View from Assisi
View2 from Assisi
Overlooking valley from Assisi
Assisi
Arched side street Assisi
Basilica of San Francesco
Walkway at San Francesco
Courtyard at San Francesco
On August 23, 79 AD, Pompeii looked like any other prosperous city.
People were moving about, trading goods, news and friendly talk.
Three days later, on August 26, all of these sounds had fallen silent, and the place itself had vanished.
The 79 AD eruption of Mt Vesuvius was the first volvcanic eruption to be described in detail.
From 18 miles west of the volcano, Pliny the Younger witnessed the eruption and later recorded his observations in two letters.
He described the earthquakes before the eruption, the eruption column, the air fall, and the effects of the eruption on the people.
It is estimated that at times during the eruption the column of ash was 20 miles high. About 1 cubic mile of ash was erupted in about 19 hours.
About ten feet of volcanic materials fell on Pompeii, burying everything except the rooftops. The city was abondoned and forgotten until 1595.
Artifacts were discovered and centuries of pilliging followed. Archeological excavations began mid-19th century.
Much of Pompeii is now excavated and reveals how people lived (and died) at that time. 3,600 people perisshed.
Ruins of the Forum, Rome
Monument to Victor Emanuel II, contains the tomb of the Unknown WWI Soldier. At the Piazza Venezia.
Trajan's Forum near the piazza Venezia, Rome
Temple ruins at the Forum
Remains of massive Ionic (?) column in the Forum
A memorial marking the spot where Julius Caesar was cremated after his assassination. (Forum)
Apartment ruins at the Forum
The Coliseum
Inside the Coliseum
Inside the Coliseum
Inside the Coliseum
The Trevi Fountain, Rome
St Peter's Square at Papal audience.
Swiss Guard
Pope's diaz in front of St Peter's Basillica
Covered wing at St Peter's Square
The Jubilee Door opened once every 25 years to mark a year of forgiveness. Last opened in 2000.
A rose in any other country is still a rose, but may be called by a different name.
A statue at the Trevi Fountain, Rome
The city square in Sienna
Woman hanging clothes in Sienna
Masks on a wall in Sienna
The church of Sant'Antimo south of Montalcino in southern Tuscany where monks chant the mass daily
Boys playing in an olive tree outside the Abbey of Sant'Antimo, Southern Tuscany
Flowers along the road to the Abbey
A vinter's brick toolshead
A vineyard near the Abbey
Overlooking the Valley
Church in the mediavel town of San Gimignano
Flowered window in San Gimignano
Country scene outside San Gimignano
Flowers in windo boxes in San Gimignano
Domo in Florence
Store front in San Gimignano
Millstones in San Gimignano
Church inSan Gimignano
Ruined houses at the entrance to the town.
The remains of a temple.
Remaining walls of a temple.
One of the main streets through the town filled with shops and places to get lunch.
This staircase now leads to the sky but shows the sophistication of the builders. The town had indoor plumbing, hot baths, athletic fields, and a coliseum surrounded on one side by streets shaded with large pine trees.
A patterned brick wall.
A grassy courtyard surrounded by four cool, inviting, pillared walkways.
A amphitheater.
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View from Assisi