The Eternal City of the Seven Hills

I'm back safely in Genoa. While I was gone, I took just under 1000 photos of Rome, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Maranello, and Parma. To begin with, here are a few of the photos I took in Rome.


Here I am after my conquest over the Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum).


Below is the exterior and interior of the 2000-year-old Pantheon.


The Castel Sant'Angelo, the fortress on the Tiber River that guarded Rome and the Vatican for hundreds of years:


St. Peter's Basilica, the largest church in all of Christendom:



The Piazza San Pietro in Vatican City was seen from the top of St. Peter's dome (of which I climbed all 550 steps):