of the Serpent, St. Jerome
Other works by, Rafael, Tiitian, Coegio, Bronzino, Rubens and Canova
Tivoli
Villa D'Este
400 Fountains, Hydraulic Organ
Villa Adriana (Hadrian's Villa Ruins)

DONE!!

Venezia!

So- you know how when you haven't been somewhere you have always wanted to go, that when you get there... its not quite what you hope it to be? For example, the smell of florence, or the intense amounts of tourists?

Well- VENICE IS NOT THAT WAY. It was truly one of the most beautiful places i have ever been! It was amazing. Gorgeous. Indescribable. Go look at my photos.

There are a 107 photos of venice so i guess i have 107,000 words already said about it!

my favorite things about venice:


1. the skylines, sky, etc. look at photos
2. the atmosphere at night- romantic not sleazy.
3. tintoretto's paintings on the ceiling of the church there
4. the amazing gold mosaics at san marco
5. the views from san gioriono- the benedictine church on the island in the lagoon
6. the lack of exhaust from cars
7. the singing everywhere
8. the desserts, irish coffees...
9. Murano, Burano, and the other islands in the lagoon
10. The murano glass chandeliers in the grand palazzi.

!!!!!!!!


Least fav. things:
1. the price
2. how easy it is to get lost
3.

TUESDAY!

Hello Tuesday, 

I woke up REFRESHED and READY! And NOT TIRED! Wee!

Why? Do you ask? -- I bought EAR PLUGS... no more snoring roommate now!!

In other news- I am going to be traveling traveling in the next two weeks... 

Friday- Sunday... VENICE: Where I will see...

DAY 1:

-Biennale of Contemporary Art

-Caffe Florian

DAY 2:

-Piazza S.Marco 

-Doge's Palace

-High Renaissance Library by Jacopo Sasnovino

-Loggetta of S. Marco

-Torre dell'Orologio

-Procuratie Vecchie

-Procuatie Nuove

-Fabbrica Nuova

-Famous paintings by Hieroymus Bosch

-Tintoretto's Paradise

-Bridge of Sighs

-Benedictine Church of S. Giorgio Maggiore by Palladio on an Island across from S. Marco

-Basilica of S. Marco including the treasure (Pala d'Oro or Gold Altar and Bronze Horse upstairs)

-S. Giorgio Maggiore

-Grand Benedictine abbey church of S. Giorgio Maggiore by Palladio (1565-1610)

-Baroque church of S. Maria della Salute

-S. Marco church to see the amazing glass mosaics

- Boat to Island of Murano

Murano, suburb of Venice, on five small islands in the Lagoon of Venice. From the late 13th cent. it was the center of the Venetian glass industry, which reached a peak in the 16th cent. and was revived in the 19th century. Today mirrors and optical instruments are also manufactured. With its old houses, canals, and bridges, Murano has the same quaint charm as Venice. Of note are a Venetian-Byzantine basilica (7th–12th cent.) and a museum of old and new Venetian glass.

- Colleoni Monumnet

-Campo Ss. Giovanni e Paola

- Scuola di S. Marco (now a hospital)

-Cemetary Island of S. Michele

-Torcello Island (* One of the most poetic spots on the venetian lagoon), Cathedral, S. Fosca

DAY 3:

-Accademia of Venice (Giorginoe, Paolo Vernese,Bellini, Titian,Tintoretto)

- Peggy Guggenheim Collection of Modern Art

-Palazzo Rezzonico

-Villa Zianigo

-Scuola Grade di S. Roco

-Frari (franciscan church)

YES- in 3 days i will see ALL of this. Totally worth the money. 

Then Rome the next weekend, and fried mars bars with MKP in Edinburgh!!

To start off the blog are some photos of venice and some of the sites i will see!! ( I will post my OWN of course when i get back!!) toodles for now!

Sienna and San Gimingano

FIELD TRIP!

So I went to Sienna and the small medieval city of San Gimingano
yesterday...

We spend the majority of the day in Sienna, seeing the Campo- big
square- the Town Hall where we heard a lecture about a controversy
over some frescoes, the Duomo of Sienna and its Opera Del Duomo
museum- works of the cathedral...

Sienna was awesome- it is a cleaner, prettier, version of Florence
with wider streets in some parts- truly a pretty place. If i came
back to Italy, I would put Sienna on the top of my list of places to
go (so far!)...

I would also put San Gimignano on a list of places to go back to- it
is a VERY small medieval city that is called the 'manhattan' of
Italy, because it used to have 76 Medieval towers built in the 13th
century, however only about 4 survive. They had some fabulous white
wine- the name of i dont remember, but Saci bought us some to do a
wine tasting, with peccorino (sheep cheese- that you find all over
italy) and with some boar salami- which is FANTASTIC.

Here are some photos to get the sense of just how amazing these
places were... check out my picasa site for the extent of all the
photos.

Sienna: