Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin Rome

We woke up at 2pm today(!), feeling like garbage after not sleeping well thanks to a lot of noise from a bar down below, but rallied with a slice of pizza from the heavenly Forno La Renella two doors down from us (!). I had pizza bianca topped with fiore di zucca (zucchini flowers), anchovies, and mozzarella. D had one with prosciutto and …

"Methinks I will not die quite happy without having seen something of that Rome of which I have read so much." - Sir Walter Scott

Today was our final day in the great city of Rome, and our plan pretty much consisted of "walk and gawk." We had a laundry list in hand of places and things we wanted to see before we left town and a finite …

Monday, July 19, 2010 – Rome

Today we visited the ancient center of Rome, the place where the great Roman Empire began. We started off with a tour of the Colosseum. The Colosseum was built during the reign of Emperor Vespasian in 72AD by slaves. It was completed in 8 years, one year after Emperor Vespasian's death. His son, Titus, …

Salve!

Well this week as turned out to be particularly exciting, with some unexpected twists and turns. Classes have taken me all over the city. I spent one class walking the path of the ancient triumphal processions, studying the victory temples and gazing in admiration at the Theatre of Marcellus. I traveled to Ostia with my archaeology …

After a terrible nights sleep on the floor of Barcelona Airport I only managed to get about 1 1/2 hours sleep, around 4:30 I had my passport and boarding passed checked then made my way through security gates and then into the waiting lounge. After waiting about 25 minutes the screen came up with the gate number and everyone ran to get in line, the …

... number of churches and often went underground to view the crypts and underlying remnants of pagan temples. The first church, Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin contained a (supposed) relic of St. Valentine (think 14th Feb and cupids) - a femur and skull. ...

... under metres of dirt). It a huge expanse of green grass at the moment!   We went to a nearby church - the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin where the oldest picture of Jesus exists.   It is here that you can put your hand in the ...