         Hotel Locarno was just off of Piazza del Popolo. |
 A church in Piazza del Popolo. |
 Via del Corso, the 5th avenue of Rome (as far as I could tell). |
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 A piazza off of Corso. |
 Parliament? |
 A piazza off of Corso. |
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 A really cool tower off of Corso. |
 The stonework in this tower is really quite detailed. |
 Outside the Pantheon. |
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 Outside the Pantheon. |
 Inside the Pantheon. |
 Inside the Pantheon. |
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 The opening in the dome ceiling of the Pantheon. The design is such that the Pantheon is illuminated from the outside. During rainy days, water exits through drains on the floor. |
 The Pantheon. |
 Movie: Inside the Pantheon... |
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 Corso. |
 Piazza Venezuela (?) at the opposite end of Corso from Piazza del Popolo. |
 The Memorial Building and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (?) |
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 Another detailed towering sculpture in the piazza. |
 View down the street to the coliseum. |
 View from the Coliseum. |
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 The Coliseum. |
 A cheesy photo op outside the Coliseum. |
 A cheesy photo op outside the Coliseum. |
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 A cheesy photo op outside the Coliseum. |
 A gate outside the Coliseum. |
 The Coliseum. |
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 The ground floor of the Coliseum. |
 The ground floor of the Coliseum. |
 Looking down from the first floor of the Coliseum. |
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 The first floor of the Coliseum. |
 Campo di Fiori. |
 Campo di Fiori. |
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 An Italian communist party poster. I'm not entirely sure of the translation, but it's something like "Alitalia comes from all." (or maybe "Alitalia belongs to us all") And finally "With the workers.". Presumably this has to do with their bankrupcy and recent loan agreement with the government, so long as Alitalia agrees to lay off 30% of their workforce. |
 The Museum area. |
 The Museum area. |
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 Piazza Navona. |
 Sculpture in Piazza Navona. |
 Sculpture in Piazza Navona. |
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 Sculpture in Piazza Navona. |
 Piazza Navona. |
 Sculpture in Piazza Navona, being attacked by pigeons. |
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 Sculpture in Piazza Navona. |
 Sculpture in Piazza Navona. |
 Piazza Navona. |
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 A fountain in Piazza Navona. |
 A fountain in Piazza Navona. |
 Trevi. |
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 Trevi. |
 The amusingly quaint look of the elevator (and disturbingly fragile feel of the elevator floor) in Hotel Locarno. Maybe I've seen too many old movies, Hitchcock and others, but I kept expecting to open the elevator door only to find someone with a knife in their back and a look of horror on their face. |
 Villa Borghese, the Central Park of Rome. |
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 Entering Villa Borghese from the entrance by Piazza del Popolo. |
 Duck pond in Villa Borghese. |
 Duck. |
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 Duck. |
 Goose!! |
 Interesting Greek sculpture in a pond in Villa Borghese. |
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 In Villa Borghese. |
 In Villa Borghese. |
 Interesting grey and black ravens (or crows) that seemed to be all around Rome. |
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 Scary sculpture in Villa Borghese. |
 The Borghese Gallery. |
 Entrance to the Zoo in Villa Borghese. |
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 My, what a lovely fence. |
 The giraffe approaches cautiously. |
 Roman Giraffe. |
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 Roman Giraffe. |
 Roman Monkey. |
 Roman Monkey. |
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 This is either an Ox or a Buffalo. |
 This guy needs a bath... |
 A happy couple... |
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 Roman Goat. (With the occasional cute 'bleat'.) |
 Roman Goat. |
 That big cat looks hungry. I wonder who he's looking at. |
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 A strange looking bear. |
 Tired lioness. |
 Barely awake lion. |
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 Running away from the annoying tourists. |
 Hungry, hungry Roman Hippos! |
 Roman Oliphaunt. |
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 Roman Camel. |
 Roman Pelican (or Stork). |
 Roman Owl. |
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 A strange collection. |
 Zebras are cool. |
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