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of our local chestnut sellers, on the way to Piazza di Spagnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_8746.jpegIMG_8746Cheesecake with a chestnut glaze at the little cafe at the Cloisters of Bramantehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1246.jpgIMG_1246The batches of chestnutshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1709.jpgIMG_1709Regular marron glaceé on the right, chocolate covered to the left, and the chocolate covered gooseberries in the back2026-07-11T21:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/10/19/the-spanish-steps-and-the-movies/2026-07-11T21:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2026/06/30/the-church-at-villa-deste/2026-07-01T00:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/09/30/the-floors-of-santa-maria-in-aracoeli/2026-06-21T16:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/02/14/visiting-st-valentine/2026-06-21T16:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/03/29/santivo-alla-sapienza/2026-06-21T16:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/12/20/michelangelo-in-rome/2026-06-21T16:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/09/16/santa-maria-in-aracoeli/2026-06-21T16:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/07/31/santa-maria-sopra-minerva/2026-06-21T16:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/08/01/san-lorenzo-fuori-le-mura/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0630-1.jpegIMG_0630https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0610.jpegIMG_0610https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0626.jpegIMG_0626Close-up of the sarcophagus, of putti and birds in a grape arborhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0586.jpegIMG_0586https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0619.jpegIMG_0619https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0566.jpegIMG_0566https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0552.jpegIMG_0552Close-up of a frescohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0603.jpegIMG_0603https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0611.jpegIMG_0611Looking down into the tomb of the martyrshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0585.jpegIMG_0585Close up of the sarcophagus in the prior photo2026-06-21T16:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/09/16/open-house-rome-part-2/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1777-1.jpegimg_1777https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1780.jpegIMG_1780https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1782.jpegIMG_1782The interior of Saint Joh Lateranhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1779-1.jpegIMG_1779The interior of Saint Peter's Basilicahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1769.jpegIMG_1769Our archaeologist guide, in actionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1770.jpegIMG_1770A faded frescohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1763.jpegIMG_1763Exploring the lower levelshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1761.jpegIMG_1761In the crypthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1759.jpegIMG_1759Going lower ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1755.jpegIMG_1755A funerary slab and other artifacts2026-06-21T16:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/05/02/saint-pauls-within-the-walls/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/detail_of_the_earthly_paradise_st_pauls-1.jpgDetail_of_the_Earthly_Paradise,_St_Paul'shttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the_church_militant_st_pauls-1.jpgThe_Church_Militant,_St_Paul'shttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_1429.jpegIMG_1429Another Breck mosaichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_1419.jpegIMG_1419The other bronze doorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/christ_enthroned_in_the_heavenly_jerusalem_st_pauls.jpgChrist_Enthroned_in_the_Heavenly_Jerusalem,_St_Paul'shttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1442.jpegIMG_1442Under a line of angels are saintshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1451.jpegIMG_1451The marble floorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1430.jpegIMG_1430One of the Breck mosaicshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1426.jpegIMG_1426The stained glass rose windowhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1457.jpegIMG_1457A sculpture in the side 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Ephesushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/img_3817.jpegIMG_3817The final masterpiecehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/img_3812.jpegIMG_3812And everywhere, the gentle sound of water flowinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/img_3808.jpegIMG_3808The magnificent walkway bordered by fountainshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/img_3802.jpegIMG_3802Fountains everywhere2026-06-17T01:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2026/05/31/villa-deste-part-i/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ippolito_ii_deste.jpgIppolito_II_d'Estehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/img_3769.jpegIMG_3769The fountain in the 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end2026-03-31T21:57:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2026/02/28/the-church-of-domine-quo-vadis-and-the-mausoleum-of-cecilia-metella/2026-03-17T01:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2026/03/15/larcheologia/2026-03-17T01:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/11/09/dropping-by-a-shell-station/2026-03-01T16:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2026/02/08/the-moorish-greenhouse-and-tower-of-villa-torlonia/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_4286.jpegIMG_4286Entrance to the greenhouse2026-02-08T20:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2026/01/31/the-house-of-the-owls/2026-02-08T19:38:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2026/01/11/villa-torlonia/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4260.jpegIMG_4260https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_2589.jpegIMG_2589The concerthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4257.jpegIMG_4257https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4236.jpegIMG_4236https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4258.jpegIMG_4258https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4234.jpegIMG_4234https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4248.jpegIMG_4248https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4256.jpegIMG_4256https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4263.jpegIMG_4263https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4261.jpegIMG_4261Another lovely ceiling2026-02-08T19:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/12/15/ees-at-fco-what-to-expect/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ees_kiosk_front.jpgEES_kiosk_front2026-01-11T20:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/06/15/world-war-ii-sights-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bundesarchiv_bild_101i-312-0983-05_rom_festnahme_von_zivilisten.jpgRom, Festnahme von Zivilistenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/attentato_di_via_rasella.jpgAttentato_di_via_RasellaVia Rasella, just after the ambushhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bundesarchiv_bild_101i-312-0983-03_rom_festnahme_von_zivilisten.jpgRom, Festnahme von ZivilistenVia Rasella, civilians lined up in the street by Germanshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/397px-entry_of_allied_troops_into_rome_5_june_1944_tr1843.jpg397px-Entry_of_Allied_Troops_Into_Rome,_5_June_1944_TR1843Allied forces on Mussolini's balcony during the liberation of Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/800px-allied_forces_sports_meeting_at_the_foro_italico_formerly_the_mussolini_forum_rome_july_1944_tr2098.jpg800px-Allied_Forces_Sports_Meeting_at_the_Foro_Italico,_Formerly_the_Mussolini_Forum,_Rome,_July_1944_TR2098https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/stadio_dei_marmi_-_parata_militare_mussolini.jpgStadio_dei_Marmi_-_Parata_militare_MussoliniMussolini at foro Italicohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc00180.jpgDSC00180Villa Torloniahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_7183.jpgIMG_7183At the Fosse Ardeatine 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websitehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/thefork_head.jpgScreenshotTheFork's websitehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/quandoo_head.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/gemini_online_researvations.pnggemini_online_researvations2025-11-23T15:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/08/10/dining-in-rome-some-myths-and-tips/2025-11-09T20:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/09/28/monte-testaccio-an-urban-mountain-made-of-ancient-trash/2025-11-04T02:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/10/25/lunch-with-the-view/2025-10-25T21:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/10/12/the-teutonic-cemetery/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_4931.jpegIMG_4931https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_4943.jpegIMG_4943https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_4923.jpegIMG_4923You can see how the graves now go up several feet from the pathwayshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_4956.jpegIMG_4956There is the guy with the red-plumed hat againhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_4917.jpegIMG_4917https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_4888.jpegIMG_4888The walls are full of monumentshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_4887.jpegIMG_4887The Stations of the Cross, along the wallshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_4882.jpegIMG_4882https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_4883.jpegIMG_4883https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_4879.jpegIMG_4879In the cemetery2025-10-12T21:28:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/09/15/the-nymphaeum-of-annibaldi/2025-09-15T17:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/09/01/palazzo-carpegna-and-the-academy-of-saint-luke/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_4561.jpegIMG_4561The festoonhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4568-1.jpegIMG_4568https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/image.pngimage2025-09-01T13:18:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/08/24/the-snail-chiocciola-del-pincio/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_2930.jpegIMG_2930Getting closerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_5014.jpegIMG_5014Looking up -- we're getting closer so out come the phones!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_2914.jpegIMG_29142025-08-24T16:50:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/08/14/the-beauty-of-an-historic-library/2025-08-14T21:31:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/07/26/ahhhh-caravaggio/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4869-1.jpegIMG_4869https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4850-1.jpegIMG_4850https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4844-1.jpegIMG_4844https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4877.jpegIMG_4877https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4876.jpegIMG_4876Close-up of The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (his last painting), from the collection of the Intesa Sanpaolo bankhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4866-e1752346079157.jpegIMG_4866https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4853.jpegIMG_4853https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4849-e1752345894500.jpegIMG_4849https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4848.jpegIMG_4848https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_4846.jpegIMG_48462025-07-26T18:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/07/06/the-sphere-within-a-sphere/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20221116_095757.jpg20221116_095757https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2919.jpegIMG_2919https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2924.jpegIMG_2924https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2917.jpegIMG_2917https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2916.jpegIMG_2916https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2915.jpegIMG_2915https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2914.jpegIMG_2914https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2913.jpegIMG_2913https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2912.jpegIMG_2912https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2911.jpegIMG_29112025-07-06T19:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/06/22/the-gin-corner/2025-06-22T15:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/06/08/a-report-from-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/via-del-corso_sundayevening-1.jpgVia-del-corso_SundayEveningThe pedestrian-only section of Via del Corso on a Sunday early eveninghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/il-marchese_front.jpgIl-Marchese_frontIl Marchesehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4259.jpegIMG_4259Jazz at Villa Torloniahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4683.jpegIMG_4683At Bulgari's Rooftop bar, May 2025https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4964.jpegIMG_4964One morning at St. Peter's Squarehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4985.jpegIMG_4985Dinner at Alain Ducasse, May 2025https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4468.jpegIMG_4468At Piazza Navonahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4422.jpegIMG_4422https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4513.jpegIMG_4513A lovely cloisterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4974.jpegIMG_4974The gorgeous Alain Ducasse restaurant, May 20252025-06-08T18:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/05/29/a-trip-to-the-post-office/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3352.jpegIMG_3352Leaving the post office, looking at Piazza San Silvestrohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3336.jpegIMG_3336Inside the post office -- make sure to look up!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3334.jpegIMG_3334The stations where you go to interact with an officialhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3332.jpegIMG_3332The kioskhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3331.jpegIMG_3331Waiting for my number to come up ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3333.jpegIMG_3333The https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3347.jpegIMG_3347https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3340.jpegIMG_3340A close-up of one ceiling, I assume this is the muse of musichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3335.jpegIMG_3335https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3338-e1731769102721.jpegIMG_33382025-05-29T15:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/05/11/a-day-in-eur-part-iii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3920-1.jpegIMG_3920Looking down at the art showhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3906.jpegIMG_3906The Cloud turned a golden color as the sun went downhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3904.jpegIMG_3904Looking up at the underside of the Cloudhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3929-1.jpegIMG_3929Goodbye for now, La Nuvola!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3923.jpegIMG_3923..."Rome Pays Off"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3922.jpegIMG_3922The Basquiat, aptly names ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3925.jpegIMG_3925The art showhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_1395.jpgIMG_1395Looking out from the Cloud as we were leavinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_1400.jpgIMG_1400https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_1387.jpgIMG_1387Full of light2025-05-11T22:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/04/30/a-day-in-eur-part-ii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3642.jpegIMG_3642https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3605.jpegIMG_3605The interior is spare, but with interesting arthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3602.jpegIMG_3602One of the massive doorshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3640.jpegIMG_3640A delicious slice!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3633.jpegIMG_3633The beautiful millefogliehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3626.jpegIMG_3626The Maserati, to the lefthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3622.jpegIMG_3622The little dove in the middlehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3621.jpegIMG_3621Looking up at the sparkling domehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3619.jpegIMG_3619The Baptism of Jesushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3620.jpegIMG_3620The Baptistry2025-04-30T00:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/04/15/a-day-in-eur-part-i/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3592.jpegIMG_3592Our delicious lunch!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3589.jpegIMG_3589https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3595.jpegIMG_3595The little bakery/pizzeriahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3582.jpegIMG_3582One of the walls -- there's a small depiction of Christ in the lower centerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3580.jpegIMG_3580The other wallhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3581.jpegIMG_3581The recreated marble roomhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3553.jpegIMG_3553Beautiful spiralshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3542.jpegIMG_3542https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3522.jpegIMG_3522https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_3526.jpegIMG_3526A necklace, earrings, and brooch2025-04-17T01:46:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/03/21/baccano/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3329_.jpegimg_3329_Baccano. ready for Christmashttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3327.jpegIMG_3327https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3324.jpegIMG_3324Inside Baccanohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3321.jpegIMG_3321The beef with grilled radicchio https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3322.jpegIMG_3322Baccano, as it filled up for lunchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3318.jpegIMG_3318The magnificent, wonderful, delicious carbonarahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3316.jpegIMG_3316The cocktailshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3328.jpegIMG_33282025-04-01T22:58:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/03/08/a-secret-at-villa-borghese/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3288_.jpegBorghese secret garden entrance2025-03-08T20:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/12/15/going-to-the-movies-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_3944.jpegIMG_3944Popcorn priceshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_3946.jpegIMG_3946Candy priceshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_3943-1.jpegIMG_3943The cafehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_3948.jpegIMG_3948The restauranthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_3949.jpegIMG_3949In the theaterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_3942.jpegIMG_3942Entering the cinemahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4076.jpegIMG_4076https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_7231-copy.jpegIMG_7231 copyOne of the beeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_7233-copy.jpegIMG_7233 copyThe clam shellhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_7234-copy.jpegIMG_7234 copy2025-02-21T03:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/02/15/lavinia-fontana/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lavinia-fontana-autoritratto-in-studio-1579-firenze-uffizi-e1730582398177.jpgLavinia-Fontana-Autoritratto-in-studio-1579-Firenze-Uffizihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/minerva_dressing_by_lavinia_fontana_1613.jpgMinerva_dressing_by_Lavinia_Fontana_(1613)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lavinia_fontana_-_portrait_of_pope_gregory_xiii.jpgLavinia_Fontana_-_Portrait_of_Pope_Gregory_XIIIPortrait of Pope Gregory XIIIhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/611px-lavinia_fontana_-_holy_family_with_saints.jpg611px-Lavinia_Fontana_-_Holy_Family_with_SaintsThe Holy Family with Saintshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lavinia_fontana_-_venus_and_cupid_n08404-42-lr-1.jpgLavinia_Fontana_-_Venus_and_Cupid_N08404-42-lr-1Venus and Cupidhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lavinia_fontana_-_portrait_of_a_lady_with_a_dog_-_google_art_projectfxd.jpgLavinia_Fontana_-_Portrait_of_a_Lady_with_a_Dog_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXDhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bianca_degli_utili_maselli_and_six_of_her_children_by_lavinia_fontana.jpgBianca_degli_Utili_Maselli_and_six_of_her_children,_by_Lavinia_FontanaBianca Degli Utili Maselli, holding a dog and surrounded by six of her children *oil on canvas *99 x 133.5 cm. *inscribed t.: NOBILIS FAMILIA DE MASELLIS ROMANA *inscribed c.l.: VERGINIAhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lavinia_fontana_-_self-portrait_at_the_spinet_-_wga07985.jpgLavinia_Fontana_-_Self-Portrait_at_the_Spinet_-_WGA079852025-02-15T20:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/06/11/an-emperor-returns-to-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2626.jpegIMG_2626Palazzo Caffarellihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2625.jpegIMG_2625Sign for Palazzo Caffarellihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2620.jpegIMG_2620Drinks at the barhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2623.jpegIMG_2623The Eternal Cityhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2608.jpegIMG_2608Holding an orbhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2604.jpegIMG_2604And, holding a scepterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2602.jpegIMG_2602Legs and feethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2601.jpegIMG_2601Those sculpted abshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2599.jpegIMG_2599Constantine, sitting in the gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2609.jpegIMG_2609That fabulous face2025-02-11T16:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/02/02/lavinia/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3243.jpegIMG_3243https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3255.jpegIMG_3255More weird bitshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3241.jpegIMG_3241Lots of weird bitshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3254.jpegIMG_3254Gears, pipes, gar partshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3252.jpegIMG_3252There were two rows of objects. with an overall shape like a xylaphonehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3267.jpegIMG_3267https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3247.jpegIMG_3247https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3268.jpegIMG_3268You can see the main installation inside the Loggiahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3258.jpegIMG_3258The main installationhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3259.jpegIMG_32592025-02-02T16:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/01/25/villa-borgheses-loggia-dei-vini/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3253.jpegIMG_3253Details of the Loggia architecturehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3250.jpegIMG_3250A little face amidst the ornate detailshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3256-2.jpegIMG_3256 2Stucco detailshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3264.jpegIMG_3264https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3262.jpegIMG_3262The gods enjoying the partyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3260.jpegIMG_3260The Feast of the Godshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3239.jpegIMG_3239The Loggiahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3248.jpegIMG_3248As the bad k of the Logia, I assume this passage connected it to the palazzo https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3274.jpegIMG_3274Entrance to the Logiahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3238.jpegIMG_3238The Logia, from a distance2025-01-25T21:34:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2025/01/14/just-two-paintings/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4024.jpegIMG_4024https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4028.jpegIMG_4028Part of the exhibithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4064.jpegIMG_4064https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4068.jpegIMG_4068https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4063.jpegIMG_4063https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4066.jpegIMG_4066https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4070.jpegIMG_4070The paintinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4061.jpegIMG_4061The room, tucked away on the second floor, where the painting was displayedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4032.jpegIMG_4032Palazzo Cipollahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_4030.jpegIMG_4030Palazzo Sciara Colonna2025-01-14T21:21:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/12/28/starbucks-comes-to-piazza-san-silvestro/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_1175.jpgIMG_1175Lots of people getting their coffees and such. Note the very cool ceiling.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3371.jpegIMG_3371Apparently the intent is to combine coffee with art and culture ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3378.jpegIMG_3378More seating near Bar Mixatohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3381.jpegIMG_3381Going up the stairshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3384.jpegIMG_3384And, another shot of the upstairs spacehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3386.jpegIMG_3386The upstairs spacehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3387.jpegIMG_3387Upstairs, where they will hold events and, apparently, tastingshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_1180-e1731776373218.jpgIMG_1180https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_1179.jpgIMG_1179The DJ, doing his thinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3388.jpegIMG_3388Folks sitting upstairs2024-12-28T01:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/11/23/up-close-at-the-trevi-fountain/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_1372.jpgIMG_1372A side view of the fountainhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3876.jpegIMG_3876https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3875.jpegIMG_3875https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3872.jpegIMG_3872https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3870.jpegIMG_3870https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3887.jpegIMG_3887You can see all the details in the basinhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3860.jpegIMG_3860https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3862.jpegIMG_3862https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3857-2.jpegIMG_3857 2Heading up the ramp to the walkwayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3880.jpegIMG_3880We had not noticed this detail before2024-11-23T12:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/06/22/open-courtyards-cortili-aperti-part-1/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9369.jpgIMG_9369Entrance to Palazzo Sacchettihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9368-1.jpgIMG_9368A bust looking into the courtyardhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9363.jpgIMG_9363The garden was not open, this was a peek through the barshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9366.jpgIMG_9366https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9367-1.jpgIMG_9367Courtyard of Palazzo Sachettihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9539.jpgIMG_9539Perhaps an Apollo?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9548.jpgIMG_9548And a graceful woman ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9535.jpgIMG_9535https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9544.jpgIMG_9544The fountain in the courtyardhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9541.jpgIMG_9541Including a Hercules ...2024-11-02T15:48:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/07/01/open-courtyards-cortili-aperti-part-2/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9335.jpgIMG_9335Love the soft orange and greenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9333-1.jpgIMG_9333https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9332-1.jpgIMG_9332Beautiful old vines ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9336.jpgIMG_9336The little terracehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9423.jpgIMG_9423https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9422.jpgIMG_9422https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9420.jpgIMG_9420https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9419.jpgIMG_9419https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9424.jpgIMG_9424https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9404.jpgIMG_94042024-11-02T15:47:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/09/24/shopping-in-rome-part-2-dealing-with-vat/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/freestocks-org-187367-unsplash-2.jpgfreestocks-org-187367-unsplashhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/freestocks-org-187367-unsplash-1.jpgfreestocks-org-187367-unsplashhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/freestocks-org-187367-unsplash.jpgfreestocks-org-187367-unsplashhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/christine-roy-343235-unsplash-2.jpgchristine-roy-343235-unsplashhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/christine-roy-343235-unsplash-1.jpgchristine-roy-343235-unsplashhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/christine-roy-343235-unsplash.jpgchristine-roy-343235-unsplash2024-11-02T01:12:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/09/08/shopping-in-rome-part-1-an-old-cinema-gets-a-new-chic-life/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9278.jpgIMG_9278Inside the old movie theater ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9277.jpgIMG_9277The movie theater ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9285.jpgIMG_9285Close-up of the art installation int eh entryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9279.jpgIMG_9279A wall of purseshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9286.jpgIMG_9286https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9287.jpgIMG_9287The Louis Vuitton flagship store in Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9284.jpgIMG_9284https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9283.jpgIMG_9283https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9276.jpgIMG_9276... in actionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9280.jpgIMG_92802024-11-02T01:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/03/28/villa-giulia-part-3-the-birds/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9858.jpegIMG_9858Another heron-like bird, waiting for his fishhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9863.jpegIMG_9863A raptor of some sorthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9875.jpegIMG_9875A long-necked swanhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9946.jpegIMG_9946A white swan on a black backgroundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9920.jpegIMG_9920And, a bronze chickenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9924.jpegIMG_9924A bronze swan, wings out stretchedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9928.jpegIMG_9928Swans grace a ceramic vesselhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9934.jpegIMG_9934A bird in flighthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9936.jpegIMG_9936A small bird in flighthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9927.jpegIMG_9927A ceramic swan2024-11-02T01:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/03/15/villa-giulia-part-2-the-etruscans/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9922-1.jpegIMG_9922A bronze lion's head decorates a vesselhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9935.jpegIMG_9935And, more pottery and artifactshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9907-2.jpegIMG_9907https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9907-1.jpegIMG_9907https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9906.jpegIMG_9906Her delicate handshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9907.jpegIMG_9907The husband and wifehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9867.jpegIMG_9867Ossuary in the shape of a huthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9922.jpegIMG_9922https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9892.jpegIMG_9892https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9952.jpegIMG_9952Male figure, still showing clear traces of paint2024-11-02T01:08:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/02/29/villa-giulia-part-1-the-villa/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/villagiulia_location.pngVillaGiulia_locationThe Villa Giulia is a 10 minute taxi ride, 20 minute mass transit ride, or a 30 minute walk from the Spanish Steps Apartment.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9958.jpegIMG_9958Looking back from the other side ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9966.jpegIMG_9966Showing a bit of the upper storieshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9965.jpegIMG_9965Close-up of the mosaichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9864.jpegIMG_9864A fresco detail, little winged puttihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9959.jpegIMG_9959Every part is somehow graceful ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9881.jpegIMG_9881Looking in the tombhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9968.jpegIMG_9968Note the delicate and subtle architectural detailhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9961.jpegIMG_9961Looking back from the gardens at the circular porticohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_9862.jpegIMG_98622024-11-02T01:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/10/27/the-abbey-of-the-three-fountains-part-1/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_0977.jpgimg_0977_Looking through the gatehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1012.jpgIMG_1012Down in the crypthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1022.jpgIMG_1022Altarpiecehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1021.jpgIMG_1021Apse mosaichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1002.jpgIMG_1002Looking up at the blue ceilinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0998.jpgIMG_0998Inside the churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1026.jpgIMG_1026The Church of St. Paul of the Three Fountainshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0982.jpgIMG_0982https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0979.jpgIMG_0979Coming up on the first churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0976.jpgIMG_0976The entrance to the abbey, under a massive tower2024-11-02T01:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/08/11/nights-at-romes-museums-part-1/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8536.jpegIMG_8536https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8552-copy.jpgIMG_8552 copyA film on Pasolinihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8549-copy.jpgIMG_8549 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8546-copy.jpgIMG_8546 copySten + Lexhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8543-copy.jpgIMG_8543 copySten + Lexhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8542-copy.jpgIMG_8542 copyAnd, sculpturehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8535-copy.jpgIMG_8535 copyPasolini exhibithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8534-copy.jpgIMG_8534 copyThe Pasolini exhibithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8532-copy.jpgIMG_8532 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_8529-copy.jpgIMG_8529 copy2024-11-02T01:04:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/08/19/nights-at-romes-museums-part-2/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1262.jpegIMG_1262Looking down at Trajan's Markethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1255.jpegIMG_1255The House of the Knights of Rhodeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1251.jpegIMG_1251reading about a massive statuehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1211.jpegIMG_1211The museum is in a gorgeous spacehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1263.jpegIMG_1263The medieval tower in. the backgroundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1259.jpegIMG_1259Out looking over Trajan's Markethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1243.jpegIMG_1243https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1242.jpegIMG_1242A particularly beautiful winged horsehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1237.jpegIMG_1237People on the upper levels, listening to the concerthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1233.jpegIMG_1233Looking at sculptures2024-11-02T01:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/11/15/the-abbey-of-the-three-fountains-part-2/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0947.jpgIMG_0947.... a lovely way to end our day!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0941.jpgIMG_0941... full of plaques and little memorials ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0940.jpgIMG_0940A path through the sanctuary ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1041.jpgIMG_1041Beautiful stained glasshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1028.jpgIMG_1028Looking the other directionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1049.jpgIMG_1049One of the shrines, with the spring belowhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1048.jpgIMG_1048https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1046.jpgIMG_1046One of the three shrines where the saint's head touch the ground and the spring arosehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1061.jpgIMG_1061Inside the churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1036.jpgIMG_1036Some lovely decorations2024-11-02T01:02:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/09/05/open-house-rome-part-1/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1820.pngimg_1820https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1837-1.jpegIMG_1837The chapel ceilinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1844.jpegIMG_1844Detail of the chapel frescohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1861.jpegIMG_1861A statue of La Lupa in the entrance areahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1857.jpegIMG_1857In the gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1855.jpegIMG_1855A monument in the gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1841.jpegIMG_1841Chapel ceilinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1850.jpegIMG_1850The coat of arms of the Centerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1848.jpegIMG_1848An impressive reception roomhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1846.jpegIMG_1846Chapel fresco2024-11-02T01:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/11/01/the-baths-of-diocletian-part-2/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1486.jpegIMG_1486Hundreds of grave markers in the gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1477.jpegIMG_1477As well as more elaborate memorialshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/800px-funerary_slab_pomponius_terme.jpg800px-Funerary_slab_Pomponius_Termehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/800px-funeral_stele_cook_terme.jpg800px-Funeral_stele_cook_Termehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1600.jpegIMG_1600https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1598.jpegIMG_1598https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1589.jpegIMG_15892024-11-01T18:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/08/18/piazza-san-lorenzo-in-lucina/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4421-1.jpgIMG_4421https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4421.jpgIMG_4421https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9241.jpgIMG_9241https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9242.jpgIMG_9242The Madonnelle at Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9271.jpgIMG_9271Two guys and a statuehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9236.jpgIMG_9236Our ice cream treathttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9240.jpgIMG_9240At the piazzahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9259.jpgIMG_9259Bernini's engaging statue https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/800px-san_lorenzo_e_piazza_in_lucina_051208-02.jpg800px-San_lorenzo_e_piazza_in_lucina_051208-02https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/s._lorenzo_in_lucina_-_plate_105_-_giuseppe_vasi.jpgS._Lorenzo_in_Lucina_-_Plate_105_-_Giuseppe_VasiGuiseppe Vasi engraving, 17562024-10-25T14:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/10/15/the-baths-of-diocletian-part-1/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1549.jpegIMG_1549https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1532.jpegIMG_1532https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1511.jpegIMG_1511The moon goddess Selene, on an elegant sarcophagushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1502.jpegIMG_1502Not so elegant but full of character is this couple in their carriagehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1550.jpegIMG_1550https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1539.jpegIMG_1539Antoninius Piushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1528.jpegIMG_1528https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1558.jpegIMG_1558A collections of heads of children, beautifully carvedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1555.jpegIMG_1555A particularly beautiful head of a goddesshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1489.jpegIMG_1489The corridors are packed full of funerary monuments and statues, 2024-10-15T21:57:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/01/13/the-baths-of-caracalla/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_4140.pngcaracalla_panoramahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Bath_of_Caracalla_Rome_2011_12.jpgBath_of_Caracalla_Rome_2011_122024-10-12T20:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/11/27/palazzo-venezia-more-than-mussolinis-balcony/2024-10-12T20:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/06/13/ostia-antica-a-great-day-trip-and-the-site-of-my-childhood-nap/2024-10-12T20:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/02/26/romes-fabulous-free-days/2024-10-12T19:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/10/04/rome-in-athens-part-ii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3115-2.jpegIMG_3115https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3118-1.jpegIMG_3118https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3116.jpegIMG_3116https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3114.jpegIMG_3114https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3113.jpegIMG_3113https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3109-1.jpegIMG_3109The octagonal Tower of the Winds, in the backgroundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3112.jpegIMG_3112A massive olive press - apparently an inscription mentions a law about olive oil promulgated by the Emperor Hadrianhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3132.jpegIMG_3132And, more columnshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3123.jpegIMG_3123And, elaborate capitals, definitely Roman and not Greek!2024-10-04T13:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/09/21/rome-in-athens-part-i/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_0920.jpgIMG_0920More bits and pieces of the remains of the templehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_0898.jpgIMG_0898Athens, stretched out below ushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_0915.jpgIMG_0915Inscriptions in Greekhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_0912.jpgIMG_0912The scant remains of the Temple of Rome and Augustus, with the Parthenon in the backgroundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/hadrians_arch_greece.jpgHadrian's_Arch_GreeceThe Arch of Hadrianhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3158-1-e1720125584526.jpegIMG_3158https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3117.jpegIMG_3117https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3155.jpegIMG_3155A statue from the Odeon of Agrippahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3158.jpegIMG_3158Statue of Hadrian, in Roman armorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3122.jpegIMG_3122Some massive, solid marble columns2024-09-21T01:20:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/07/14/wwii-aur-and-the-spanish-steps-apartment/2024-09-03T00:11:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/09/02/capri-part-ii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3013-1.jpegIMG_3013Little signs on the wayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3014.jpegIMG_3014Walking back to townhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3016-1.jpegIMG_3016The friendly kittyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3055.jpegIMG_3055Beautiful stained glass in the churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3064.jpegIMG_3064The interesting churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3046.jpegIMG_3046Flowers blooming by the pathhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3092.jpegIMG_3092A flower sellerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3087.jpegIMG_3087https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3070.jpegIMG_3070https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3071.jpegIMG_30712024-09-02T18:27:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/08/17/capri-part-i/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3034.jpegIMG_3034Archaeologist fans like Laura refer to this as "wall porn"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3049.jpegIMG_3049Passed this pretty little door on the wayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0729-2.jpegIMG_0729 2One of several friendly kitties we met along the wayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3020.jpegIMG_3020Another magnificent gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/portrait_head_of_tiberius_left_front_-_getty_museum_71.aa_.275.jpgPortrait_head_of_Tiberius,_left_front_-_Getty_Museum_(71.AA.275)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3044-1.jpegIMG_3044Remains of the villahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3028.jpegIMG_3028Entering Villa Jovishttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0739-2.jpegIMG_0739 2The little one-passenger "vehicle" -- the only one we saw - and which is reserved for residentshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3045.jpegIMG_3045https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3038.jpegIMG_3038Climbing the site2024-08-17T20:20:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/08/03/cruising-from-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/card_contact_symbol-1.jpgThe contactless symbol on a credit / debit cardhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3172.jpegIMG_3172One ticket for the train, the second for the bushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/800px-civvecc3.jpg800px-Civvecc3https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/800px-stazione_civitavecchia.jpg800px-Stazione_CivitavecchiaThe train stationhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/train_door_exterior.jpgtrain_door_exteriorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/termini_ticket_kiosks.jpgtermini_ticket_kioskshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/termini_schedule_board.jpgtermini_schedule_boardhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mediterranean_seagull.jpgmediterranean_seagullhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/civitavecchia_train_termini.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/civitavecchia_train_platform.jpgcivitavecchia_train_platform2024-08-03T15:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/07/18/seeing-pope-francis/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3171.jpegIMG_3171Our ticketshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2943.jpegIMG_2943And tiny Popemobiles. Dig the license plate!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2945.jpegIMG_2945Some not so serioushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2941.jpegIMG_2941Some serioushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2940.jpegIMG_2940Big Popemobileshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2937.jpegIMG_2937Papal carshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2930.jpegIMG_2930Ornate carriages galorehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2799.jpegIMG_2799People standing in the backhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_2794.jpegIMG_2794The pope, sitting in the shade, and a nun speakinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0533.jpegIMG_05332024-07-18T00:52:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/07/03/museum-of-the-walls/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/atop-porta_san_sebastiano.jpegatop porta_san_sebastianoUp on the walls, with one of the towers (which are round on one side and flat on the other)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2119.jpegIMG_2119https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2114.jpegIMG_2114...is the ancient Roman Arch of Drusushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/celio_-_porta_san_sebastiano_-_arcangelo_gabriele_1327_2010.jpgCelio_-_Porta_san_Sebastiano_-_arcangelo_Gabriele_(1327)_2010Carving of the angel defeating a dragon, etched into the gatehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2096.jpegIMG_2096A lovely, modern mosaichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_9693.jpegIMG_9693https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_9714.jpegIMG_9714You can see the walls, with watchtowers, curving aroundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2098.jpegIMG_2098Another modern mosaic, of a battle scenehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2097.jpegIMG_2097Inside the museum, which is inside the San Sebastián gate https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2101.jpegIMG_2101Model of the Aurelian Walls, with watch towers2024-07-03T20:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/06/16/mapping-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/museum_forma_urbis_ticket.jpgA ticket for the Museum of the Forma UrbisA ticket for the Museum of the Forma Urbis, front and back.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2763.jpegIMG_2763A stele with a basket of fruithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2766.jpegIMG_2766Many grave markers are preservedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2765.jpegIMG_2765Bits of a wall and a sarcophagushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2772.jpegIMG_2772A carving of a boy with a long-eared rabbithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2764.jpegIMG_2764A stele with a carving of a treehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2768.jpegIMG_2768https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_2771.jpegIMG_2771A lovely ancient sarcophagushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_0495.jpegIMG_0495Walking up to the new museum ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_0503.jpegIMG_0503The museum, with the glass floor2024-06-16T16:48:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/11/14/rome-in-the-time-of-covid/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0512.jpegIMG_0512https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0513.jpegIMG_0513https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0511.jpegIMG_0511https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0463.jpegIMG_0463This says it allhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0532.jpegIMG_0532https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0747.jpgIMG_0747A sign stating a "Green Pass" is requiredhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0748.jpgIMG_0748And, a sign requiring masks to be wornhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0543.jpegIMG_0543Hand sanitizer at the entrance to a churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_7189.jpegIMG_7189https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_7195.jpegIMG_7195Separate "enter/exit" directions at Galleria Alberto Sordi2024-06-07T21:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/05/22/a-may-meander-with-mary-in-the-vatican-gardens/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2865.jpegIMG_2865The Jubilee Bellhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2875.jpegIMG_2875https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2873.jpegIMG_2873https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2859.jpegIMG_2859https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2896.jpegIMG_2896https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2883-1.jpegIMG_2883https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2879.jpegIMG_2879A recreation of the apparition of the Virgin at Lourdeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2870-1.jpegIMG_2870Follow Sister Emmanuella -- a nun on a mission (to keep us on schedule!)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2869.jpegIMG_2869https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_2858.jpegIMG_28582024-05-22T09:58:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/04/15/antico-caffe-greco/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1900.jpegIMG_1900https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1895.jpegIMG_1895Besides paintings, lots of small sculptures as wellhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1897.jpegIMG_1897And, Mark Twainhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1891.jpegIMG_1891A bust of Buffalo Bill Cody, in Caffe Grecohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1899.jpegIMG_1899Every wall is chock full of arthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1907.jpegIMG_1907Another roomhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1887.jpegIMG_1887Our roomhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1896.jpegIMG_1896Looking back at the front of the cafehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1898.jpegIMG_1898Another viewhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1909.jpegIMG_1909The bar, where I sometimes get coffee in the morning ... now deserted in the evening2024-04-15T19:37:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/04/01/romes-cat-sanctuaries/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cats_largo_argentina_entrance.jpegcats_largo_argentina_entranceGo down the stairs at one corner of Largo Argentina to reach the cat sanctuary.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_4630-copy.jpegIMG_4630 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_2221-copy.jpgIMG_2221 copyThe sign for the cat sanctuaryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/largo-argentina-img_1504.jpgLargo Argentina IMG_1504A cat sitting quietly in Largo Argentinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/protestant-cemetery-img_2676.jpgProtestant Cemetery IMG_2676https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/protestant-cemetery-img_2641.jpgProtestant Cemetery IMG_2641Cats in the Protestant Cemeteryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/protestant-cemetery-img_2612.jpgProtestant Cemetery IMG_2612Another cat in the Protestant Cemeteryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_2193.jpegIMG_2193One of the kitties, enjoying the sun in the Largo Argentina archaeological site2024-04-01T23:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/03/15/largo-di-torre-argentina/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/inside_largo_argentina.jpeginside_largo_argentinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2207.jpegIMG_2207Engraved slabshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1988-copy.jpegIMG_1988 copyThe head of the goddesshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2197.jpegIMG_2197https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2219.jpegIMG_2219A colossal female headhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2213.jpegIMG_2213A winged victoryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_9902.jpegIMG_9902The museum areahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2184.jpegIMG_2184"Temple A"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2177.jpegIMG_2177The circular "Temple B"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2195.jpegIMG_21952024-03-15T16:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/03/02/chiesa-di-san-bernardo-alle-terme/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1405.jpegIMG_1405https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1413-1.jpegIMG_1413Another interior shothttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1398.jpegIMG_1398https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/chiesa_di_s._bernardo_alle_terme_-_plate_127iii_-_giuseppe_vasi.jpgChiesa_di_S._Bernardo_alle_Terme_-_Plate_127iii_-_Giuseppe_VasiThe church as depicted by Giuseppe Vase in 1756https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1470.jpegIMG_1470Another round tower, this one still just brickhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1411.jpegIMG_1411The sweet little painting on the altarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1399.jpegIMG_1399Another beautiful funerary monumenthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1414.jpegIMG_1414Elaborate funerary monumenthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1401.jpegIMG_1401https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1402.jpegIMG_14022024-03-02T20:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/02/15/porta-maggiore-and-the-bakers-tomb/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2249.jpgIMG_2249Detail of the inscription on one of the sides of the tombhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2236.jpgIMG_2236And, another side of the tombhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2248.jpgIMG_2248Kneading the doughhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2237.jpgIMG_2237The Porta Maggiorehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2251.jpgIMG_2251Closeup clearly showing the channels for the two, stacked aqueductshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2246.jpgIMG_2246Putting the dough in teh ovenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2233.jpgIMG_2233One side of the tombhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2235.jpgIMG_2235https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2232.jpgIMG_2232Porta Maggiore, built into the city wallshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2229.jpgIMG_2229One of the decorative arches2024-02-15T23:17:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/01/23/escher-in-rome-part-ii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2399.jpegIMG_2399https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2398.jpegIMG_2398https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2407-e1701709698343.jpegIMG_2407https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2414.jpegIMG_2414https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2413.jpegIMG_2413https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2386.jpegIMG_2386Red knights on horseback change to whitehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2405.jpegIMG_2405https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2400.jpegIMG_2400Birds become fish ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2389.jpegIMG_2389https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2421.jpegIMG_24212024-02-15T23:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/02/03/m-c-esher-in-rome-part-iii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2428.jpegIMG_2428https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2426-1.jpegIMG_2426https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0002.jpegIMG_0002https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0007.jpegIMG_0007https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2433.jpegIMG_2433Victor Vasarely, Réponses à Vasarely, 1972https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2441.jpegIMG_2441IKEA ad, a fun homage to Escherhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2455.jpegIMG_2455Squid game stillhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2448.jpegIMG_2448https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2451.jpegIMG_2451https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2422.jpegIMG_2422How much fun is this?!2024-02-04T17:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2024/01/06/m-c-escher-in-rome-part-i/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2351.jpegIMG_2351M.C. Escher self-portraithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2419.jpegIMG_2419https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2396.jpegIMG_2396And, here we go!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2372.jpegIMG_2372https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2373.jpegIMG_2373https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2374.jpegIMG_2374https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2377.jpegIMG_2377https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2376.jpegIMG_2376St. Peter's Basilica in the backgroundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2382.jpegIMG_2382The Colonnade of St. Peter's Basilicahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2379.jpegIMG_2379Castel Sant'Angelo2024-01-06T14:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/07/12/the-bonapartes-in-rome/2024-01-06T02:40:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/12/26/orma-roma/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9854.jpegIMG_9854https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9881.jpegIMG_9881The complimentary sweets at the end of the mealhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9880.jpegIMG_9880"Chocolate," before being meltedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9871-1.jpegIMG_9871"sheep," with a bit of lovely yogurthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9878.jpegIMG_9878The "pre-dessert"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9868.jpegIMG_9868The bread at Orma Roma is incrediblehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9867.jpegIMG_9867Closed Macaronihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9864.jpegIMG_9864Lulo and prawnshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9863.jpegIMG_9863Fregolahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_9860.jpegIMG_9860Amberjack and tiny focaccia2023-12-26T22:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/12/02/piazza-vittorio-emanuele-ii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2278.jpgIMG_2278The mysterious plaque on the top of the doorwayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2277.jpgIMG_2277One of the two statues of Beshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2275.jpgIMG_2275Another viewhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2272.jpgIMG_2272The "Trophies of Marius"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2297.jpgIMG_2297The park, as we all opened our umbrellashttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2274.jpgIMG_2274The "Magic Door"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2287.jpgIMG_2287A large fountain (unfortunately, dry)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2284.jpgIMG_2284A close-up of the fountainhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2276.jpgIMG_2276Another view of the parkhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2282.jpgIMG_2282The little cat hits, neatly lined up in a row, in a protected area2023-12-02T17:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/11/16/caligulas-gardens-romes-newest-museum/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/museo_ninfeo_int1.jpgmuseo_ninfeo_int1https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2289.jpgIMG_2289https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2408.jpgIMG_2408Inside the museumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2405-1.jpgIMG_2405The gardens, including the marble stairshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2413.jpgIMG_2413Another shot of the water featurehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2390.jpgIMG_2390The gardens must have been quite lovelyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2400.jpgIMG_2400https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2405.jpgIMG_2405https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2410.jpgIMG_2410Pavement and a wallhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_2406.jpgIMG_2406The stairs2023-11-16T15:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/11/03/join-the-resistance-aka-starbucks-comes-to-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/starbux_no.jpgstarbux_nohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9065.jpgIMG_9065Standing in line ... for THIS?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9064.jpgIMG_9064The line for Starbuckshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/canova-tadolini-cofee-img_1645-copy.jpegCanova Tadolini cofee IMG_1645 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1711.jpegIMG_1711https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1706.jpegIMG_1706https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1704.jpegIMG_1704https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1703.jpegIMG_1703https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_1712.jpegIMG_1712https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2137.jpgIMG_2137The McDonalds at Termini, Rome's main train station2023-11-03T20:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/10/15/romes-smallest-church/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9188.jpegIMG_9188The central medallionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9200.jpegIMG_9200https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9201.jpegIMG_9201One of the paintings at the base of the domehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9196.jpegIMG_9196https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9192.jpegIMG_9192Close-up of the domehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9184.jpegIMG_9184The domehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9190.jpegIMG_9190The sweet Madonnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9189-1.jpegIMG_9189The golden shrine surrounding the Madonnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9203.jpegIMG_9203The gilded altarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9186.jpegIMG_9186A view with the altar and the dome2023-10-15T15:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/10/01/lunch-at-pulejo/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9030.jpegIMG_9030https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9049.jpegIMG_9049https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9047.jpegIMG_9047https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9046.jpegIMG_9046https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9045.jpegIMG_9045Guinea fowlhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9044-e1694895513396.jpegIMG_9044The MI-ROhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_9041.jpegIMG_9041Sweetbreads?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_9040.jpegIMG_9040Roasted red pepperhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_9039.jpegIMG_9039A lovely way to start ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_9037.jpegPulejoPulejo2023-10-01T21:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/06/01/romes-talking-statues/2023-08-23T01:09:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/07/23/the-temple-of-minerva-medica/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/temple-of-minerva-medica-location.jpgLocation of the Temple of Minerva Medica locationLocation of the Temple of Minerva Medica locationhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/french_18th_century_the_temple_of_minerva_medica_nga_130913-1.jpegFrench_18th_Century,_The_Temple_of_Minerva_Medica,_NGA_130913https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/avanzi_del_preteso_tempio_di_minerva_medica_-_li_monumenti_piu_celebri_di_roma_antica_e_moderna_disegnati_da_vero_ed_incisi_dai_migliori_artisti_rome_presso_po_-_1850-1.jpegAvanzi_del_preteso_Tempio_di_Minerva_Medica_-_Li_Monumenti_Piú_Celebri_Di_Roma_Antica_E_Moderna_Disegnati_Da_Vero_Ed_Incisi_Dai_Migliori_Artisti_Rome_Presso_Po_-_1850https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/johann_christian_klengel_-_landschap_met_de_minerva_medica_ruine_bij_rome_-_gal.-nr._3796_-_staatliche_kunstsammlungen_dresden-1.jpegJohann_Christian_Klengel_-_Landschap_met_de_Minerva_Medica_ruine_bij_Rome_-_Gal.-Nr._3796_-_Staatliche_Kunstsammlungen_DresdenBy Johann Christian Klengel, circa 1791https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/800px-piranesi-1026.jpeg800px-Piranesi-1026https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ruine_del_tempio_di_ercole_callaico_-_plate_049ii_-_giuseppe_vasi.jpegRuine_del_Tempio_di_Ercole_Callaico_-_Plate_049ii_-_Giuseppe_VasiBy Giuseppe Vasi, 1753https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/800px-altobelli_und_molins_-_ruine_des_sogenannten_tempels_der_minerva_medica_zeno_fotografie.jpeg800px-Altobelli_und_Molins_-_Ruine_des_sogenannten_Tempels_der_Minerva_Medica_(Zeno_Fotografie)Altobelli and Molins, circa 1860https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/800px-angeli_-_roma_parte_i_-_serie_italia_artistica_bergamo_1908_page_133_crop.jpeg800px-Angeli_-_Roma,_parte_I_-_Serie_Italia_Artistica,_Bergamo,_1908_(page_133_crop)Diego Angeli, 1908https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1669-copy.jpgIMG_1669 copyThe Mouth of Truthhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/temple-of-minerva-medica-1826.jpegtemple-of-minerva-medica-1826Temple of Minerva Medica by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 18262023-07-23T00:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/07/12/nuovo-mercato-esquilino/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2270.jpgIMG_2270The Nuovo Mercato Esquilino signhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2198.jpgIMG_2198But, other shops selling definitely non-halal meat like pig trottershttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2196.jpgIMG_2196Another butcher stallhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2195.jpgIMG_2195This guy brought his own tuneshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2194.jpgIMG_2194Lots of languages being spoken at this market!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2188.jpgIMG_2188https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2184.jpgIMG_2184Gorgeous fishhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2182.jpgIMG_2182Seafood stallhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2179.jpgIMG_2179And more interesting things for sale https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2178.jpgIMG_21782023-07-12T23:10:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/11/23/adapting-to-romes-electricity/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4507.jpegPower plug adaptersA collection of random power plug adapters. The ones with round pins work in Italy.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/usplug_italoutlet_bw.jpgUS_plug_Ital_outlet.jpg2023-06-19T14:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/06/15/the-circus-maximus/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/800px-speculum_romanae_magnificentiae-_circus_maximus_met_dp870462.jpeg800px-Speculum_Romanae_Magnificentiae-_Circus_Maximus_MET_DP870462Another drawing of the ancient Circus Maximushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1340-copy.jpgIMG_1340 copyFriendly Ancient Romans!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1336-copy.jpgIMG_1336 copytrying to get new recruits?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1325-copy.jpgIMG_1325 copyAncient Roman military equipmenthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1328-copy.jpgIMG_1328 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1295-copy.jpgIMG_1295 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1283-copy.jpgIMG_1283 copyThe medieval tower, in the center of the end of the circus structurehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1314-copy.jpgIMG_1314 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1287-copy.jpgIMG_1287 copyOn the back side of the circus structurehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1305-copy.jpgIMG_1305 copyYou can see the curvature of the end of the circus, as well as the bits of marble that once covered the brick structure2023-06-15T12:36:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/06/04/bruce-springsteen-at-the-circus-maximus/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1319.jpgIMG_1319The Circus Maximus on a normal day, the Palatine Hill abovehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_2035.jpegIMG_2035Laura's tickethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_9080d.jpegIMG_9080DIt was a bit muddy due to the recent rain ... but no one was complaining!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_9103d.jpegIMG_9103Dhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_9087d.jpegIMG_9087DSunset at the Circus Maximushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_9136.jpegIMG_9136The show, after darkhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1868.jpegIMG_1868Everyone waiting for the main event ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1872.jpegIMG_1872https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1871.jpegIMG_1871'Nuff saidhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_9074d.jpegIMG_9074D2023-06-04T13:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/05/31/tripadvisor-meetup-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1817.jpegIMG_1817https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1816.jpegIMG_1816https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1813.jpegIMG_1813Our favorite canapés!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1812.jpegIMG_1812https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1815.jpegIMG_1815https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1814.jpegIMG_1814https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1811.jpegIMG_1811Tripadvisor swag!2023-05-31T00:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/05/05/ristorante-atelier-canova-tadolini/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/800px-venus_victrix_by_antonio_canova_1805-1808_marble_-_galleria_borghese_-_rome_italy_-_dsc04967-2.jpeg800px-Venus_Victrix_by_Antonio_Canova,_1805-1808,_marble_-_Galleria_Borghese_-_Rome,_Italy_-_DSC04967https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/800px-venus_victrix_by_antonio_canova_1805-1808_marble_-_galleria_borghese_-_rome_italy_-_dsc04967.jpeg800px-Venus_Victrix_by_Antonio_Canova,_1805-1808,_marble_-_Galleria_Borghese_-_Rome,_Italy_-_DSC04967Pauline Bonaparte as Venus, by Canovahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1499.jpgIMG_1499Literally, art up to the rafters!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1482.jpgIMG_1482https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1474.jpgIMG_1474So many pieces of sculpture ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1540.jpgIMG_1540https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1539.jpgIMG_1539https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1532.jpgIMG_1532Love the twisting motion on this piecehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1530.jpgIMG_1530Sculpture there ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1529.jpgIMG_1529Sculpture here ....2023-05-05T13:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/11/27/november-and-thanksgiving-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1666.jpgIMG_1666The Mouth of Truth -- with NO LINE!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1176.jpegIMG_1176Desserthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1175.jpegIMG_1175https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1173-e1669550102563.jpegIMG_1173The wonderful pastahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1171-e1669550117245.jpegIMG_1171https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1169.jpegIMG_1169https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_8536.jpegIMG_8536The Pier Paolo Pasolini exhibit up the street from us at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_1239.jpgIMG_1239November 2022 in Rome - where did all these people come from?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cdf-market-pumpkins-img_0107.jpgCDF market pumpkins IMG_01072023-04-19T19:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/04/18/casa-balla/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1768.jpgIMG_1768The sign on the door of the Casa Ballahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_8497.jpegIMG_8497One of the daughter's rooms, with a fun raised bedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_8495.jpegIMG_8495A sitting roomhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_8492.jpegIMG_8492In the hallway, on the decorative coat rack, are a purse, coat, and hat designed by Ballahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_8483.jpegIMG_8483The studiohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1761.jpgIMG_1761https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1760.jpgIMG_1760He designed the tiles ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1759.jpgIMG_1759... which you can see in the bathroomhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1748.jpgIMG_1748An inviting and warm sitting roomhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1744.jpgIMG_17442023-04-18T02:31:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/10/20/dinner-at-assaje/2023-04-07T23:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/04/07/romes-cobra-and-a-name-to-be-remembered/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_8603.jpegIMG_8603https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2009.jpgIMG_2009https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2013.jpgIMG_2013https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2014.jpgIMG_2014https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2016.jpgIMG_2016https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2010.jpgIMG_2010https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1876.jpgIMG_1876https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1875.jpgIMG_18752023-04-07T01:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/03/25/mosaics-at-centrale-montemartini/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1893-copy.jpgIMG_1893 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1883-copy.jpgIMG_1883 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1882-copy.jpgIMG_1882 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1904-copy.jpgIMG_1904 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1911-copy.jpgIMG_1911 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1919-copy.jpgIMG_1919 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1897-copy.jpgIMG_1897 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1895-copy.jpgIMG_1895 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1888-copy.jpgIMG_1888 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img_1884-copy.jpgIMG_1884 copy2023-03-25T20:40:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/03/11/centrale-montemartini/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1995-1.jpgIMG_1995https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1949.jpgIMG_1949https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1975.jpgIMG_1975https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1976.jpgIMG_1976https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1997.jpgIMG_1997https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1995.jpgIMG_1995https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1974.jpgIMG_1974https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_8630.jpegIMG_8630The massive hunting scene mosaichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1935.jpgIMG_1935https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1925.jpgIMG_1925Wonderful faces from ancient Rome2023-03-25T20:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/11/03/the-cloisters-of-san-cosimato/2023-03-25T19:39:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/01/27/tordormatto/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0209.jpgIMG_0209... and more sweetshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0208.jpgIMG_0208More sweetshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0205.jpgIMG_0205Panna cottahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0201.jpgIMG_0201... and more lambhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0200.jpgIMG_0200Absolutely delicious lambhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0198.jpgIMG_0198Catch of the dayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0195.jpgIMG_0195Egg "Purgatory"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0192.jpgIMG_01922023-03-07T22:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/02/26/a-days-worth-of-street-art/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1840.jpgIMG_1840My favorite, a close-up of which is at the top of this posthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1871.jpgIMG_1871https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1863.jpgIMG_1863https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1870.jpgIMG_1870https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1869.jpgIMG_1869Very busyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1862.jpgIMG_1862Reminds me of Banksyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1861.jpgIMG_1861https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1868.jpgIMG_1868Very ... cactusyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1867.jpgIMG_1867Very happyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1860.jpgIMG_1860Very colorful2023-02-26T00:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/05/13/aroma-bistro/2023-02-25T19:28:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/02/04/not-tea-with-mussolini-but-lunch-with-his-mistress/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2111-4.jpgIMG_2111https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2107.jpgIMG_2107https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2097.jpgIMG_2097https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2092.jpgIMG_2092https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2099.jpgIMG_2099https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2106.jpgIMG_2106https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2098.jpgIMG_2098https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2112.jpgIMG_2112https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2115-1.jpgIMG_2115https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_2096.jpgIMG_20962023-02-12T15:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/09/28/romes-marvelous-mosaics/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3474-copy-2.jpgIMG_3474 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3474-copy-1.jpgIMG_3474 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3474-copy.jpgIMG_3474 copy2023-02-09T17:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2023/01/26/guest-interview-our-cousins-visit-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/mother-and-daughter-visit-st.-peters-square.pngMother and daughter visit St. Peter's Squarehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/girl-with-spaghetti.pnggirl with spaghettiEnjoying spaghetti with the familyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/monti-img_3672.jpgMonti IMG_3672On the streets of Rome ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sunset-by-colosseum-img_3431-copy.jpgSunset by Colosseum IMG_3431 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/il-gelato-claudio-torce-img_1576-copy.jpgIl Gelato Claudio Torce IMG_1576 copyThe different gelato colors ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ciro-pizza-img_3148.jpgCiro pizza IMG_3148Pizza!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/dsc00567-copy.jpgDSC00567 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1320.jpgIMG_1320https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1281.jpgIMG_1281Looking down teh Circus Maximus. More on the Circus Maximus virtual reality experience in a future post!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/colosseo-img_0656-copy.jpgColosseo IMG_0656 copyThe Colosseum2023-01-26T22:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/12/17/rome-is-crazy/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1117.jpegIMG_1117https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1107-1.jpegIMG_1107https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1107.jpegIMG_1107https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1106.jpegIMG_1106The courtyard, covered in mirrorshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1112.jpegIMG_1112Another shothttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1128.jpegIMG_1128The photo does not do it justicehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1105.jpegIMG_1105Yep, pretty weirdhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1146.jpegIMG_1146https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1149.jpegIMG_1149Butterflies, everywherehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_1154.jpegIMG_11542022-12-17T17:24:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/12/04/lobsters-on-via-veneto-and-not-on-a-plate/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2078.jpgIMG_2078Lobster in a spotted flowerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2076.jpgIMG_2076An ode to Vincent Van Gogh (signed "Vincent" on the vase)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2075.jpgIMG_2075Land shark lobster?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2073.jpgIMG_2073Banana lobsterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2070.jpgIMG_2070A lobster in a cactushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2066.jpgIMG_2066https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2067.jpgIMG_2067Pop up store for poster pop arthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2058.jpgIMG_2058Lobster with head of Medusahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2065.jpgIMG_2065Considering the urinal, I assume this is an ode to Marcel Duchamphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_2059.jpgIMG_20592022-12-04T22:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/10/09/ai-tre-scalini/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1036.jpegIMG_1036More dining area, looking in from outside when we were leavinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ai-tre-scalini-img_2999.jpgAi Tre Scalini IMG_2999https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ai-tre-scalini-img_3001-1.jpgAi Tre Scalini IMG_3001 1The bar areahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1034.jpegIMG_1034Blink and you'll miss it, the entrance to Ai Tre Scalinihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1028.jpegIMG_1028Porchetta, perfect with crusty bread (of course)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1027.jpegIMG_1027Meatballs in sauce, perfect with crusty breadhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1026.jpegIMG_1026Cheese with walnuts and honey, perfect with crusty breadhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1029.jpegIMG_1029The dining areahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1030.jpegIMG_10302022-10-09T22:49:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/09/15/drink-kong/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7802.jpegIMG_7802https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7801.jpegIMG_7801https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7799.jpegIMG_7799Drink Kong!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7798.jpegIMG_7798Kong in pink neonhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7796.jpegIMG_7796Starting off the menu, with a martinihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7795-e1658965855585.jpegIMG_7795https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7794.jpegIMG_7794https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7793.jpegIMG_7793https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7791.jpegIMG_7791Drinks and tacoshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7790.jpegIMG_7790Tulips in the dark2022-09-15T19:48:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/09/01/back-to-alloro/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1014.jpegIMG_1014Cake crumbles in an edible clear baghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1019.jpegIMG_1019Yep, we ate that creepy doll hair right uphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1015.jpegIMG_1015The crunchy, deconstructed Mont Blanchttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7771.jpegIMG_7771https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1013.jpegIMG_1013https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_7769.jpegIMG_7769https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1011-2.jpegIMG_1011 2https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1010.jpegIMG_1010The carbonara egghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1008.jpegIMG_1008https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_1007.jpegIMG_10072022-09-01T18:09:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/08/15/the-floors-of-san-lorenzo-fuori-le-mura/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0616.jpegIMG_0616https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0615.jpegIMG_0615https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0617.jpegIMG_0617https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0601.jpegIMG_0601https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0590.jpegIMG_0590https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0623.jpegIMG_0623https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0592.jpegIMG_0592https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0581.jpegIMG_0581https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0579.jpegIMG_0579https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0576.jpegIMG_05762022-08-15T13:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/07/15/an-elegant-evening-at-zia/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0732-e1656784595626.jpegIMG_0732The final treatshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0730.jpegIMG_0730Tourbillonhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0728.jpegIMG_0728Grapefruit with frozen champagnehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0727.jpegIMG_0727https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0725.jpegIMG_0725Guinea fowl, grape leaf and roots, with a side of elegant whipped potatoeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0724.jpegIMG_0724Beautiful hare, beetroot, and juniper raviolihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0723.jpegIMG_0723Anolini, beef shank in broth (with gold leaf)"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0719.jpegIMG_0719A "cigar," well, a delicious tiny cannolohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0721.jpegIMG_0721Raw (and delicious) pork bellyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_0722.jpegIMG_0722A lovely bite of a tomato aspic2022-07-15T12:41:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/07/01/palazzo-massimo-livias-garden/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0874-1.jpgIMG_0874https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0878-1.jpgIMG_0878https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0870-1.jpgIMG_0870https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0868.jpgIMG_0868https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0869.jpgIMG_0869https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0879.jpgIMG_0879https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0880.jpgIMG_0880https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0872.jpgIMG_0872https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0875.jpgIMG_0875https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0874.jpgIMG_08742022-07-01T01:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/06/11/palazzo-massimo-frescos/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0887.jpgIMG_0887The third wall, with its beautiful colorshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0895.jpgIMG_0895https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0886.jpgIMG_0886https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0889.jpgIMG_0889Closeup of the scene in the frescohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0890.jpgIMG_0890Black frescoes would absorb the day's heat, making it a little warmer to dine outside in the eveningshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0888.jpgIMG_0888https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0894.jpgIMG_0894https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0893.jpgIMG_0893https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0892.jpgIMG_0892Closeup of the amazingly graceful vine 2022-06-11T22:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/05/28/palazzo-massimo-mosiacs/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0908.jpgIMG_0908Another Medusa https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0904.jpgIMG_0904Fishermen on a boat, underneath of which is ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0858.jpgIMG_0858A vegetative borderhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0859.jpgIMG_0859A half bull, half fish creaturehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0860.jpgIMG_0860Perhaps this creature is a dolphin (Romans loved dolphins)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0862.jpgIMG_0862Another crazy sea-creaturehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0897.jpgIMG_0897A floral borderhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0898.jpgIMG_0898Beautifully preserved "cube" floor mosaichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0907.jpgIMG_0907A bird on flowershttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0902.jpgIMG_0902A crocodile2022-05-28T14:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/05/14/palazzo-massimo-sculpture/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0852.jpgIMG_0852A scowling Caracallahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0848.jpgIMG_0848https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0844.jpgIMG_0844A particularly lovely low relief of a woman in a flowing dress caressing the head of a goathttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0832.jpgIMG_0832The wise Marcus Aureliushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0846.jpgIMG_0846Medusahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0851.jpgIMG_0851The indomitable empress Julia Donnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0841.jpgIMG_0841A Discus Throwerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0819.jpgIMG_0819The Boxer at Resthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0839.jpgIMG_0839https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_0813.jpgIMG_0813Augustus, as Pontifex Maximus (a religious title -- a precursor of "pope")2022-05-14T21:57:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/05/08/hamasei-like-an-old-friend/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_7204.jpegIMG_7204A subtly sweet desserthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hamasei-img_3271-copy-1.jpgHamasei IMG_3271 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_7202.jpegIMG_7202Our sushi platter that evening, fresh and well madehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_7199.jpegIMG_7199The delicious barbecued eggplanthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_7198.jpegIMG_7198Tempura shrimp and vegetableshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_7197.jpegIMG_7197Tofu in a savory saucehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_7196.jpegIMG_7196The amuse bouchehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/hamasei-img_3271-copy.jpgHamasei IMG_3271 copy2022-05-10T02:45:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/04/28/the-stumbling-stones/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/img_0640.jpgIMG_0640https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_9331.jpgIMG_9331https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0734.jpgIMG_0734https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0739.jpgIMG_0739https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0737.jpgIMG_0737https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0735.jpgIMG_0735https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0733.jpgIMG_07332022-04-28T11:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/04/06/guest-interview-a-college-students-take-on-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7676-e1649273163796.jpegIMG_7676And, the vealhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7673.jpegIMG_7673Roman artichokeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7672-e1649273111918.jpegIMG_7672Pasta at Nino ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7617.jpegIMG_7617Another Solo + Diamond, in (obviously) Garbatellahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7585.jpegIMG_7585Sten + Lex, on the same streethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_6531-copy.jpgIMG_6531 copyLa Pieta - still breathtaking every timehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7654.jpegIMG_7654The boys, at the Protestant Cemetery in Testacciohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7582.jpegIMG_7582JB Rock's Wall of Famehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7716.jpegIMG_7716Celebration of the Stations of the Cross during our visit to St. Peter's Basilicahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_7564.jpegIMG_7564Street art2022-04-11T15:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/03/31/borromini-versus-bernini-at-palazzo-barberini/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0412.jpgIMG_0412Looking up Borromini's curved staircase ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0413.jpgIMG_0413... everything curves and spins ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0420.jpgIMG_0420https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0415.jpgIMG_0415... and twists some more ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0416.jpgIMG_0416... and twists ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0418.jpgIMG_0418... graceful and fluidhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0376.jpgIMG_0376Bernini's staircase, with cool shapeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0377.jpgIMG_0377... and handsome columns ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0375.jpgIMG_0375and more handsome columns2022-04-01T12:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/03/15/palazzo-barberini/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img_0421_.jpgPalazzo_Barberini_0421_https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0388.jpgIMG_0388Urban VIII, by Berninihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0385.jpgIMG_0385Mary Magdalene, by Piero di Cosimohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0384.jpgIMG_0384Stefano VI Colonna, by Bronzinohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/800px-michelangelo_merisi_da_caravaggio_-_st_john_the_baptist_-_wga04154.jpeg800px-Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_St_John_the_Baptist_-_WGA04154Saint John the Baptisthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0399.jpgIMG_0399Saint Francis in Meditationhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0423.jpgIMG_0423A big Barberini beehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0398.jpgIMG_0398Narcissushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0383.jpgIMG_0383La Fornarinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0397.jpgIMG_0397Judith and her servant, in close-up2022-03-15T17:16:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/02/17/mater-terrae/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0640.jpegIMG_0640Molten chocolate cakehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0637-e1641832371479.jpegIMG_0637Delicious eggplanthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0636-e1641832357165.jpegIMG_0636The enormous "focaccia" - enough for a meal if you also have another appetizerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0632.jpegIMG_0632The amuse bouchehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0639.jpegIMG_0639https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0638-e1641397577339.jpegIMG_0638https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0633.jpegIMG_0633https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0635.jpegIMG_0635Restaurant interior2022-02-17T02:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/02/13/piazza-margana/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0428.jpgIMG_0428The Margana palazzo and tower todayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/the_destruction_of_ancient_rome_-_a_sketch_of_the_history_of_the_monuments_1901_14757618046.jpegThe_destruction_of_ancient_Rome_-_a_sketch_of_the_history_of_the_monuments_(1901)_(14757618046)The Margana palazzo and tower, early 1900'shttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/piazza-venezia-img_3649.jpgPiazza Venezia IMG_3649The traffic cop on the podium, in actionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/piazza-venezia-img_3653.jpgPiazza Veneziahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0432.jpgIMG_0432Palazzo Maccarani Odescalchihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0433.jpgIMG_0433The Margana tower, todayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0424.jpgIMG_0424Love the decorative bits around the garage doorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0426.jpgIMG_0426An ancient column embedded in the wallhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0429.jpgIMG_04292022-02-13T19:59:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/01/22/circo-massimo-farmers-market/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6853.jpgIMG_6853https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0321-1.jpgIMG_0321The interior of Sant’Anastasia al Palatino, with its gorgeous ceilinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6866.jpegIMG_6866Seafood galorehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6863-1.jpegIMG_6863Produce galorehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6845.jpegIMG_6845Entrance to the markethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0359.jpgIMG_0359Cheese, cheese, and more cheesehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0354.jpgIMG_0354https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0348.jpgIMG_0348Lunch!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0334.jpgIMG_0334The interior, light and brighthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_0312.jpgIMG_0312Close-up of the ceiling2022-01-22T17:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2022/01/09/colline-emiliane/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_7225.jpgIMG_7225Colline Emilianehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6988.jpegIMG_6988Yummy dessert, rich and eggyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6983-e1641396441427.jpegIMG_6983Vegetableshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6980.jpegIMG_6980The beef dishhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6972.jpegIMG_6972Our appetizer, a heaping helping of hamhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6975.jpegIMG_6975Tortellini in brothhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_6978.jpegIMG_69782022-01-09T20:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/12/22/surprises-on-via-veneto/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0799.jpgIMG_0799https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0791.jpgIMG_0791A silver suitcase, running to catch a flight?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0798.jpgIMG_0798Big Mutter, a giant orange hot water bottle with legshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0788.jpgIMG_0788A giant boothttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0785.jpgIMG_0785More pink guyshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0789.jpgIMG_0789A giant orange boxing glovehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0787.jpgIMG_0787A pink half-manhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0790.jpgIMG_0790https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0800.jpgIMG_0800https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img_0793.jpgIMG_0793A silver refrigerator2021-12-22T22:03:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/12/08/breakfast-with-banksy/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0580.jpgIMG_0580"Dismaland," a poster for a satyrical amusement park created by Banksyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0572-1.jpgIMG_0572https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0554.jpgIMG_0554Inside the Cloisters, which have a cool plastic cover kind of shaped like a cyclonehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0558-2.jpgIMG_0558https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0579.jpgIMG_0579https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0612.jpgIMG_0612Appropriately enough, at the end of the exhibithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0599.jpgIMG_0599Christ with Shopping Bags" - somehow very appropriate in Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0592.jpgIMG_0592In this print titled "Morons," where the Van Gogh flowers would be it reads "I can't believe you morons a actually buy this shit"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0591.jpgIMG_0591Close up, Girl with Balloonhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0589.jpgIMG_0589"Turf War," a famous image of Winston Churchill, apparently inspired by when a protester put some turf on the statue of Churchill2021-12-08T02:20:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/11/23/the-torlonia-marbles/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_6798.jpegView from the Capitolinehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0280.jpgIMG_0280A Caryatidhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0300.jpgIMG_0300Statue of a seated philosopher, known as the Cesarini Chrysippushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0298.jpgIMG_0298An Athena -- obviously restored, no ancient work is this complete!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0299.jpgIMG_0299A Venus (one of many)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0293.jpgIMG_0293The ancient goat, restored by Berninihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0285.jpgIMG_0285Wow ... sculpture after sculpturehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0283.jpgIMG_0283Apollo holding the skin of Marsyashttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0282.jpgIMG_0282A warrior (one of two depicted engaged in battle)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img_0273.jpgIMG_0273Bas-relief of the View of the Portus Augusti, color still visible on the carving of flames at the top2021-11-23T22:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/02/09/finding-saint-apollonia/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0069.jpegIMG_0069Inside Santa Maria in Trasteverehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0095-2.jpegIMG_0095 2Yep, it's her!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/568px-the_virgin_and_child_with_saints_apollonia_and_sebastian_tempera_on_panel_painting_by_davide_ghirlandaio_1490-1499_philadelphia_museum_of_art.jpg568px-'The_Virgin_and_Child_with_Saints_Apollonia_and_Sebastian',_tempera_on_panel_painting_by_Davide_Ghirlandaio,_1490-1499,_Philadelphia_Museum_of_ArtThe Virgin and Child with Saints Apollonia and Sebastian by Davide Ghirlandaiohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/448px-saint_apollonia.jpg448px-Saint_ApolloniaSaint Apollonia, one of the statues on the top of St. Peter's Basilicahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0096.jpegIMG_0096https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0092.jpegIMG_0092https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0074.jpegIMG_0074https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0113.jpegIMG_0113https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0120.jpegIMG_0120https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0121.jpegIMG_01212021-11-13T16:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/10/30/profondo-rosso-for-halloween/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_0522.jpgIMG_0522Yes, it looks like me in this one, but it's not (I swear)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_0526.jpgIMG_0526Eeeeek!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_0517.jpgIMG_0517https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_0530.jpgIMG_0530Being Italian, of course she is blond, and toplesshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_0536.jpgIMG_0536Alien autopsy?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_0540.jpgIMG_0540You can take this cute little guy home with you, from the store ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_0541.jpgIMG_0541No explanation neededhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_0529.jpgIMG_0529A corpse bathed in green light2021-10-30T19:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/09/12/santa-cecilia-in-trastevere/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trastevere-st-cecila-img_1004-copy.jpgTrastevere St Cecila IMG_1004 copyThe sculpture of Saint Cecilia, at the high altarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trastevere-st-cecila-img_1000-copy.jpgTrastevere St Cecila IMG_1000 copyInside the church, at the high altarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trastevere-st-cecila-img_0989-copy.jpgTrastevere St Cecila IMG_0989 copyA corner of the porticohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trastevere-st-cecila-img_0966-copy.jpgTrastevere St Cecila IMG_0966 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/chiesa_e_monastero_di_s._cecilia_-_plate_145_-_giuseppe_vasi.jpgChiesa_e_Monastero_di_S._Cecilia_-_Plate_145_-_Giuseppe_Vasihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trastevere-st-cecila-img_0999-copy.jpgTrastevere St Cecila IMG_0999 copyClose-up of the amazing apse mosaichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pinturicchio_volta_della_cappella_ponziani_in_santa_cecilia_in_trastevere_1485-1490_ca._02.jpgPinturicchio,_volta_della_cappella_ponziani_in_santa_cecilia_in_trastevere,_1485-1490_ca.,_02https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/800px-pinturicchio_last_judgement_03.jpg800px-Pinturicchio_Last_Judgement_03https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trastevere-st-cecila-img_0976-copy.jpgTrastevere St Cecila IMG_0976 copyApproaching the church, through the courtyardhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trastevere-st-cecila-img_1002-copy.jpgTrastevere St Cecila IMG_1002 copyThe marble sculpture of Saint Cecilia, by Modern2021-10-03T19:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/10/03/berninis-bridge/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_5994-copy.jpgIMG_5994 copyAngel with the Inscription (I.N.R.E.)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sant_andrea_delle_fratte_rome.jpegSant_Andrea_delle_Fratte_RomeSant'Andrea delle Fratte, our local churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_5985-copy-1.jpgIMG_5985 copyAngel with the Whipshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/tiber-ponte-santangelo_1421-copy-2.jpgTiber Ponte Sant'Angelo_1421 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_5992-copy.jpgIMG_5992 copyAngel with the Garmant and Dicehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_5995-copy.jpgIMG_5995 copyAngel with the Crosshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_5997-copy.jpgIMG_5997 copyAngel with the Spongehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_5998-copy.jpgIMG_5998 copyAngel with the Lancehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_5991-copy.jpgIMG_5991 copyAngel with the Nailshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_5990-copy.jpgIMG_5990 copyAngel with the Crown of Thorns2021-10-03T19:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/09/30/castel-santangelo/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/450px-angel_by_raffaello_da_montelupo_pic1.jpg450px-Angel_by_Raffaello_da_Montelupo_pic1The earlier version of the archangel Michael, now in the courtyardhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/castel_santangelo_48500553861.jpgCastel_Sant'Angelo_(48500553861)Cannons and stacks of cannon balls - very cool!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/castel_santangelo_48500706377.jpgCastel_Sant'Angelo_(48500706377)A ceiling in one of the papal rooms in the fortresshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/castel-santangelo_-_nolli_plan.jpgCastel-Sant'Angelo_-_nolli_planFrom the famous Noli map, showing how the Mausoleum was converted to a fortresshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/alexander_brullov_-_castel_santangelo_in_rome.jpgAlexander_Brullov_-_Castel_Sant'Angelo_in_Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/castel-santangelo_1434-copy.jpgCastel Sant'Angelo_1434 copyThe ramparts, with more cannons and suchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_5986-copy.jpgIMG_5986 copyApproaching the Castel by dayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/castel-santangelo-statue-archangel-michael_1440-copy.jpgCastel Sant'Angelo statue Archangel Michael_1440 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/castel-santangelo_1429-copy.jpgCastel Sant'Angelo_1429 copyLooking up at the round structure, todayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_6003-copy.jpgIMG_6003 copy2021-09-30T02:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/08/15/ferragosto/2021-09-18T22:15:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/08/29/how-much-cash-to-bring/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_4462.jpegIMG_4462One of the currency exchangers available at Piazza di Spagnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4456.jpegNeighborhood money exchange2021-08-29T21:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/07/15/the-niccoline-chapel/2021-07-15T23:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/06/29/feast-of-saints-peter-and-paul/2021-06-29T01:51:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/06/13/big-man-on-campus-martius-constantine-the-great/2021-06-13T18:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/05/30/the-arch-of-constantine/2021-05-30T22:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/05/15/piazza-farnese/2021-05-15T13:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/04/29/romes-green-spaces/2021-04-29T14:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/04/15/the-church-of-saint-peter-in-chains/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/san-pietro-in-vincoli-dsc_0253-copy.jpgSan Pietro in Vincoli DSC_0253 copy2021-04-15T12:26:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/03/28/the-dreadful-stairs/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_7526-copy-1.jpgIMG_7526 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_7526-copy.jpgIMG_7526 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_7526.jpgIMG_7526The stars under the ivy ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/vannozza_cattanei.jpgVannozza_CattaneiThe clever and lovely Vannozza dei Cattaneihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/761px-bardin_tullia.jpg761px-Bardin_TulliaTullia Drives over the Corpse of her Father by Jean Bardin, circa 17652021-03-28T16:06:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/03/13/the-totally-squished-church-of-santa-barbara-dei-librai/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_5935-copy-2.jpgIMG_5935 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_5935-copy-1.jpgIMG_5935 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_5925-copy.jpgIMG_5925 copyInside the churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_5929-copy.jpgIMG_5929 copyThe painted ceilinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_5933-copy.jpgIMG_5933 copyPeople hanging out on the church stepshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_5934-copy.jpgIMG_5934 copyThe sweet depiction of Saint Barbara, over the front doorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/450px-parione_-_santa_barbara_dei_librai_-_crocifissione_01440.jpg450px-Parione_-_Santa_Barbara_dei_Librai_-_crocifissione_01440A three-dimensional crucifix, before a painting that incorporates it into the scenehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/800px-parione_-_santa_barbara_dei_librai_-_madonna_con_san_giovanni_e_arcangelo_michele_01443.jpg800px-Parione_-_Santa_Barbara_dei_Librai_-_Madonna_con_san_Giovanni_e_Arcangelo_Michele_01443A particularly lovely painting of the Madonna and Childhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/359px-jacopo_tintoretto_-_sts_helen_and_barbara_adoring_the_cross_-_wga22434.jpg359px-Jacopo_Tintoretto_-_Sts_Helen_and_Barbara_Adoring_the_Cross_-_WGA22434Tintoretto's Saints Helen and Barbara Adoring the Crosshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/santa_barbara_dei_librari_incisione.jpgSanta_Barbara_dei_Librari_(incisione)2021-03-13T16:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/02/27/parco-savello-the-garden-of-oranges/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2016-05-15-11.12.03-copy-2-1.jpg2016-05-15 11.12.03 copy 2https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2016-05-15-11.10.26-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.10.26 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2016-05-15-11.11.02-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.11.02 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2016-05-15-11.15.21-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.15.21 copyThe apse of Santa Sabina, seen from the Parco Savello.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2016-05-15-11.16.02-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.16.02 copyThe Mask, which drools into the tub belowhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2016-05-15-11.15.54-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.15.54 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2016-05-15-11.07.02-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.07.02 copy2021-02-27T21:25:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/02/14/the-magic-of-the-trevi-fountain/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/lauraanddavid.jpgLauraandDavidhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trevi-img_0231-copy.jpgTrevi IMG_0231 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trevi-img_0257.jpg-copy.jpgTrevi IMG_0257.JPG copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/fontana_di_trevi_bw_1.jpgFontana_di_Trevi_BW_1https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_6030-copy.jpgIMG_6030 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trevi-dsc_0006-copy.jpgTrevi DSC_0006 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trevi-dsc_0008-copy.jpgTrevi DSC_0008 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/three_coins.jpgThree_coins2021-02-14T12:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/01/29/spqr/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_6835-copy.jpgIMG_6835 copyThe inscription on the Arch of Titushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_6834-copy.jpgIMG_6834 copyThe Arch of Titus, above (appropriately enough) an olive treehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/448px-affissione_scritta_dagli_attacchini_romani.jpg448px-Affissione_scritta_dagli_attacchini_romaniPoster standhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/spqr-copy.jpgSPQR copySPQR on a manhole coverhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_5534-copy.jpgIMG_5534 copyThe sign for Monte Testacciohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/fountain-via-margutta-img_2983-copy.jpgFountain Via Margutta IMG_2983 copyThe Fountain of the Artists on Via Marguttahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/fountain-of-the-books-img_3063-copy.jpgFountain of the books IMG_3063 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/apartment-walter-scott-img_2848-copy.jpgapartment Walter Scott IMG_2848 copyWalter Scott memorialhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/spqr-dsc_0203-copy.jpgSPQR DSC_0203 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/spqr-img_1329-copy.jpgSPQR IMG_1329 copyA particularly pretty and modern "SPQR"2021-01-29T14:47:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2021/01/15/augustus-timepiece/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_8494-copy.jpgIMG_8494 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_8492-copy.jpgIMG_8492 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herehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/raccolta_di_vedute_antiche_e_moderne_della_citta_di_roma_e_sue_vicinanze_-_no-nb_digibok_2013121924013-31.jpgRaccolta_di_vedute_antiche_e_moderne_della_città_di_Roma_e_sue_vicinanze_-_no-nb_digibok_2013121924013-31Engraving of the Piazza Monte Citorio, showing the obeliskhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/obelisco_cavato_di_sotto_le_ruine_-_plate_021ii_-_giuseppe_vasi.jpgObelisco_cavato_di_sotto_le_ruine_-_Plate_021ii_-_Giuseppe_VasiEngraving showing the moving of the obelisk, by Vasi, c. 19742021-01-15T19:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/12/20/the-interesting-piazza-santignazio/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pza_ignazio.pngPza_Ignaziohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2017-04-09-10.30.44-copy.jpg2017-04-09 10.30.44 copyOne of the buildings on the sides, with a "hidden" side streethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/santignazio_1900-copy.jpgSant'Ignazio_1900 copyInterior of Sant'Ignaziohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/757px-sant_ignazio_-_facciata_2820_st.jpg757px-Sant_ignazio_-_facciata_2820_stThe Baroque facade of the churchhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/santignazio_1889-copy.jpgSant'Ignazio_1889 copyClose-up of the magnificent ceiling, painted by Andrea Pozzohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2017-04-09-10.29.18-copy.jpg2017-04-09 10.29.18 copyOne of the side buildings, with its smaller but even more pronounced curvehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/santignazio_1894-copy.jpgSant'Ignazio_1894 copyThe main altarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/collegio_romano_e_s._ignazio_-_plate_163_-_giuseppe_vasi.jpgCollegio_Romano_e_S._Ignazio_-_Plate_163_-_Giuseppe_VasiA print of Piazza Sant'Iganzio by the great engraver Giuseppe Vasi https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/santignazio_1893-copy.jpgSant'Ignazio_1893 copyThe completely flat "dome"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/800px-piazza_sant_ignazio_sin.jpg800px-Piazza_sant_ignazio_sinThe palazzo directly across from the 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Barberinihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/guido_reni_-_laurora_di_guido_reni_nelle_arti_decorative.jpgGuido_Reni_-_L'Aurora_di_Guido_Reni_nelle_arti_decorative2020-12-13T17:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/11/27/remembering-daria/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/daria_in_bed.jpgDaria_in_bedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/daria_dcjr.jpgDaria_dcjrhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/daria_nicolodi.jpgDaria_Nicolodihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/daria_nicolodi_74-b-2.jpgDaria_Nicolodi_74-bhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/daria_nicolodi_74-b-1.jpgDaria_Nicolodi_74-b2020-11-28T03:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/11/15/villa-malta/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/villa_malta_on_pincio_by_domenico_quaglio_1830-1.jpgVilla_Malta_on_Pincio_by_Domenico_Quaglio_1830https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-3-7.jpegimageScene from the Villa Malta by Johan Christian Dahl, 1821https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-3-6.jpegimageView of the Quirinale from Villa Malta, Johann Georg Von Dillis, 1818https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-3-5.jpegimageView of St. Peter's from Villa Malta, Johann Georg von Dillis, 1818https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-3-3.jpegimagehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/800px-sgifford-villa_malta_rome_1879.jpg800px-SGifford-Villa_Malta_Rome_1879https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-3-2.jpegimageFranz Ludwig Catel, Villa Malta in Rome (Pincio)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-3-1.jpegimagehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-2.jpegimagehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-1.jpegimage2020-11-15T19:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/10/31/the-order-of-malta-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/450px-palazzo_magistrale_rome_1.jpg450px-Palazzo_Magistrale_(Rome)_1Magisterial Palace of the Knights of Malta. Photo courtesy of Giorgio Minguzzihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2016-05-15-11.39.02-copy-1.jpg2016-05-15 11.39.02 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2016-05-15-11.38.52-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.38.52 copyThe walls encircling the Priory of Malta villa, decorated with coats of arms with the Maltese cross and obeliskshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/800px-ripa_-_aventino_-_cavalieridimalta.jpg800px-Ripa_-_Aventino_-_CavalieriDiMaltahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2016-05-15-11.39.08-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.39.08 copyPeople standing in line to look through the gate's keyholehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/428px-knights_of_malta_keyhole_aventine_hill_rome_cropped.jpg428px-Knights_of_Malta_Keyhole,_Aventine_Hill,_Rome_(cropped)The magical view through the keyholehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2016-05-15-11.39.02-copy.jpg2016-05-15 11.39.02 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/santa_maria_del_priorato_roma1.jpgSanta_Maria_del_Priorato_(Roma)1Santa Maria del Priorato2020-10-31T18:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/08/17/the-legend-of-pope-joan/2020-10-21T13:58:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/10/11/the-house-of-the-knights-of-rhodes/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/imperial-forums-img_3677-copy.jpgImperial Forums IMG_3677 copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/800px-romatraianaterrazzadomizianea.jpg800px-RomaTraianaTerrazzaDomizianeaThe building is graced by five massive arches on the loggiahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/casa_dei_cavalieri_di_rodi_2013.jpgCasa_dei_Cavalieri_di_Rodi,_2013And, looking up from the Imperial Forahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mercati_di_traiano_torre_delle_milizie_casa_dei_cavalieri_di_rodi_.jpgMercati_di_Traiano,_Torre_delle_Milizie,_Casa_dei_Cavalieri_di_Rodi_Looking from Via deo For Imperialihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/view_from_mercato_di_traiano-3.jpgView_from_Mercato_di_Traiano-3Looking over from the Mercato di Traiano2020-10-11T19:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/about-2/2020-09-27T19:41:13+00:00weekly0.6https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/09/27/the-pines-of-rome/2020-09-27T19:16:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/09/15/the-pincian-hill/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_5695-1.jpgIMG_5695https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_5686.jpgIMG_5686https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_5690.jpgIMG_5690https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_5695.jpgIMG_5695View from the Pinciohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_5687.jpgIMG_5687Bust of Antonio Canova, found in the Pincio Gardenshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_5694.jpgIMG_5694https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gheorghe_tattarescu_-_terasa_de_pe_monte_pincio.jpgGheorghe_Tattarescu_-_Terasa_de_pe_Monte_PincioGheorghe Tattarescu, Terasa de pe Monte Pincio, circa 1850https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/800px-p.c._skovgaard_udsigt_fra_monte_pincio_i_rom_1861_0176nmk_nivaagaards_malerisamling.jpgP. C. Skovgaard, Udsigt fra Monte Pincio i Rom, 1861P. C. Skovgaard, Udsigt fra Monte Pincio i Rom, 1861https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/800px-ferdinand_heilbuth_-_pincian_hill.jpg800px-Ferdinand_Heilbuth_-_Pincian_HillFerdinand Heilbuth, the Pincian Hill, circa 1845-1870.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/800px-st_peters_rome_by_sir_charles_lock_eastlake_1825._drawing._national_portrait_gallery_london.jpg800px-St_Peters,_Rome_by_Sir_Charles_Lock_Eastlake,_1825._Drawing._National_Portrait_Gallery,_London2020-09-15T22:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/08/29/livia-empress-of-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tiberius_nycarlsberg01.jpgTiberius_NyCarlsberg01The young Tiberiushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/800px-rom-villa-livia.jpg800px-Rom-Villa-Liviahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/583px-livia_drusila_-_paestum_m.a.n._madrid_02.jpg583px-Livia_Drusila_-_Paestum_(M.A.N._Madrid)_02https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/322px-livia_drusila_-_paestum_m.a.n._madrid_01.jpg322px-Livia_Drusila_-_Paestum_(M.A.N._Madrid)_01Livia, in all her heavily draped modestyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/397px-livia_drusilla_louvre_ma1233.jpg397px-Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233The famous bust of a mature Livia, with her hair tightly pulled back2020-08-29T21:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/08/09/august-is-for-augustus/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/463px-cola_dellamatrice_-_death_and_assumption_of_mary_-_google_art_project.jpg463px-Cola_dell'Amatrice_-_Death_and_Assumption_of_Mary_-_Google_Art_Projecthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/415px-augustus_bevilacqua_glyptothek_munich_317.jpg415px-Augustus_Bevilacqua_Glyptothek_Munich_317https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/433px-camp_maxime_du_-_nubien_zeno_fotografie.jpg433px-Camp,_Maxime_du_-_Nubien_(Zeno_Fotografie)Augustus depicted at the Temple of Kalabsha, in Egypthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/400px-statue-augustus.jpg400px-Statue-AugustusThe famous statue of Augustus (but be was never that buff!)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/270px-august_labicana_massimo_inv56230.jpg270px-August_Labicana_Massimo_Inv562302020-08-09T15:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/07/26/julius-caesars-legacy/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/456px-cesare_borgia_duke_of_valentinois.jpg456px-Cesare_Borgia,_Duke_of_ValentinoisCesare Borgiahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/roman-calendar.pngRoman-calendarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/547px-caesarion.jpg547px-CaesarionHead of Caesarionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/julius_caesar_crater_as15-m-2565.jpgJulius_Caesar_crater_AS15-M-2565The Julius Caesar craterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/800px-ariadaeuscraterloc.jpg800px-AriadaeusCraterLOChttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/450px-caesars_palace_-_rear.jpg450px-Caesars_Palace_-_RearCaesar's Palace. Las Vegashttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gaius_iulius_caesar_vatican.jpgGaius_Iulius_Caesar_Vaticanhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/800px-forum_romanum_site_where_julius_caesar_was_cremated.jpg800px-Forum_Romanum_Site_Where_Julius_Caesar_Was_CrematedFlowers left one the altar to the deified Julius Caesarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/800px-assassination_of_julius_caesar_met_dp808060.jpg800px-Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar_MET_DP808060The Assassination of Julius Caesar2020-07-26T16:41:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/07/14/july-is-for-julius/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/399px-forum_romanum_curia_iulia_bw_1.jpg399px-Forum_Romanum_Curia_Iulia_BW_1Curia Julia, fronthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/forum-of-caesar-img_3698.jpgForum of Caesar IMG_3698The Remains of the Temple devoted to Casear's"ancestor," the Goddess Venushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/roman-forum-dsc_0092.jpgRoman Forum DSC_0092Curia Julia, side viewhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/forum-of-caesar-img_0637.jpgForum of Caesar IMG_0637The Forum of Casearhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/roman-forum-julius-caesar-dsc_0110.jpgRoman Forum Julius Caesar DSC_0110Remains of the Templehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6891.jpgIMG_6891Temple of the Divine Juliushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800px-vincenzo_camuccini_-_la_morte_di_cesare.jpg800px-Vincenzo_Camuccini_-_La_morte_di_CesareThe Death of Julius Caesar by Vicenzo Camuccini2020-07-14T02:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/06/28/the-kings-of-italy/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tomb_vittorio_emanuele_ii_pantheon_rome_italy.jpgTomb_Vittorio_Emanuele_II,_Pantheon,_Rome,_ItalyTomb of Vittotio Emanuel Ihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/800px-umberto_tomb_pantheon.jpg800px-Umberto_tomb_pantheonTomb of Umberto I, in the Pantheonhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/king_umberto_i_of_italy_and_queen_margherita_of_italy.jpgKing_Umberto_I_of_Italy_and_Queen_Margherita_of_ItalyKing Umberto I, and his queenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/principi_di_piemonte.jpgPrincipi_di_PiemonteUmberto II and his queenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/monument_victor_emmanuel_ii_right_profile_rome_italy.jpgMonument_Victor_Emmanuel_II_right_profile,_Rome,_Italyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/piazza-venezia-img_0735-copy.jpgPiazza Venezia IMG_0735 copyThe Vittorianohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/600px-victor_emanuel_ii_first_king_of_italy.jpg600px-Victor_Emanuel_II,_first_king_of_ItalyKing Victor Emmanuel II, in all his finery2020-06-28T19:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/05/31/memories-of-moma-and-the-mille-miglia/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9318.jpegIMG_9318Pastry with cod and blueberryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9325.jpegIMG_9325Garden Vegetables salad from Momahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9328.jpegIMG_9328Our delicious and healthy desserthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9327.jpegIMG_9327My octopushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9326.jpegIMG_9326Laura's pastahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9324.jpegIMG_9324https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9319.jpegIMG_9319Cheese ice cream (really!) sandwicheshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9320.jpegIMG_9320Amuse bouche galorehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9323.jpegIMG_9323Tuna tartare with asparagushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9321.jpegIMG_9321Inside Moma2020-05-31T12:12:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/05/14/la-lupa-the-she-wolf-of-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/730px-roman_she-wolf_romulus_remus_replica_capitole_rome_italy.jpg730px-Roman_She-wolf,_Romulus,_Remus,_replica_Capitole,_Rome,_ItalyShe forever stands on her columnhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/278px-as_roma_logo_2017.png278px-AS_Roma_logo_(2017)The badge of AS Romahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1960_summer_olympics_logo.png1960_Summer_Olympics_logoThe She-wolf on the 1960 Olympics https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/la-lupa-spqr-img_1459.jpgLa Lupa SPQR IMG_1459La Laura, under SPQRhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/777px-altar-to-mars-in-palazzo-massimo.jpg777px-Altar to Mars in Palazzo Massimohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_7623.jpgIMG_7623La Lupa, on the side of the Palazzo Senatoriohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_7622.jpgIMG_7622https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_7620.jpgIMG_7620La Lupa, in all her majestyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/800px-palazzo_senatorio_rome_2011_1.jpg800px-Palazzo_senatorio_Rome_2011_1The Palazzo Sanatorio. Bear left to find La Lupa.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/800px-pompeia1a.jpg800px-Pompeia1aAn ancient Roman coin, with one side depicting the She-Wolf, Remus and Romulus2020-05-16T02:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/10/16/villa-farnesina/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/800px-raphaels_triumph_of_galatea_03.jpg800px-Raphael's_Triumph_of_Galatea_032020-04-30T01:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/04/29/raphael-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/youtube_language_trans.pngyoutube_language_transHow to set the language of a YouTube video's closed captionshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/800px-raphael_the_sibyls.jpg800px-Raphael_The_SibylsThe Sybyls Receiving Angelic Instructionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/344px-raffaello_profeta_isaia.jpg344px-Raffaello,_profeta_isaiaThe Prophet Isiahhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/580px-raffaello_pala_baglioni_deposizione-1.jpg580px-Raffaello,_pala_baglioni,_deposizioneClose-up of The Deposition of Christhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/580px-raffaello_pala_baglioni_deposizione.jpg580px-Raffaello,_pala_baglioni,_deposizionehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/425px-raphaelportraityoungman.jpg425px-RaphaelportraityoungmanPortrait of a Manhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/447px-raffaello_sanzio_-_theological_virtues_-_wga18669.jpg447px-Raffaello_Sanzio_-_Theological_Virtues_-_WGA18669Faith, Hope, and Charity, a lovely, smaller work in the Vatican Museumshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/460px-raffael_046fxd.jpg460px-Raffael_046FXDhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/800px-raphaels_triumph_of_galatea_03.jpg800px-Raphael's_Triumph_of_Galatea_03Close-up of Galateahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/456px-galatea_raphael.jpg456px-Galatea_RaphaelThe Triumph of Galatea2020-04-30T01:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/04/06/raphael-500-years-later/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/800px-4_estancia_del_sello_el_parnaso.jpg800px-4_Estancia_del_Sello_(El_Parnaso)The Parnassushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/758px-sanzio_raffaello_-_disputa_del_sacramento_-_1508-1511_-_hi_res.jpg758px-Sanzio,_Raffaello_-_Disputa_del_Sacramento_-_1508-1511_-_hi_resDispute on the Blessed Sacramenthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/517px-sala_di_costantino_veduta_01.jpg517px-Sala_di_costantino,_veduta_01Sala di Constantinohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/781px-raffael_053.jpg781px-Raffael_053Ceiling in the Raphael Roomshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/800px-raphael_-_the_annunciation_oddi_altar.jpg800px-Raphael_-_The_Annunciation_(Oddi_altar)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/800px-the_adoration_of_the_magi_-_rafael.jpg800px-The_Adoration_of_the_Magi_-_RafaelAdoration of the Magihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/396px-madonnafoligno.jpg396px-MadonnaFolignoThe Madonna of Folignohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/365px-palaoddiraffaello.jpg365px-PalaOddiRaffaelloThe Coronation of the Virginhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/398px-transfiguration_raphael.jpg398px-Transfiguration_RaphaelThe Transfigurationhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/425px-la_fornarina_por_rafael.jpg425px-La_Fornarina,_por_RafaelLa Fornanina2020-04-06T11:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/11/18/when-in-rome-do-as-the-romans-do-gagnam-style/2020-03-27T13:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2020/01/11/the-mausoleum-of-augustus-and-the-fascist-piazza-part-1/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9830.jpegIMG_9830This is as close as you can get ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9824.jpegIMG_9824An overpass, which, is you look closer ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9823.jpegIMG_9823... is marked with fasces and the date he date "A XIX" which refers to the 19th year of the Fascist Era, 1941.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9768.jpegIMG_9768One of many artistic touches throughout the piazza.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9763.jpegIMG_9763One of the major Fascist-era buildings of the piazza.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9755.jpegIMG_9755A bit of the Era Pacis visible behind the Mausoleum.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9803.jpegIMG_9803https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9816.jpegIMG_9816The auditorium addition being demolished.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9809.jpegIMG_9809Copy of a painting when the Mausoleum was used as an amphitheater.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_9804.jpegIMG_9804It also went through a time when it was turned into a garden.2020-01-11T23:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/12/15/street-art-is-everywhere-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_0067-1.jpgIMG_0067https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_9362.jpgIMG_9362Small stencil of a girl hugging a bomb, a la Banksyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_9627.jpgIMG_9627Another large muralhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_9628.jpgIMG_9628Large muralhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_9827.jpgIMG_9827Stencil, "WANTED."https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_0037.jpgIMG_0037This one is interesting ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_0039.jpgIMG_0039https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_0040.jpgIMG_0040https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_0043.jpgIMG_0043Sperm. Not a fan of this one, since the underlying signage is obliterated.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_0051.jpgIMG_0051A giant pink rubber ducky2019-12-15T13:25:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/12/01/per-me-giulio-terrinoni/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9361.jpgIMG_9361More treats at the very end ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9359.jpgIMG_9359Sun and moonhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9358.jpgIMG_9358https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9357.jpgIMG_9357Pigeon five wayshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9354.jpgIMG_9354Grouper vignarolahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9353.jpgIMG_9353The "sea carbonara"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9352.jpgIMG_9352https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9351.jpgIMG_9351Part of the raw fish selectionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9350.jpgIMG_9350https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9349.jpgIMG_9349More raw fish2019-12-01T20:18:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/11/09/not-just-your-usual-pharmacy/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9213.jpgIMG_9213The little pharmacy, todayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9212.jpgIMG_9212Urn decoration on the cabinetryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9210.jpgIMG_9210Giant red porphyry marble urn on the counterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9211.jpgIMG_9211The urns and boxes are little things of beautyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9208-1.jpgIMG_9208https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9209.jpgIMG_9209The massive cabinet at the end of the pharmacyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9207.jpgIMG_9207The dark wood cabinetry that filled the pharmacyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9206.jpgIMG_9206https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9204.jpgIMG_9204... above which is a Madonna and child, and what appears to be swordfish bills.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9205.jpgIMG_9205This box held "blood of the dragon."2019-11-09T20:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/10/31/campo-veranos-portraits/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9636-1.jpgIMG_9636An older monument, with more recent family members added inhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9676-1.jpgIMG_9676https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9651.jpgIMG_9651https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9664.jpgIMG_9664https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9672.jpgIMG_9672https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9669.jpgIMG_9669https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9658.jpgIMG_9658https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9654.jpgIMG_9654https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9649.jpgIMG_9649https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9637.jpgIMG_96372019-10-31T20:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/10/13/campo-verano-romes-beautiful-cemetery/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/750px-interno_del_cimitero_di_campo_verano.jpg750px-Interno_del_Cimitero_di_Campo_VeranoVistiors at Campo Verano, circa 1894https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/unadjustednonraw_thumb_10d0.jpgUNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_10d0Another shot of the covered gallerieshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9652.jpgIMG_9652A particularly attractive memorialhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9646.jpgIMG_9646Another beautiful monument in the gallerieshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/unadjustednonraw_thumb_10c9.jpgUNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_10c9https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9635.jpgIMG_9635A "street" lined with mausoleumshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9661.jpgIMG_9661https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9663.jpgIMG_9663While this one is more Neoclassicalhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9662.jpgIMG_9662This monument borrows heavily from the Renaissancehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_9656.jpgIMG_9656A melancholly angel2019-10-13T01:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/03/07/romes-beloved-barcaccia-the-old-boat/2019-08-18T20:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/08/10/romes-vending-machines/2019-08-10T13:38:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/07/24/il-goccetto-wine-and-oil/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9389.jpgIMG_9389Lunch!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9383.jpgIMG_9383Order at the barhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9390.jpgIMG_9390The quiet Sunday afternoon crowdhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9394.jpgIMG_9394The interior decoration -- all the art I needhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9342.jpgIMG_9342A very cool architectural feature on a nearby building, which we noted while drinking our wine outside https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9341.jpgIMG_9341Friday night, just after a bunch of people sitting on the steps lefthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9340.jpgIMG_9340People drinking in the street on a Friday nighthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_9398.jpgIMG_93982019-07-24T02:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/06/01/get-to-the-scala-santa-now/2019-06-19T11:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/05/31/palazzo-merulana/2019-06-01T00:48:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/05/04/some-rome-dos-and-donts/2019-05-04T20:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/03/05/rockin-the-roma-pass/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1854.jpgIMG_1854Napoleon himselfhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1770.jpgIMG_1770MACROhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1952.jpgIMG_1952Museo Bilottihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1976-e1393891101454.jpgIMG_1976Museo Pietro Canonicahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/castel-santangelo-img_0744.jpgCastel Sant'Angelo IMG_0744Castel Sant'Angelo -- one the tomb of Emperor Hadrian, now a papal fortress and residencehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_1939.jpgIMG_1939The Roma Pass kit2019-04-22T21:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/04/15/the-turtle-fountain/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/turtle-fountain-img_0390-copy.jpgTurtle fountain IMG_0390 copyThe beautiful ephebes ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/turtle-fountain-img_0384-copy.jpgTurtle fountain IMG_0384 copyHelp that little turtle ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/turtle-fountain-img_0385-copy.jpgTurtle fountain IMG_0385 copy... he definitely needs a boost!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/789px-molins_pompeo_-_die_piazza_mattei_mit_der_fontana_delle_tartarughe_zeno_fotografie.jpg789px-Molins,_Pompeo_-_Die_Piazza_Mattei_mit_der_Fontana_delle_Tartarughe_(Zeno_Fotografie)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/800px-fontana_di_piazza_mattei.jpg800px-Fontana_di_piazza_MatteiThe Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei, today ... https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/800px-fontana_delle_tartarughe.jpg800px-Fontana_delle_tartarughehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/800px-la_fontana_di_piazza_mattei_-_le_conchiglie_e_uno_dei_cartigli.jpg800px-La_fontana_di_piazza_Mattei_-_Le_conchiglie_e_uno_dei_cartiglihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/397px-fotothek_df_tg_0005280_architektur_5e_mechanik_5e_wasserfc3b6rderung_5e_wasserkunst_5e_springbrunnen.jpg397px-Fotothek_df_tg_0005280_Architektur_^_Mechanik_^_Wasserförderung_^_Wasserkunst_^_Springbrunnen1664 (!) German engraving of the fountains -- with nary a turtle in sight!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/turtle-fountain-img_0390.jpgTurtle fountain IMG_0390The graceful figures of the youths ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/turtle-fountain-img_0389.jpgTurtle fountain IMG_0389This gives you an idea of the overall composition ...2019-04-16T00:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/04/05/some-surprisingly-serene-paintings/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8383.jpgIMG_8383https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8402.jpgIMG_8402https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8401.jpgIMG_8401https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8398.jpgIMG_8398Mural close-uphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8399.jpgIMG_8399https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8397.jpgIMG_8397Mural close-uphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8400-1.jpgIMG_8400https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8395.jpgIMG_8395https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8394.jpgIMG_8394https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8396.jpgIMG_83962019-04-05T00:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/03/23/a-pink-palazzo-of-supersized-sculpture/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8392.jpgIMG_8392https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8377.jpgIMG_8377https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8378.jpgIMG_8378https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8379.jpgIMG_8379https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8380.jpgIMG_8380https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8381.jpgIMG_8381One of the few sculptures that felt like a portraithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8389.jpgIMG_8389https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8388.jpgIMG_8388https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8387.jpgIMG_8387https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_8386.jpgIMG_83862019-03-23T12:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/03/11/il-tino-is-great-if-you-can-find-it/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4209.jpgIMG_4209Il Tino, overlooking a small marinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4203.jpgIMG_4203Risotto with nettles and shrimphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4204.jpgIMG_4204Spaghetti alla bottargahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4205.jpgIMG_4205The “Castelfusano” kilometer: amberjack and wild boarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4208.jpgIMG_4208Red mullet fish, guanciale pork, cherry and celeriachttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4200.jpgIMG_4200Dim Sum with white aubergine, roasted prawns and fennel and lemon balm extracthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4198.jpgIMG_4198Tuna belly cured speck-style and tomatoes"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4195.jpgIMG_4195Amuse bouchehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_4197.jpgIMG_4197Aperitivo bollicine & "finger food"2019-03-11T13:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2019/01/26/modern-art-in-an-ancient-setting/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8568.jpgimg_8568The gigantic apple. close uphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8569.jpgimg_8569The first glimpse of the apple ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8562.jpgimg_8562In the underground area, this gives you an idea of the spacehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8566.jpgimg_8566In the underground area ... the shadows became part of the installation ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8560.jpgimg_8560https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8563.jpgimg_8563https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8559.jpgimg_8559https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8556.jpgimg_8556Recalling the ancient obelisks of Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8554.jpgimg_8554These claws coming out of the ground lines up with the three pieces of a broken column behind ithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_8533-1.jpgimg_8533Probably my favorite installation, people were really enjoying these2019-01-26T23:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/12/16/il-pagliaccio/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8851.jpgIMG_8851https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8845.jpgIMG_8845https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8844.jpgIMG_8844https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8846.jpgIMG_8846https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8852.jpgIMG_8852https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8847.jpgIMG_8847https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8843.jpgIMG_8843https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8842.jpgIMG_8842https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8840.jpgIMG_8840https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_8841.jpgIMG_88412018-12-16T13:58:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/12/09/what-happens-when-you-build-a-subway-line-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8733.jpgIMG_8733A particularly lovely bit of potteryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8727.jpgIMG_8727A sensual relief of a womanhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8735.jpgIMG_8735A female torso with graceful robeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8728.jpgIMG_8728A decorative roof tile - the house must have been pretty neat!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8726.jpgIMG_8726Oil lampshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8721.jpgIMG_8721Lots of water drainage systems and pipeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8722.jpgIMG_8722Seeds, pits, ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8723.jpgIMG_8723An ancient basket - still preserved enough so you can visualize what it looked likehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8715.jpgIMG_8715The sleek, cool new museum ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_8718.jpgIMG_87182018-12-15T19:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/03/26/the-obelisks-of-rome-part-iv/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/navona-img_0863.jpgNavona IMG_0863The Nile's head is covered ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/navona-img_0861.jpgNavona IMG_0861A palm tree bending in the windhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/navona-img_0860.jpgNavona IMG_0860The lion of Africa ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/navona-img_0859.jpgNavona IMG_0859https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5321.jpgIMG_5321The Danube ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/navona-img_0858.jpgNavona IMG_0858https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5865.jpgIMG_5865https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5884.jpgIMG_5884The obelisk of Piazza Navonahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5883.jpgIMG_5883The River Gangeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5882.jpgIMG_58822018-12-15T19:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/02/27/the-obelisks-of-rome-part-iii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/418px-dogali-obelisk.jpg418px-dogali-obeliskThe Dogali obelisk at the Baths of Diocletianhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_3753-copy.jpgimg_3753-copyThe obelisk at St. John Lateranhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/quirinale-dsc_0304-copy.jpgquirinale-dsc_0304-copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/385px-romaobeliscoquirinale.jpg385px-romaobeliscoquirinaleThe obelisk of the Quirinale, with the imposing statues of the Dioscurihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/673px-maggiore-obelisk.jpg673px-maggiore-obeliskThe obelisk behind Santa Maria Maggiore.2018-12-15T19:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/01/23/the-obelisks-of-rome-part-ii/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/st-peters-coppola-view-of-circle1-2010-sept-20.jpgst-peters-coppola-view-of-circle1-2010-sept-20St. Peter's Square, as seen from the cupola.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nero_circus.jpgnero_circusDrawing of the Circus of Nero (Pietro Santi Bartoli, 1699)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/anderson_roma_-_piazza_e_basilica_di_s-_pietro_-_roma.jpganderson_roma_-_piazza_e_basilica_di_s-_pietro_-_romahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/422px-fontana-obelisk.jpg422px-fontana-obeliskhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/375px-domenico_fontana_lowering_of_vatican_obelisk_rome_1586.jpg375px-domenico_fontana_lowering_of_vatican_obelisk_rome_15861590 depiction of the Lowering of the Vatican Obeliskhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1586_rome_obelisk_erection.jpg1586_rome_obelisk_erectionDispositione e veduta generale delle machine che servirono per alzare l'obelisco Vaticano, 17432018-12-15T19:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/12/31/the-obelisks-of-rome-part-i/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/franc3a7ois_marius_granet_-_la_trinitc3a9-des-monts_et_la_villa_mc3a9dicis_c3a0_rome.jpgfrancois_marius_granet_-_la_trinite-des-monts_et_la_villa_medicis_a_romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_5690.jpgimg_5690The Pincian obelisk.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_7152.jpgimg_7152The obelisk at the top of the Spanish Steps.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/453px-obelisk_in_piazza_della_rotonda_rome_arp.jpg453px-Obelisk_in_piazza_della_rotonda_rome_arpThe Pantheon's obeliskhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/434px-antinous_obelisk_rome.jpg434px-Antinous_obelisk_RomeThe Pincio obeliskhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/400px-solareobelisk_cropped.jpg400px-SolareObelisk_croppedObelisk at Monticittoriohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/400px-obelisk-popolo.jpg400px-Obelisk-popoloThe obelisk at Piazza del Popolohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/piazza-del-popolo.jpgPiazza del PopoloThe obelisk at Piazza del Popolo, with the "twin churches" in the backgroundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3753.jpgIMG_3753The obelisk at St. John Lateran2018-12-15T19:23:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/01/31/one-perfect-thing-in-rome-or-dont-fight-with-your-server/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/le-sorelle-img_3867.jpgLe Sorelle IMG_3867The welcoming entrance to le Sorellehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/le-sorelle-img_3862.jpgLe Sorelle IMG_3862Inside a local favorite, Le Sorellehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/le-sorelle-img_3861.jpgLe Sorelle IMG_38612018-11-25T15:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/11/18/the-giorgio-de-chirico-house-museum/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_86461.jpgIMG_8646Still life (detail), 1930-1940https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_86531.jpgIMG_8653Metaphysical Interior with Lifeless Sun, 1971https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_86431.jpgIMG_8643The Thinker, 1971https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_86471.jpgIMG_8647The apartmenthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_8649.jpgIMG_8649https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_8660.jpgIMG_8660DeChirico, in his studiohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_8648.jpgIMG_8648https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_8658.jpgIMG_8658The studiohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_8659.jpgIMG_8659His art supplies, ready to go ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_8654.jpgIMG_86542018-11-18T21:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/06/14/euro-ense-money-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4813.jpgEurosEuros2018-11-04T03:03:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/10/13/arco-degli-acetari-the-vinegar-makers-arch/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8865.jpgIMG_8865Walk through this arch ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8864.jpgIMG_8864https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8863.jpgIMG_8863Then, back into the hustle and bustle of modern Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8862.jpgIMG_8862https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8861.jpgIMG_8861https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8860.jpgIMG_8860https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8859.jpgIMG_8859https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8858.jpgIMG_8858Art in the courtyard, a nice little touch of modernityhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8857.jpgIMG_8857https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8856.jpgIMG_88562018-10-13T16:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/09/21/art-galleries-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8882.jpgIMG_8882In the small first room ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8880.jpgIMG_8880In the small first room ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8878.jpgIMG_8878One of the installations ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8876.jpgIMG_8876The main gallery ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8617.jpgIMG_8617The courtyard https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8612.jpgIMG_8612The second part of the galleryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8611.jpgIMG_8611https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8603.jpgIMG_8603Close up of the "marbling" technique ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8608.jpgIMG_8608https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8600.jpgIMG_8600And another ...2018-09-22T18:03:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/09/02/september-2-the-battle-of-actium/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mannapoli_6125_octavia_minore_sybil_farnese.jpgMANNapoli_6125_Octavia_minore_Sybil_FarneseOctavia Minorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/marcus_antonius_-_celopatra_32_bc_90020163.jpgMarcus_Antonius_-_Celopatra_32_BC_90020163Coin depicting Mark Antony on one side, and Cleopatra on the otherhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/461px-agrip6.jpg461px-Agrip6https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/445px-augustus_statue.jpg445px-Augustus_StatueOctavian, later known as Augustushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/400px-cleopatra-vii-antikensammlung-berlin.jpg400px-Cleopatra-VII-Antikensammlung-BerlinA bust of Cleopatra -- not quite the femme fatale that she is portrayed ashttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/m_antonius.jpgM_AntoniusThe rather beefy Mark Antonyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/800px-castro_battle_of_actium.jpg800px-Castro_Battle_of_Actium2018-09-01T20:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/08/18/a-bernini-masterpiece-apollo-and-daphne/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_7832.jpgIMG_7832https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/490px-daphne_chased_by_apollo.jpg490px-Daphne_chased_by_ApolloDaphne Chased by Apollo, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1744https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/405px-piero_del_pollaiolo_attr-_apollo_and_daphne.jpg405px-Piero_del_Pollaiolo_(attr.)_Apollo_and_DaphneAttributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo (c. 1443 – 1496)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/514px-apollo_and_daphne_lacma_m-88-91-390.jpg514px-Apollo_and_Daphne_LACMA_M.88.91.390Engraving by the Master of the Die (Italy, c. 1530-1560)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_78312.jpgIMG_7831Apollo closes in on Daphnehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_78321.jpgIMG_7832https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_78331.jpgIMG_7833The sculpture, seen from the backhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_7833.jpgIMG_7833https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_7832.jpgIMG_7832https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_78311.jpgIMG_78312018-08-18T15:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/08/04/ristorante-life/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81681.jpgIMG_8168Light pasty with chantilly cream and shaved chocolatehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81631.jpgIMG_8163Beef filet with black trufflehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81661.jpgIMG_8166Beef filet with foie grashttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81611.jpgIMG_8161Gnocchi with tomato saucehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81591.jpgIMG_8159Pasta carbonarahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81561.jpgIMG_8156Ravioli with bacon, parmesan, and artichokeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81551.jpgIMG_8155Sea bass carpaccio with black trufflehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81521.jpgIMG_8152A very pleasant steak tartarehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_81501.jpgIMG_8150A delicious burrata in phyllo dough with ham and asparagus2018-08-04T19:02:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/07/21/dialects-of-italy-romanesco/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/401px-bocca_della_veritc3a0.jpg401px-Bocca_della_veritàThe ultimate Roman mouth: la Bocca della Veritàhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/800px-cappuccino_florence.jpg800px-Cappuccino_FlorenceCappucchino -- but never after breakfasthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/800px-hahn_clp_germany.jpg800px-Hahn_CLP_GermanyA favorite restaurant in Rome is "Ar Galletto," the Roosterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rome_a_view_of_the_river_tiber_looking_south_with_the_castel_santangelo_and_saint_peters_basilica_beyond_by_rudolf_wiegmann_1834.jpgRome,_a_view_of_the_river_Tiber_looking_south_with_the_Castel_Sant'Angelo_and_Saint_Peter's_Basilica_beyond_by_Rudolf_Wiegmann_1834https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p-scene-man-reading-paper-img_0841.jpgp Scene man reading paper IMG_08412018-07-21T22:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/07/14/mercato-delle-stampe/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/800px-san_lorenzo_e_piazza_in_lucina_051208-02.jpg800px-San_lorenzo_e_piazza_in_lucina_051208-02Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/san-lorenzo-in-lucina-img_0264.jpgSan Lorenzo in Lucina IMG_0264The church of San Lorenzo in Lucinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_70981.jpgIMG_7098Choices, choices ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_70991.jpgIMG_7099https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_70971.jpgIMG_7097...and more choices ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_70961.jpgIMG_7096Layer upon layer of printshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_70951.jpgIMG_7095https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_70931.jpgIMG_7093Browsing the kiosks ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_7091.jpgIMG_7091https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_7090.jpgIMG_7090The vendor kiosks of Mercato del stampe2018-07-14T20:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/06/30/ostia-anticas-black-and-white-mosaics/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5571.jpgIMG_5571A geometric floor pattern ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5575.jpgIMG_5575A black and white border ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_55771.jpgIMG_5577A putti rides a dolphinhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5579.jpgIMG_5579A sea god, with his trident, rides a chariot pulled by sea horses, surrounded by shrimp and fishhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5594.jpgIMG_5594Mosaic of a ship - one of many at Ostiahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5597.jpgIMG_5597An amphorae between two palm treeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5598.jpgIMG_5598https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5601.jpgIMG_5601Baskets with a scale, perhaps for the weighing of grainhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5632.jpgIMG_5632https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5649.jpgIMG_5649Venus rises from the sea ...2018-07-01T00:58:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/05/31/an-old-favorite-trattoria-dal-cavalier-gino/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gino-img_2156.jpgGino IMG_2156Follow the sign!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gino-img_2147.jpgGino IMG_2147Carbonara - Laura's favoritehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gino-img_2149.jpgGino IMG_2149Veal with peashttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2017-04-08-19-57-20.jpg2017-04-08 19.57.20Pasta with a hearty ragehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gino-img_2145.jpgGino IMG_2145https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gino-img_2154.jpgGino IMG_2154Gino's menu of the dayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_0015.jpgIMG_0015Five perfect bites!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gino-img_2144.jpgGino IMG_2144Antipasto plate - yes, it's that pretty in real life!2018-05-31T01:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/04/30/the-theater-of-marcellus/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/theater-of-marcellus-img_0464.jpgTheater of Marcellus IMG_0464An apartment window in the Theater of Marcellushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/theater-of-marcellus-img_0705.jpgTheater of Marcellus IMG_0705.JPGThe Theater of Marcellushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/800px-peracvestigi157539.jpg800px-Peracvestigi157539The Theater of Marcellus in the 16th Centuryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/theater-of-marcellus-img_0448.jpgTheater of Marcellus IMG_0448Bit and pieces of ancient Rome are everywhere around the Theater of Marcellushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4187.jpgIMG_4187The Theater of Marcellus stands next to the remains of the Temple of Apollohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/theater-of-marcellus-img_0465.jpgTheater of Marcellus IMG_0465Faces on the side of the Theater of Marcellus -- a reminder of preservation work during the Facsist periodhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/theater-of-marcellus-img_0462.jpgTheater of Marcellus IMG_0462https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/theater-of-marcellus-img_0455.jpgTheater of Marcellus IMG_0455The Theater of Marcellus (on the bottom), with apartments on tophttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/r-temple-of-apollo-img_0706.jpgr Temple of Apollo IMG_0706.JPGThe two remaining columns of the Temple of Apollo2018-04-30T12:15:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/04/15/enoteca-la-torre/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7974.jpgIMG_7974Then more sweetshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7967.jpgIMG_7967Sweet red shrimphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7966.jpgIMG_7966Another amuse ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7969.jpgIMG_7969https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7973.jpgIMG_7973Our sweet endinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7970.jpgIMG_7970https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7968.jpgIMG_7968Risotto with white trufflehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7963.jpgIMG_7963https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7965.jpgIMG_7965https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_7962.jpgIMG_79622018-04-15T12:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/03/17/the-marble-shop-a-great-place-fo-a-souvenir-of-the-eternal-city/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_6354.jpgIMG_6354The marble plaque noting where Fellini livedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_6365.jpgIMG_6365Greenery abounds on Via Marguttahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_6368.jpgIMG_6368The Madonna shrine https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_6371.jpgIMG_6371The fountain on Via Marguttahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8049.jpgIMG_8049Via Marguttahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8046.jpgIMG_8046https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8044.jpgIMG_8044https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8045.jpgIMG_8045... and more signs, everywhere you lookhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8047.jpgIMG_8047Signs, signs ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8048.jpgIMG_8048The little sign2018-03-17T20:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/03/15/the-ides-of-march-an-ode-to-largo-argentina/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/largo-argentina-img_1504.jpgCat at Largo ArgentinaOne of Largo Argentina's feline residentshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/largo-argentina-img_1503.jpgLargo ArgentinaLargo Argentinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/largo-argentina-on-map.pngLargo Argentina on maphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/palazzo_madama_din_roma.jpgPalazzo_Madama_din_RomaThe Senate of Italy, a.k.a., Palazzo Madama (photo courtesy of Cezar Suceveanu).https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/navona-above-n-ground.pngNavona above n groundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/navona-from-ground-end.pngNavona from ground endhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/navona-from-above.jpgNavona from abovehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/curia-inside-n-out.pngCuria inside n Out2018-03-15T11:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/02/29/palazzo-colonna/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/756px-rape_of_europa_-_francesco_albani.jpg756px-Rape_of_Europa_-_Francesco_AlbaniFrancesco Albani, the Rape of Europahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/725px-annibale_carracci_the_beaneater.jpg725px-Annibale_Carracci_The_BeaneaterAnnibale Carracci, the Bean Eaterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bronzino_venus_cupido_and_satyr.jpgBronzino_Venus,_Cupido_and_SatyrBronzino, Venus, Cupid and a Stayrhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4036.jpgIMG_4036https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4063.jpgIMG_4063Palazzo Colonna -- art everywherehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4023.jpgIMG_4023More grandeurhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4043.jpgIMG_4043https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4044.jpgIMG_4044Private apartments of Palazzo Colonnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3995.jpgIMG_3995Palazzo Colonna in all its grandeurhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4065.jpgIMG_4065Palazzo Colonna2018-03-11T15:53:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/04/30/villa-medicis-beautiful-room-of-birds/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5728.jpgIMG_5728https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5729.jpgIMG_5729The trellis and vines ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5745.jpgIMG_5745View of Rome from the Villa Medici gardenshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5739.jpgIMG_5739A monkey ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5738.jpgIMG_5738A mallard duck ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5737.jpgIMG_5737https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5736.jpgIMG_5736https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5735.jpgIMG_5735A porcupine ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5734.jpgIMG_5734A rooster ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5733.jpgIMG_5733A turkey ...2018-03-11T15:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/07/09/he-aint-pretty-but-hes-our-babuino/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6378.jpgIMG_6378Babuino, with his fountainhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6381.jpgIMG_6381Babuino, looking happy https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6379.jpgIMG_6379https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_5102.jpgIMG_5102Inside the church, the iconostasishttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_5091.jpgIMG_5091Sant'Atanasio, Greek church on Via del Babuinohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_4526.jpgIMG_4526The Trevi Fountain during cleaning and restoration in 2015 ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6031.jpgIMG_6031The Trevi Fountain in 2016, in all it's glory!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/piero_di_cosimo_-_la_dc3a9couverte_du_miel.jpgPiero_di_Cosimo_-_La_Découverte_du_mielSilenus on a donkey, detail from Piero de Cosimo's painting "The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus"2018-03-11T15:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/09/24/a-fading-beauty-along-the-tiber/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2986.jpgimg_2986https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0059.jpgimg_0059An angel ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0057.jpgimg_0057https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0056.jpgimg_0056The giant scale of the murals can be seen herehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0054.jpgimg_0054https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0052.jpgimg_0052And of men ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0049.jpgimg_0049La lupa doesn't look too well, either ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0048.jpgimg_0048St. Peter, crucified upside down ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0047.jpgimg_0047A procession of women ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0040.jpgimg_00402018-03-11T15:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/11/13/artemisia-gentileschi/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/samson_und_delilah.jpgSamson_und_delilahSamson and Delilah, Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Napleshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/artemisia_gentileschi_mary_magdalene_pitti.jpgArtemisia_Gentileschi_Mary_Magdalene_PittiMary Magdalene, Pitti Palace, Florencehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/491px-gentileschi_judith1.jpg491px-Gentileschi_judith1Judith and her Maidservant, Palazzo Pitti, Florencehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/488px-artemisia_gentileschi_-_giuditta_decapita_oloferne_-_google_art_project.jpg488px-Artemisia_Gentileschi_-_Giuditta_decapita_Oloferne_-_Google_Art_ProjectProbably her most famous work, Judith Slaying Holofernes, now in Napleshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/self-portrait_as_the_allegory_of_painting_la_pittura_-_artemisia_gentileschi2.jpgSelf-portrait_as_the_Allegory_of_Painting_(La_Pittura)_-_Artemisia_Gentileschihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/439px-madonna-and-child-gentileschi.jpg439px-Madonna-and-child-GentileschiMadonna and Child, Spada Gallery, Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/susanna_and_the_elders_1610_artemisia_gentileschi.jpgSusanna_and_the_Elders_(1610),_Artemisia_GentileschiSusanna and the Elders, 16102018-03-11T15:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/02/04/galleria-sciarra-a-surprise-gem/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_7054.jpgimg_7054Details of Galleria Sciarrahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_7061.jpgimg_7061Upper levels of painted decoration at Galleria Sciarrahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/galleria-sciarra-img_2899.jpggalleria-sciarra-img_2899Window of Galleria Sciarrahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_7052.jpgimg_7052Architectural detail of Galleria Sciarrahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_7050.jpgimg_7050https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_7046.jpgimg_7046In Galleria Sciarrahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_7058.jpgimg_7058A woman being dressed for her weddinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_7057.jpgimg_7057https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_7049.jpgimg_7049The virtue of fidelityhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_7045.jpgimg_70452018-03-11T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/10/06/the-engraver-of-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/piranesicarceri.jpgPiranesicarceriAn "imaginary prison"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/800px-piranesi-17016.jpg800px-Piranesi-17016Arch of Septimius Severushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/800px-giovanni_battista_piranesi_the_colosseum.png800px-Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi,_The_ColosseumThe Colosseum ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/800px-piranesi-17014.jpg800px-Piranesi-17014The Roman Forumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/800px-piranesi-3-40.jpg800px-Piranesi-3-40Piranesi's Pyramid of Cestiushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/800px-piranesi-17004.jpg800px-Piranesi-17004Interior of the Pantheon, by Piranesihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/piranesi_piazza_san_pietro.gifPiranesi_Piazza_San_PietroThe beautiful rendering of St. Peter's Square, with the embracing Colonnadehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/800px-colosseopiranesi.jpg800px-ColosseopiranesiA slightly more fanciful view of the Colosseumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/800px-piranesi-17002.jpg800px-Piranesi-17002The Pantheon, circahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/452px-pietro_labruzzi_portrait_of_giovanni_battista_piranesi.jpg452px-Pietro_Labruzzi_portrait_of_Giovanni_Battista_PiranesiPortrait of Piranesi, by Pietro Labruzzi2018-03-11T15:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/10/31/little-church-of-horrors/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_79161.jpgIMG_7916Having your hands hacked off ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_79121.jpgIMG_7912Being beaten to death ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_79102.jpgIMG_7910Being decapitated (but apparently able to carry your head while walking around) ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_79091.jpgIMG_7909Being boiled alive ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_79081.jpgIMG_7908Saint Peter being crucified ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_79071.jpgIMG_7907Saint Stephen being stoned to death ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_79111.jpgIMG_7911Being thrown to the lions ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_79141.jpgIMG_7914Being "combed' to deathhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_7915.jpgIMG_7915The beautiful round ceilinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_7905.jpgIMG_79052018-03-11T15:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/11/15/at-night-at-the-opera/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8253.jpgIMG_8253Close-up of the coat of arms.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_82471.jpgIMG_8247The beautiful dome ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8245.jpgIMG_8245https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8248.jpgIMG_8248The curtain, with a coat of arms ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8250.jpgIMG_8250The royal opera box ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8252.jpgIMG_8252The classic look of the Rome Opera House.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8255.jpgIMG_8255Close-up of one of the scenes on the dome.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8256.jpgIMG_8256The chandelier, as the theater darkened.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8261.jpgIMG_8261Inscription over the stage, just beneath the dome.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8262.jpgIMG_8262Everyone needed to snap a picture!2018-03-11T15:36:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/01/21/getting-the-royal-treatment-at-villa-aurora-part-2/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/426px-ottavio_leoni_-_francesco_maria_del_monte.jpg426px-Ottavio_Leoni_-_Francesco_Maria_del_MontePortrait of Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte by Ottavio Leonihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8268-e1514848914556.jpgIMG_8268The moon, detailhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8264.jpgIMG_8264https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8267.jpgIMG_8267The god XX, with an eaglehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8265.jpgIMG_8265The gods, and a sea horse (also without pants), look down on youhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8266.jpgIMG_8266The head of XXhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/331px-jupiter_neptune_and_pluto-caravaggio_c-1597-1600-e1514848295747.jpg331px-Jupiter,_Neptune_and_Pluto-Caravaggio_(c.1597-1600)2018-03-11T15:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/01/07/getting-the-royal-treatment-at-villa-aurora-part-1/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8281_thumb.jpgVilla Aurora's faunhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/758px-guercino_-_aurora_-_wga109201.jpg758px-Guercino_-_Aurora_-_WGA10920https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/670px-guercino_aurora_2.jpg670px-Guercino_Aurora_2The Aurora ceiling ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/guercino_casino_ludovisi.jpgGuercino_Casino_LudovisiAn allegory of Fame, by Guercinohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8269-e1514844401707.jpgIMG_8269Allegory of Fame closeuphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8287.jpgIMG_8287Entering the villa grounds ... a magnificent garden with great old trees in the midst of Rome.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8281.jpgIMG_8281The elated faun ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8286.jpgIMG_8286Entering the villa grounds ... a magnificent garden with great old trees in the midst of Rome.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8279.jpgIMG_8279The Vetius monument, displayed in the gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_82851.jpgIMG_8285The dragon crest of the family, displayed above a watering trough with its own historical importance ...2018-03-11T15:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/09/28/useful-apps-for-visiting-rome/2018-03-11T15:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/09/21/using-your-iphone-in-rome/2018-03-11T15:27:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/04/07/via-margutta/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/margutta4.jpgMargutta4https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/viamarguttashrine.jpgViaMarguttashrinehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/viamargutta2.jpgViaMargutta2https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/via-margutta.jpgVia Margutta2018-03-11T15:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/02/25/whiling-away-an-afternoon-at-checchino/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8225.jpgIMG_8225Pajata, at Checchinohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8227.jpgIMG_8227https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8226.jpgIMG_8226https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8224.jpgIMG_8224Stracciatella - warm and comfortinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8223.jpgIMG_8223"Mediterranean" pastahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8222.jpgIMG_8222Crostini with cheese and vegetables2018-02-25T19:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2018/02/04/february-4-the-death-of-emperor-septimius-severus/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/800px-arco_di_settimio_severo.jpg800px-Arco_di_Settimio_Severohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/438px-julia_domna_glyptothek_munich_354.jpg438px-Julia_Domna_Glyptothek_Munich_354Julia Domnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/453px-septimius_severus_glyptothek_munich_357.jpg453px-Septimius_Severus_Glyptothek_Munich_357Septimius Severus, always depicted with thick hair and a beardhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/400px-leptis_magna_arch_of_septimus_severus.jpg400px-Leptis_Magna_Arch_of_Septimus_Severushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/600px-portrait_of_family_of_septimius_severus_-_altes_museum_-_berlin_-_germany_2017.jpg600px-Portrait_of_family_of_Septimius_Severus_-_Altes_Museum_-_Berlin_-_Germany_2017Family portrait of Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Getahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/452px-bust_child_caracalla_terme.jpg452px-Bust_child_Caracalla_TermeCaracalla, eldest son of Severus2018-02-04T15:48:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/07/02/rome-summer-tips/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p-scene-cab-driver-playing-trumpet-img_3371.jpgp scene cab driver playing trumpet IMG_3371Official Rome taxi - the driver was practicing his trumpet while waiting for a farehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/roman-forum-at-night-img_1058.jpgRoman Forum at night IMG_1058Roman Forum "under the moon"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5227.jpgIMG_5227Colosseum at night ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_6812.jpgIMG_6812Walking the uneven and slippery stones of the Via Sacra, in the Roman Forumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rosati-coffee-drinks-img_3335.jpgRosati coffee drinks IMG_3335A caffè freddo shakerato (shaved ice coffee)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_7765.jpgIMG_7765https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_7104.jpgIMG_7104You may need one or more of these each day to deal with the summer heat2018-01-21T19:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/01/25/the-via-panisperna-boys/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/385px-ragazzi_di_via_panisperna-e1471115181769.jpg385px-Ragazzi_di_via_Panispernahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/laura_and_enrico_fermi_1954.jpgLaura_and_Enrico_Fermi_1954Enrico and Laura Fermihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hd-3a-031_10542564734.jpgHD.3A.031_(10542564734)Fermi at the blackboard2018-01-21T19:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/07/23/a-statistical-exercise/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/santa-maria-dellorazione-e-morte-img_1107.jpgSanta Maria dell'Orazione e Morte IMG_1107https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/street-scene-img_1107.jpgstreet scene IMG_1107https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/miles_per_day_dc_rome.pngmiles_per_day_dc_romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/calories_by_day_rome_dc.pngcalories_by_day_rome_dchttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cals_miles_dc_rome.pngcals_miles_dc_rome2018-01-21T19:05:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/03/30/burning-calories-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0093.jpegIMG_00932018-01-21T18:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/06/11/acquolina-hostaria-heaven-for-fish-lovers/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-18-58-12.jpg2017-04-07 18.58.12Mussels in a crunchy, edible "shell"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-21-06-01.jpg2017-04-07 21.06.01The "radish" is white chocolate in a candy coating!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-20-53-37.jpg2017-04-07 20.53.37"Fleming Cheesecake"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-20-53-26.jpg2017-04-07 20.53.26"Fleming Cheesecake"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-20-53-16.jpg2017-04-07 20.53.16Beer and peanutshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-20-18-23.jpg2017-04-07 20.18.23Lobster raviolihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-20-18-01.jpg2017-04-07 20.18.01The beautiful black codhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-19-54-49.jpg2017-04-07 19.54.49The delectable octopushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-19-54-38.jpg2017-04-07 19.54.38https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-07-19-54-18.jpg2017-04-07 19.54.18Acquolina's take on fried fish2018-01-07T02:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/12/31/piperno-for-a-sunday-lunch/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8128.jpgIMG_8128Caramel flan - eggy and delicioushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8124.jpgIMG_8124Pajata, the once-forbidden dish.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8129.jpgIMG_8129A chocolately semifreddohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8125-e1514675483415.jpgIMG_8125A nice oxtail dish ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8119.jpgIMG_8119Vealhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8122.jpgIMG_8122Spinach and ricotta pasta in a creamy, lemony saucehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8118.jpgIMG_8118A delicious plate of mixed fried startershttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8117.jpgIMG_81172017-12-31T02:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/12/13/the-great-synagogue-and-the-jewish-museum/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_80792.jpgIMG_8079https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8102.jpgIMG_8102The incredibly ornate ends of the Torah scrollshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jewish-ghetto-img_0376.jpgJewish Ghetto IMG_0376In the old Jewish Ghetto today ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_80761.jpgIMG_8076https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8095.jpgIMG_8095The tiny "Spanish Synagogue," in the museumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8087.jpgIMG_8087Another beautiful textile ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8104.jpgIMG_8104It was very emotional to see this ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8114.jpgIMG_8114Another glimpse of the exteriorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8097.jpgIMG_8097The cabinet where the Torah is kept, from a synagoguehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8092.jpgIMG_8092An ancient inscription, in Greek, with a menorah2017-12-14T13:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/11/24/a-colorful-dinner-at-bistrot64/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8305.jpgIMG_8305The "egg," surrounded by some parmesan creams with little crunches ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8306.jpgIMG_8306Potato "spaghetti" with some potato crisps on top, butter and anchovieshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8307.jpgIMG_8307Kill the egg! Kill the egg!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8308.jpgIMG_8308https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8309.jpgIMG_8309The chef's take on classic pasta amatricianahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8310.jpgIMG_8310https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8312.jpgIMG_8312"Red"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8313.jpgIMG_8313"Green"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8314.jpgIMG_8314"Purple"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_8315.jpgIMG_8315"Brown"2017-11-24T23:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/02/20/a-few-stories-from-via-della-mercede/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cloisters.jpgCloistersThe cloisters of Sant' Andrea delle Fratte.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/berniniplaque.jpgberniniplaqueA plaque on Via della Mercede honoring the master sculptor and architect (and neighborhood local) Berninihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/santandreadellefratte.jpgsantandreadellefratteThe church of Sant' Andrea delle Frattehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sansilvestroincapite.jpgsansilvestroincapiteCourtyard of San Silvestro in Capite2017-10-05T23:40:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/08/19/august-19-the-end-of-the-first-and-greatest-roman-emperor/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/roman-forum-julius-caesar-dsc_0112.jpgRoman Forum Julius Caesar DSC_0112Altar where Julius Caesar was cremated, in the Temple of the Divine Juliushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/800px-portico_octavia_rome_2.jpg800px-Portico_Octavia_Rome_2Portico of Octavia, built in honor of Augustus' sisterhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ara-pacis-img_3381.jpgAra Pacis IMG_3381Altar of Augustan Peace, the Arg Paris, built by the Roman Senate in honor of Augustushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ara-pacis-detail-img_3400.jpgAra Pacis detail IMG_3400Detail of the Ara Pacis, the Imperial Family in a processionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_6327.jpgIMG_6327The remains of the Mausoleum of Augustushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_4102.jpgIMG_4102Temple of Mars Ultor (Mars the avenger), in the Forum of Augustushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/augstus_kameo1.jpgAugstus_kameohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/415px-augustus_bevilacqua_glyptothek_munich_317.jpg415px-Augustus_Bevilacqua_Glyptothek_Munich_317Augustushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/270px-august_labicana_massimo_inv56230.jpg270px-August_Labicana_Massimo_Inv56230Augustus with his head covered, as the religious leader of Rome, the Pontifex Maximushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/augstus_kameo.jpgAugstus_kameo2017-08-19T20:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/07/29/guest-interview-a-kids-take-on-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5565.jpgIMG_5565Plenty of decapitated statues all over Rome!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/colosseo-img_0656.jpgColosseo IMG_0656kids of all ages love the Colosseum!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/image1.jpgimage12017-07-29T14:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/06/25/dar-filettaro-a-roman-tradition/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_5935.jpgIMG_5935The poor little church is getting squeezed as the buildings shift over the centuries ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7713.jpgIMG_7713Fried cod -- that's what they do here!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7714.jpgIMG_7714Delicious puntarella!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7715.jpgIMG_7715Pickled veggieshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7716.jpgIMG_7716The butter counterbalances the saltiness of the anchovieshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7717.jpgIMG_7717https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7718.jpgIMG_7718https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7719.jpgIMG_7719https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7720.jpgIMG_7720Inside Dar Filettaro https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7721.jpgIMG_77212017-06-25T17:53:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/05/27/palazzo-not-villa-not-galleria-borghese-and-galleria-cembalo/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-06-17-53-52.jpg2017-04-06 17.53.52https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-06-17-34-26.jpg2017-04-06 17.34.26https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-06-17-58-32.jpg2017-04-06 17.58.32https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-06-17-56-06.jpg2017-04-06 17.56.06https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7100.jpgIMG_7100The massive front facade https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7088.jpgIMG_7088A door in the curved side https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7346.jpgIMG_7346https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7338.jpgIMG_7338https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7348.jpgIMG_7348https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7357.jpgIMG_73572017-05-27T22:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/05/07/exploring-the-eternal-city-with-scooteroma/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2016-05-15-11-11-02.jpg2016-05-15 11.11.02The view from the Orange Gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2016-05-15-11-12-03.jpg2016-05-15 11.12.03The Orange Gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7490.jpgIMG_7490A mystery, explained to us by Jacopohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7491.jpgIMG_7491The interior of San Giorgio in Velabro.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7516.jpgIMG_7516How to make your teenager smile -- a ride on a Vespa! https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7485.jpgIMG_7485https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7499.jpgIMG_7499At the Circus Maximushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7519.jpgIMG_7519https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7480.jpgIMG_7480Our knights on shining scooters await!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_7509.jpgIMG_7509At the Baths of Caracalla, amidst the magnificent umbrella pines of Rome ...2017-05-11T00:37:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/04/23/the-easter-egg-project/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7675.jpgIMG_7675The brightly colored SAID eggs ... our was yellowhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7692.jpgIMG_7692Kinderegg - our baseline samplehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7848.jpgIMG_7848The last egg had a coating of lovely hazelnut bitshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7847.jpgIMG_7847The surprise: earringshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7711.jpgIMG_7711The Morondi egghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7712.jpgIMG_7712Organic chocolate egghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7693.jpgIMG_7693https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7695.jpgIMG_7695What the heck?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7694.jpgIMG_7694Inside of the Kinder Egg, with the "yolk" colored capsulehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7710.jpgIMG_77102017-05-07T13:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/04/30/chrism-mass-at-st-peters-basilica/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/645px-swissguardsatprefettura.jpg645px-SwissGuardsatPrefetturaThe stoic Swiss Guards. https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/chrism_ticket.jpgChrism_ticketOur very green ticketshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc00891-2.jpgDSC00891 2The pretty little memorial booklet for the Chrism Masshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc00889.jpgDSC00889The letterhead of the Prefetturahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3507.jpgIMG_3507Now you can see how truly enormous the baldaquin is ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7696.jpgIMG_7696St. Peter's didn't look all that big ....https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_1922-e1493557979297.jpgIMG_1922Pope Francis passes by ... a couple of feet from us.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3521.jpgIMG_3521A Swiss Guard stands while the congregation sits and listens ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_3495.jpgIMG_3495The procession ...2017-05-07T13:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/03/22/rome-packing-tips/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/chart.jpegUV IndexRome's UV index trend since 2009https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/koffert_-_hallwylska_museet_-_108435.jpgKoffert_-_Hallwylska_museet_-_108435https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/645px-swissguardsatprefettura.jpg645px-SwissGuardsatPrefetturaThe Swiss Guards may not approve of your bare knees or shoulders. https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_6801.jpgIMG_6801The rounded, slippery stones in the Roman Forum and around the Arch of Constantine ... neat to walk on the same stones the ancient Romans did, but don't fall!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/arch-of-constantine-img_0661.jpgArch of Constantine IMG_0661At the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine -- with the sun beating down...2017-03-22T02:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/05/18/lunch-at-pipero-al-rex-with-pipero-himself/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pipero-carbonara_1406.jpgPipero carbonara_1406Pasta carbonarahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pipero-duck-tartare-sandwich_1401.jpgPipero duck tartare sandwich_1401The FABULOUS duck tartarehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pipero-beef-pizzaiolo_1409.jpgPipero beef pizzaiolo_1409Beef pizzaiola at Pipero al Rexhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pipero-egg-poached-in-tea_1403.jpgPipero egg poached in tea_1403AMAZING egg poached in teahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pipero-white-chocolate-dessert_1411.jpgPipero white chocolate dessert_1411White chocolate desserthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pipero-tiramisu_1410.jpgPipero tiramisu_1410Pipero's take on tiramisuhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pipero-seafood-linguine_1405.jpgPipero seafood linguine_1405Seafood linguinihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pipero-crisp-with-yogurt-drops_1398.jpgPipero crisp with yogurt drops_1398Pipero crisp with yogurt dropshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pipero-chicken-liver_1400.jpgPipero chicken liver_1400Delicious chicken liver treatshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pipero_1395.jpgPipero_1395Piper's lovely dining room2017-03-14T20:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2017/01/08/enoteca-al-parlamento-achilli/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_6624.jpgimg_6624The finishing touch ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_6622.jpgimg_6622Ravioli in brothhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_6618.jpgimg_6618'Deconstructed" Vignarola (peas, artichoke, fava beans)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_6615.jpgimg_6615"Carbonara"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_6614.jpgimg_6614Puntarelle with anchovy, in a tangy brothhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_6613.jpgimg_6613Mushroom bisque, toasted ricehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_6609.jpgimg_6609https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/enoteca-al-parliamento-achilli-dsc046911.jpgenoteca-al-parliamento-achilli-dsc04691Finger foods galore ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/enoteca-al-parliamento-achilli-dsc046931.jpgenoteca-al-parliamento-achilli-dsc04693https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_5421.jpgimg_5421The enotecca has some outside seating, next to an electric car charging station2017-01-08T19:12:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/12/18/palazzo-venezias-gorgeous-floors/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_67281.jpgimg_6728https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6723.jpgimg_6723https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6712.jpgimg_6712https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6772.jpgimg_6772https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6754.jpgimg_6754https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6744.jpgimg_6744https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6725.jpgimg_6725https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6722.jpgimg_6722https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6709.jpgimg_6709https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6707.jpgimg_67072016-12-18T22:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/10/29/a-roman-ghost-the-formidable-donna-olimpia/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_5167-copy.jpgimg_5167-copyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_5326.jpgimg_5326Palazzo Pamphili in Piazza Navonahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/donna_olimpia_maidalchini.jpgdonna_olimpia_maidalchiniDonna Olimpia, in black and with a widow's hoodhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_5167.jpgimg_5167The formidable Donna Olimpiahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_5161.jpgimg_5161Pope Innocent X2016-10-29T18:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/10/16/the-spanish-steps-are-back/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_7169.jpgimg_7169A sweetly smiling bride posing for a photo on the Spanish Steps, October 2016https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_7147.jpgimg_7147The Spanish Steps flow down the little hill to Piazza de Spagnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_71561.jpgimg_7156Looking down the Spanish Steps ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_7159.jpgimg_7159The marvelous rhythm of the Spanish Steps, like water lapping on a shorehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_7163.jpgimg_7163Fleur-de-lis, a reminder as to who paid for the Spanish Steps ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_7152.jpgimg_7152Trinità dei Montihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc00416.jpgdsc00416The church at the top of the Spanish Steps, behind the regal obelisk ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc00399.jpgdsc00399The old boat fountain at the base of the Spanish Stepshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc00591.jpgdsc005912016-10-16T14:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/05/30/at-roscioli/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5922.jpgIMG_5922Wine galore!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5921.jpgIMG_5921https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5919.jpgIMG_5919Pasta amatriciana ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5918.jpgIMG_5918https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5917.jpgIMG_5917Meatballs and polenta ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5916.jpgIMG_5916The beautiful burrata ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5915.jpgIMG_5915Anchovies and butter ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5914.jpgIMG_5914Tripe salad ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5911.jpgIMG_5911At Roscioli, surrounded by wine.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5910.jpgIMG_5910The delicious bread basket ...2016-09-24T23:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/09/09/natural-wine-tasting-with-gina-tringali/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screen-shot-2016-05-16-at-7-00-14-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-05-16 at 7.00.14 PMhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6073.jpgIMG_6073Floor to ceiling natural wine choices!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6076.jpgIMG_6076Les Vignerons, a charming wine shop https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6077.jpgIMG_6077Les Vignerons2016-09-09T16:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/08/27/whats-with-all-the-different-dashing-uniforms/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p-carabinieri-at-piazza-del-popolo.jpgp Carabinieri at Piazza del PopoloCarabinieri, in their stylish uniforms!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5127.jpgIMG_5127Carabinieri at Piazza del Popolo checking out tickets to the next soccer match ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5126.jpgIMG_5126https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cops-on-bikes-img_2995.jpgCops on bikes IMG_2995Cops on bikes -- a great idea in the historic center!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_4296.jpgIMG_4296Local lady cops at Piazza di Spagnahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_4418.jpgIMG_4418Carabinieri at Piazza del Popolohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_4294.jpgIMG_4294Our local police, white car with dark blue stripehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/800px-carabinieri_car_in_rome.jpg800px-Carabinieri_car_in_RomeCarabinieri vehiclehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/405px-carabt.jpg405px-CArabTPolice on Segways at Termini stationhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/800px-polizia-di-stato-car-arp.jpg800px-Polizia.di.stato.car.arpState police, bright blue cars with a white stripe2016-08-27T21:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/12/14/a-perfect-day-in-testaccio-part-two/2016-08-14T02:19:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/01/18/a-perfect-day-in-testaccio-part-3/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-img_1321_wide.pngmacro-testaccio-img_1321_widehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-view-dsc04604.jpgMACRO Testaccio view DSC04604View of Big Bambuhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-img_1300.jpgMACRO Testaccio IMG_1300Crouching manhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-dsc04605.jpgMACRO Testaccio DSC04605Big Bambu is shaped like an upside town tornadohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-dsc04610.jpgMACRO Testaccio installation - a big headMACRO Testaccio installation - a big headhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-dsc04617.jpgMACRO Testaccio DSC04617View looking out over Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-img_1301-e1390061813375.jpgMACRO Testaccio IMG_1301Defying gravityhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-img_1305.jpgMACRO Testaccio IMG_1305Held together with colorful cordshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-img_1321-e1390061100781.jpgMACRO Testaccio IMG_1321https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macro-testaccio-img_1325-e1390063678956.jpgMACRO Testaccio IMG_1325In the heart of Big Bambu2016-08-14T02:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/01/29/searching-for-a-good-martini-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hassler-bar-img_1437.jpgHassler bar IMG_1437Salone Evahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hassler-bar-img_1421-e1390169045925.jpgHassler bar IMG_1421Salone Evahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/caffe-della-pace-img_1177.jpgCaffe della Pace IMG_1177Interior of Bar della Pacehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/caffe-della-pace-img_1172.jpgCaffe della Pace IMG_1172Bar della Pacehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/caffe-della-pace-img_1170.jpgCaffe della Pace IMG_1170Snacks and drinks at Bar della Pacehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/caffe-della-pace-street-viewimg_1175.jpgCaffe della Pace street viewIMG_1175https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gin-corner-img_1074.jpgGin Corner IMG_1074The Gin Corner - an amazing wall of, well, ginhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gin-corner-img_1069.jpgGin Corner IMG_1069Drinks at the Gin Corner2016-08-14T00:37:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/06/29/the-madonnelle-romes-beautiful-little-shrines/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shrine-angel-img_3487.jpgshrine angel IMG_3487A particularly beautiful Mahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shrine-img_1099.jpgshrine IMG_1099A Marian shrine with a metal framehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shrine-img_1208.jpgshrine IMG_1208A shrine with a light, an elaborate frame, and a large canopyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shrine-img_1500.jpgshrine IMG_1500A shrine with a gorgeous frame of angels and rays of lighthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shrine-img_1106.jpgshrine IMG_1106A Madonnelle surrounded by two little angelshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shrine-img_1119.jpgshrine IMG_1119A pretty mosaic Madonnellehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shrine-img_07761-e1402869223459.jpgshrine IMG_0776A lovely Madonnelle, note the lamp below ithttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shrine-img_1161.jpgshrine IMG_1161A simple Madonnelle2016-08-14T00:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/07/26/the-joy-of-gelato/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/vice-gelato-img_3393.jpgVice gelato IMG_3393Choices, choices, choices at Vice ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/vice-gelato-img_0892.jpgVice gelato IMG_0892Choices, choices, choices at Vice ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fatamorgana-img_13932.jpgFatamorgana IMG_1393https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fatamorgana-img_13931.jpgFatamorgana IMG_1393Our local branch of Fatamorganahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fatamorgana-img_1393.jpgFatamorgana IMG_1393Our local branch of Fatamorganahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/il-gelato-claudio-torce-img_1580.jpgIl Gelato Claudio Torce IMG_1580https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/il-gelato-claudio-torce-img_1579.jpgIl Gelato Claudio Torce IMG_1579Il Gelato di Claudio Torve signhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gelateria-teatro-img_3281.jpgGelateria Teatro IMG_3281Gelato di Teatrohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/san-crispino-img_0045.jpgSan Crispino IMG_0045San Crispino https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2103.jpgIMG_2103San Crispino gelato2016-08-14T00:22:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/08/31/hot-town-summer-in-the-eternal-city/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3053.jpgIMG_3053Sitting on a ledge drinking, looking over the Tiber ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3022.jpgIMG_3022Castel Sant'Angelo at nighthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3024.jpgIMG_3024https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3029.jpgIMG_3029Enjoying Lungo il Teverehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3050.jpgIMG_3050At a hookah bar, hanging out by the river ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3037.jpgIMG_3037Playing foosball down by the river ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3033.jpgGames galore, including GOAAAL!Games galore, including GOAAAL!2016-08-14T00:19:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/10/11/ara-pacis-the-altar-of-augustan-peace/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3401.jpgIMG_3401Grape vines with hanging bunches of grapes ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3402.jpgIMG_3402https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3391.jpgIMG_3391Garlands with ox-headshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3326.jpgIMG_3326The modern museum building by Richard Meierhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3378.jpgIMG_3378Beautiful vineshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3381.jpgIMG_3381https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3386.jpgIMG_3386The goddess Pax (Peace)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3389.jpgIMG_3389https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3399.jpgIMG_3399Agrippa (head covered by a fold of his toga) leads the Imperial household. The child tugging on his toga may be one of his sons (and heir to Augustus, as his mother was Julia, Augustus' sole biological child). The woman directly after is thought to be Julia, or perhaps Livia, Augusts' empress.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3400.jpgIMG_3400Men, women and children in procession.2016-08-14T00:15:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/10/31/memento-mori/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/santa-maria-del-popolo-chighi-chapel-img_2971.jpgSanta Maria del Popolo Chighi Chapel IMG_2971The "death hole" in the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/santa-maria-sopra-minerva-skull-img_3435.jpgSanta Maria Sopra Minerva skull IMG_3435https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/santa-maria-sopra-minerva2.jpgSanta Maria Sopra Minerva2https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/santa-maria-sopra-minerva-skull-img_3434.jpgSanta Maria Sopra Minerva skull IMG_3434Skull at Santa Maria sopra Minerva -- a church full of them!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/santa-maria-sopra-minerva-skull-img_3431.jpgSanta Maria Sopra Minerva skull IMG_3431https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/santa-maria-dellorazione-e-morte-img_1121.jpgSanta Maria dell'Orazione e Morte IMG_1121A memento mori of a skeleton on Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Mortihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/santa-maria-dellorazione-e-morte-img_1122.jpgSanta Maria dell'Orazione e Morte IMG_1122A fabulous skull, topped by a wreath of laurel leaves. at Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte2016-08-14T00:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/11/27/art-where-it-is-meant-to-be/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/682px-the_martyrdom_of_saint_matthew-caravaggio_c-_1599-1600.jpg682px-The_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Matthew-Caravaggio_(c._1599-1600)The Martyrdom of Saint Matthewhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/372px-the_inspiration_of_saint_matthew_by_caravaggio.jpg372px-The_Inspiration_of_Saint_Matthew_by_CaravaggioThe Inspiration of Saint Matthewhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/625px-the_calling_of_saint_matthew_by_carvaggio.jpg625px-The_Calling_of_Saint_Matthew_by_CarvaggioThe Calling of Saint Matthewhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_3106.jpgIMG_3106The of Saint Matthewhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_3108.jpgIMG_3108The Calling of Saint Matthewhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_3109.jpgIMG_3109https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_3107.jpgIMG_3107The Inspiration of St. Matthew2016-08-14T00:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/12/02/time-to-remember-the-tiber/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tiber-island-img_0806.jpgTiber island IMG_0806https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tiber-island-img_0420.jpgTiber Island IMG_0420The Tiber flooding a few years agohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tiber_1422.jpgTiber_1422A solitary rower enjoying the riverhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/800px-ponte_fabricio_rome_pierleoni.jpg800px-Ponte_Fabricio_Rome_Pierleonihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_3029.jpgIMG_3029The retaining walls and many steps to go down to the Thameshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/800px-tiber_river_in_roma.jpg800px-Tiber_River_in_RomaLungo il Tevere, during the summer, when the river becomes an appreciated part of the city2016-08-13T23:54:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/04/27/the-marvelous-mausoleum-of-costanza/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_46701.jpgIMG_4670https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4690.jpgIMG_4690Niche mosaic detailhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4694.jpgIMG_4694Dome detailhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4685.jpgIMG_4685Sarcophagushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4684.jpgIMG_4684The beautiful arches that surround the altarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4677.jpgIMG_4677https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4683.jpgIMG_4683The dome of Santa Constanzahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4672.jpgIMG_4672The circular, curved ambulatory, covered in mosaicshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4670.jpgIMG_4670https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4696.jpgIMG_4696Exterior of Santa Constanza2016-08-13T23:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/04/30/the-mosaics-of-santa-costanza/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4686_small-e1430439181407.jpgIMG_4686_smallhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4687.jpgIMG_4687A fat goose waddles about ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4679.jpgIMG_4679… birds ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4681.jpgIMG_4681Amphora surrounded by grape vineshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4676.jpgIMG_4676Stomping the grapeshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4668.jpgIMG_4668The curved, round ambulatory of Santa Constanzahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4674.jpgIMG_46742016-08-13T23:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/06/28/a-swedish-queen-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/800px-jean-baptiste-camille-corot-vasque-villa-mc3a9dicis-reims.jpg800px-Jean-Baptiste-Camille-Corot-Vasque-Villa-Médicis-ReimsPainting by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot of the "cannonball" fountain in front of Villa Medicihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2041.jpgIMG_2041Palazzo Farnese, near Piazza Campo de' Fiorihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/800px-orto_botanico_-_villa_corsini_2768.jpg800px-Orto_botanico_-_villa_Corsini_2768Palazzo Corsini, in Trastevere … not a bad place to stay!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christina_barberini.jpgChristina_barberiniEnormous party to welcome Queen Christina to Rome in the courtyard of Palazzo Barberini on February 28, 1656https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/azzolini_decio_-1689.jpgAzzolini_Decio_(+1689)Cardinal Decio Azzilinohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/renc3a9_descartes_i_samtal_med_sveriges_drottning_kristina.jpgRené_Descartes_i_samtal_med_Sveriges_drottning,_KristinaChristina with Rene Descarteshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/416px-elbfas_-_queen_christina_as_a_child.jpg416px-Elbfas_-_Queen_Christina_as_a_ChildQueen Christina of Sweden as a childhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/drottning_kristina_av_sverige-e1471130260857.jpgDrottning_Kristina_av_SverigeQueen Christina as a childhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/800px-vatican_7_20101103.jpg800px-Vatican_7_20101103Queen Christina of Sweden's tomb in the Vatican grottoes2016-08-13T23:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/08/31/the-jubilee-year-december-8-2015-november-20-2016/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/800px-petersdom_von_engelsburg_gesehen.jpg800px-Petersdom_von_Engelsburg_gesehenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4571.jpgIMG_4571The Column of the Immaculate Conception in Piazza Mignanellihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/400px-st-_peters_basilica_holy_door.jpg400px-St._Peter's_Basilica_Holy_DoorThe Holy Doors of St. Peter's Basilicahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/800px-pope_francis_palo_11.jpg800px-Pope_Francis_Palo_11Pope Francis. I'm not a Catholic, but I love this guy!2016-08-13T20:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/12/25/the-vaticans-musician-angels/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/401px-melozzo_da_forlc3ac_-_music-making_angel_-_wga14774.jpg401px-Melozzo_da_Forlì_-_Music-making_Angel_-_WGA14774Musical angelhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/475px-da_forli_-_music-making_angel_2-e1471118727803.jpg475px-Da_Forli_-_Music-Making_Angel_2https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/479px-da_forli_-_frame_drum_player.jpg479px-Da_Forli_-_Frame_drum_playerMusical angelhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2513.jpgIMG_2513Musical angel, with a lutehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2506.jpgIMG_2506Little plump angelshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2508.jpgIMG_2508https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2509.jpgIMG_2509https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2510.jpgIMG_2510Angel with a drum2016-08-13T20:06:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/06/14/exiled-royals-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/450px-mutiroma.jpg450px-MutiRomaPalazzo Muti todayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/762px-james_iii_and_mary_of_modena.jpg762px-James_III_and_Mary_of_ModenaMary of Modena and her son, James Stuarthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/456px-prince_james_edward_stuart_the_old_pretender-e1471118467372.png456px-Prince_James_Edward_Stuart,_the_Old_Pretenderhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/450px-jacobite_kings_in_st_peters_cathedral.jpg450px-Jacobite_kings_in_St_Peters_CathedralJacobite memorial in St. Peter's Basilicahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/432px-bonnie_prince_charlie_by_john_pettie.jpg432px-Bonnie_Prince_Charlie_by_John_PettieBonnie Prince Charlie2016-08-13T20:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/05/31/caravaggio-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bild-ottavio_leoni_caravaggio-e1471118331926.jpgBild-Ottavio_Leoni,_Caravaggiohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/the_deposition_by_caravaggio.jpgThe_Deposition_by_CaravaggioDeposition from the Crosshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/488px-maria_magdalene_by_caravaggio.jpg488px-Maria_Magdalene_by_CaravaggioRepenitent Mary Magdalenehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/460px-self-portrait_as_the_sick_bacchus_by_caravaggio.jpg460px-Self-portrait_as_the_Sick_Bacchus_by_CaravaggioSick Young Bacchushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/451px-bild-ottavio_leoni_caravaggio.jpg451px-Bild-Ottavio_Leoni,_Caravaggiohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/800px-judith_beheading_holofernes_by_caravaggio.jpg800px-Judith_Beheading_Holofernes_by_CaravaggioJudith Beheading Holofolnershttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/514px-michelangelo_caravaggio_007.jpg514px-Michelangelo_Caravaggio_007https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/456px-michelangelo_caravaggio_038.jpg456px-Michelangelo_Caravaggio_038The Martyrdom of St. Paulhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/372px-the_inspiration_of_saint_matthew_by_caravaggio.jpg372px-The_Inspiration_of_Saint_Matthew_by_CaravaggioThe Calling of St. Matthew2016-08-13T19:59:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/05/25/the-keats-shelley-house-at-the-spanish-steps/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/protestant-cemetery-img_2539.jpgProtestant Cemetery IMG_2539Gravestone of John Keatshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4536.jpgIMG_4536The Keats-Shelley House Museumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4535.jpgIMG_4535The room where Keats diedhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4534.jpgIMG_4534Mask of Keatshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4533.jpgIMG_4533https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4532.jpgIMG_4532The museum houses the world's largest collection of Romantic literaturehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_4530.jpgIMG_4530Bust of John Keatshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/491px-john_keats_by_william_hilton.jpg491px-John_Keats_by_William_HiltonJohn Keats, by William Hiltonhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/481px-keats-shelley_house.jpg481px-Keats-Shelley_House2016-08-13T19:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/11/06/car-choices-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/car-img_0954-2.jpgcar IMG_0954 2A car of many colorshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/car-img_1658.jpgcar IMG_1658Perky orange Fiat 500https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/car-img_1655.jpgcar IMG_1655Not sure why this thing is needed for cruising the urban streetshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/car-img_1618.jpgcar IMG_1618Neon-green Lamborghinihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/car-img_1101-e1383785864942.jpgcar IMG_1101Tiny, electric car2016-08-13T19:43:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/02/05/a-sumptuous-night-at-alloro/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1667.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1667A lovely surprise - lamb potstickers with cabbagehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1674.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1674Treats galore at the very endhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1671.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1671All'Oro tiramisu, after breaking open the meringue crusthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1669.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1669All’Oro tiramisù, with a hard merge crust and a cocoa-coffee fillinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1668.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1668Pork belly done right - succulenthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1666.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1666All'Oro dining roomhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1664.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1664A "sushi" of raw Fassona beef, truffle, parmesan cheese and balsamic - delicioushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1662.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1662Pork rillette in olive oil with with mushrooms and pearshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1661.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1661To-die-for bread to nibble onhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alloro-img_1660.jpgAll'Oro IMG_1660Squash bisque2016-08-13T19:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/09/13/guest-blog-post-beer-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/800px-moretti_03.jpg800px-Moretti_03Hopefully I at least drank Moretti!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/oasi_birra.jpgOasi della BirraOasi della Birrahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2088.jpgBdBi(g)BodyIbuBdBi(g)BodyIbu served at no.auhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/open-baladin-img_1510.jpgOpen Baladin IMG_1510Open Baladin's Wall of Beerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_5205.jpgIMG_5205Brasserie 4:20https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_5201.jpgIMG_5201https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_5037.jpgIMG_5037The affable Dario behind the (tiny) bar2016-08-13T15:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/07/26/st-agnes-outside-the-walls/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/800px-santagnese_fuori_le_mura_mosaico_di_santagnese_e_santi_625-638.jpg800px-Sant'agnese_fuori_le_mura,_mosaico_di_sant'agnese_e_santi,_625-638Apse mosaichttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4705.jpgIMG_4705Columns and arches in the navehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4703.jpgIMG_4703Statue of St. Agneshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4699.jpgIMG_4699https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/789px-catholic_encyclopedia_-_apse_of_the_church_of_saint_agnes_rome.jpg789px-Catholic_Encyclopedia_-_Apse_of_the_Church_of_Saint_Agnes,_RomeApse mosiachttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/450px-q17_trieste_-_basilica_di_santagnese_10.jpg450px-Q17_Trieste_-_Basilica_di_Sant'Agnese_10Carved wooden ceiling of St. Agnes Outside the Wallshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/430px-domenichino_-_santagnese_royal_collection.jpg430px-Domenichino_-_Sant'Agnese_(Royal_Collection)Saint Agnes by Domenichino2016-08-13T15:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/09/13/glass-hostaria-bravo-chef-bowerman/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3928.jpgIMG_3928https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3924.jpgIMG_3924https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3916.jpgIMG_3916Marinated in sangria (!)https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3912.jpgIMG_3912A board full of fabulous little treatshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3923.jpgIMG_3923A beautiful desserthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3921.jpgIMG_3921The lamb "pork belly"https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3919.jpgIMG_3919The deceptively simple and completely divine pastahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3915.jpgIMG_3915Bread selection, with several different textures and flavorshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3914.jpgIMG_3914Beef tartarehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3910.jpgIMG_3910Amuse bouche: campari sphere shooters, with lightly flavored but addictive crisps2016-08-13T15:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/02/28/carnival-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4435.jpgIMG_4435A happy devilhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2228.jpgIMG_2228Everyone turned out for the parade, including the protest taping it on his smartphonehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4439.jpgIMG_4439The end of Carnival … see you next year!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4433.jpgIMG_4433A little pirate and his daddy ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4427.jpgIMG_4427A little princess ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4425.jpgIMG_4425An Indian princess ...2016-08-13T15:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/11/23/james-bond-in-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/682px-fontana_paola_rome.jpg682px-Fontana_Paola_RomeAcqua Paola fountain, on the Gianicolo.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/colosseo-img_0656.jpgColosseo IMG_0656The Colosseo ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/logo_oficial_de_spectre.jpgLogo_oficial_de_SpectreSpectrehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/800px-0403_-_tevere_in_piena_08.jpg800px-0403_-_Tevere_in_piena_08Ponte Sistohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/800px-ponte_sisto_rome.jpg800px-Ponte_Sisto_RomePonthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/169portaspancrazio.jpg169PortaSPancrazioPorta San Pancrazio2016-08-13T15:16:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/08/15/the-garden-of-st-agnes-outside-the-walls/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4711.jpgIMG_4711Decoration in the gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4710.jpgIMG_4710https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4709.jpgIMG_4709The church of St. Agnes Outside the Walls, looking up from the gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4708.jpgIMG_4708Gotto in the garden of St. Agnes Outside the Walls2016-08-13T15:15:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/08/13/gin-and-tonics-at-stravinskij-bar/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_5683.jpgIMG_5683A Ferrari parked at Hotel de Russie ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6022.jpgIMG_6022The Venetianhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6021.jpgIMG_6021The Dandyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6020.jpgIMG_6020The Mr. Smithhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6018.jpgIMG_6018The Lemon Treehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6017.jpgIMG_6017The Roman G&Thttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6016.jpgIMG_6016The Vine Streethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6019.jpgIMG_6019https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6015.jpgIMG_6015https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6013.jpgIMG_6013Generous, complimentary bar snacks2016-08-13T12:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/12/14/a-perfect-day-in-testaccio-part-one/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/testaccio-market-pig-dsc04590.jpgTestaccio market pig DSC04590https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/testaccio-img_1243.jpgTestaccio IMG_1243https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/testaccio-market-img_1292.jpgTestaccio market IMG_1292Città dell'Altra Economia https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/testaccio-market-cafe-boario-img_1282.jpgTestaccio market Cafe Boario IMG_1282https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/testaccio-market-pig-dsc04590.jpgTestaccio market pig DSC04590https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/testaccio-market-img_1280.jpgTestaccio market IMG_1280Outdoor seating. with vendor booths in the backgroundhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/testaccio-market-img_1277.jpgTestaccio market IMG_1277Street art and a glimpse of the market going onhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/testaccio-market-img_1268.jpgTestaccio market IMG_1268Many other local foods to choose from as wellhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/testaccio-market-img_1262.jpgTestaccio market IMG_1262Lots of delicious pig productshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/testaccio-market-cheese-img_1266.jpgTestaccio market cheese IMG_1266Mouth-watering cheeses2016-07-23T20:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/01/12/rome-inspires-kids-of-all-ages/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/colors-spanish-steps-img_0336.jpgcolors Spanish Steps IMG_0336https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/420px-san_michele_manufacture_-_tapestry_with_the_goddess_roma_-_google_art_project.jpg420px-San_Michele_Manufacture_-_Tapestry_with_the_goddess_Roma_-_Google_Art_ProjectThe Goddess Roma, from the Capitoline Museumshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/st-peters-dome.jpgSt Peters domeThe beauty of St. Peter's Basilicahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/street-scene-img_11071.jpgstreet scene IMG_1107https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/trevi-img_0209.jpgTrevi IMG_0209https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/colosseo-seen-from-piazza-venezia.jpgColosseo seen from Piazza VeneziaThe ancient Colosseumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spqr-img_0846.jpgSPQR IMG_08462016-07-23T20:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/06/26/vignarola-at-nino/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6433__.jpgvignarola_ninoVignarola at Ninohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6436.jpgIMG_6436Fruit and whipped cream for the endhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6435.jpgIMG_6435Pasta arrabbiatahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6434.jpgIMG_6434Fried squash blossomshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6438.jpgIMG_6438The etched glass inside Nino may look familiar ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6437.jpgIMG_6437Inside Nino ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3958.jpgIMG_3958https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6440.jpgIMG_6440Da Nino2016-06-26T14:53:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/06/05/june-5-1944-allied-forces-liberate-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/111-sc-1901051.jpg111-SC-190105https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bundesarchiv_bild_121-2051_rom_beisetzung_italienischer_polizeichef_bocchini.jpgRom, Beisetzung italienischer Polizeichef BocchiniNazis, including Himmler, in Rome at Piazza Venezia. https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bundesarchiv_bild_101i-312-0983-07_rom_festnahme_von_zivilisten.jpgRom, Festnahme von ZivilistenGerman (and Fascist) troops round up citizens at Palazzo Barberini after the Via Rasella attack. Some of the people in this photo probably died at Fosse Ardeatine.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bundesarchiv_bild_101i-312-0983-10_rom_soldaten_vor_gebc3a4ude.jpgRom, Soldaten vor GebäudeA body lies on the street after the attack by Partisans on German troops on Via Rasella2016-06-05T15:52:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/05/16/stop-to-smell-the-roses-and-remember/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-15-10-34-52.jpg2016-05-15 10.34.52Column at the entry to the upper part of the Rose Gardenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-15-10-41-03.jpg2016-05-15 10.41.03https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-15-10-38-14.jpg2016-05-15 10.38.14https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screen-shot-2016-04-24-at-1-32-16-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-04-24 at 1.32.16 PMGoogle Maps Satellite image of the Rome Rose Gardenshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/576px-rosaicebergclimbing.jpg576px-RosaIcebergClimbingRoses of every color ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/452px-rosaldbraithwaite.jpg452px-RosaLDBraithwaitehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/515px-rosabuttercup.jpg515px-RosaButtercuphttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/631px-rosaserenissima.jpg631px-RosaSerenissima2016-05-16T16:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/11/25/win-an-amazing-roman-holiday-and-support-passports-with-purpose/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/september-1020.jpegSeptember-1020Whiz through the Eternal City with Scooteroma!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1.jpeg1See the magnificent Trevi Fountain with Rome & Tuscany Tourshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/audrey_heburn_and_gregory_peck_in_roman_holiday_trailer_2.jpgAudrey_Heburn_and_Gregory_Peck_in_Roman_Holiday_trailer_2The Princess meets the reporter at the beautiful Spanish Steps in the heart of Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/audrey_hepburn_and_gregory_peck_on_vespa_in_roman_holiday_trailer.jpgAudrey_Hepburn_and_Gregory_Peck_on_Vespa_in_Roman_Holiday_trailerThe famous scooter scene from the classic Roman Holidayhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/spanishstepsapt.jpgSpanishStepsAptThe Spanish Steps Apartmenthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/spanish-steps-5.jpgSpanish StepsThe magnificent Spanish Steps, Rome2016-04-24T16:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/10/06/musings-on-my-movie-memories/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/btd2set_photo1.pngThe set of Beyond the Door IIPreparing for a scene in Beyond the Door II. I'm in the bed. Mario Bava is standing with the cigarette.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/btdset_photo1.pngThe set of Beyond the DoorThe set of Beyond the Door. Sitting down are me and my film sister, played by Barbara Fiorini.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/devil_within_her_chi_sei_italian-exorcist-rip-off_1974.jpgdevil_within_her_chi_sei_italian-exorcist-rip-off_1974Beyond the Door, also known as "The Devil Within Her," apparently also released in something known as "Vibrasound" to increase the scary experience of watching this film. Image courtesy of horrorpedia.comhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/beyond-the-door-ii-mario-bava-shock.jpgbeyond-the-door-ii-mario-bava-shock"Beyond the Door II" directed by Maria Bava. Yes, that's my scary 7-year-old face. Image courtesy of horrorpedia.comhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/beyond_the_door_chi_sei_1974_italian_horror.jpgbeyond_the_door_chi_sei_1974_italian_horror"Beyond the Door," also known (in the Italian version) as "Chi Sei?" I'm the blond boy at the lower right. Image courtesy of horrorpedia.comhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/shock-schock-italian-poster.jpgshock-schock-italian-poster"Schock," also known as "Beyond the Door II" and "Shock." Image courtesy of horrorpedia.com2016-04-24T16:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/08/30/stopping-to-find-a-little-hidden-treasure-santa-maria-in-trivio/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/trevi-santa-maria-in-trvio-in-img_0247.jpgTrevi Santa Maria in Trvio in IMG_0247Interior of Santa Maria in Triviohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/trevi-santa-maria-in-trivio-img_0254.jpgTrevi Santa Maria in Trivio IMG_0254The ceiling of Santa Maria in Triviohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/trevi-santa-maria-in-trivio-san-gaspare-del-bufalo-img_0252.jpgTrevi Santa Maria in Trivio San Gaspare del Bufalo IMG_0252The chapel dedicated to Saint Gaspare del Bufalohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/trevi-santa-maria-in-trvio-img_0241.jpgThe front of Trevi Santa Maria in Trvio IMG_0241The facade of Santa Maria in Triviohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/trevi-santa-maria-in-trivio-img_0248.jpgTrevi Santa Maria in Trivio IMG_0248Santa Maria in Trivio, an altar painted to resemble marble. Charming and beautiful.2016-04-24T16:07:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/08/25/had-enough-old-stuff-head-for-romes-terrific-modern-art-museums/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/macro-img_2429.jpgMACRO IMG_2429MACRO's modern winghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/maxxi-img_3766.jpgGiant furry "foot" installation at MAXXIGiant furry "foot" installation at MAXXIhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/maxxi-img_3773.jpgMAXXI IMG_3773MAXXI's pleasant outdoor areahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/maxxi-img_3775.jpgMAXXI IMG_3775MAXXI Museum, Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/maxxi-img_3776.jpgMAXXI IMG_3776MAXXI Museum, Romehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/macro-img_2419.jpgMACRO bagsMassive, colorful installation made of trash bags by Pascale Marthine Tayou at MACRO 2016-04-24T16:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/07/20/rome-street-art-and-the-terrific-new-book-on-it-can-be-yours/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_4580-version-2.jpgStreet Art Stories Roma by Jessica StewartStreet Art Stories Roma by Jessica Stewarthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/romestreetart2.jpgromestreetart2In Monti, at Piazza de Madonna dei Monti.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/romestreetart.jpgRomestreetartIn a little alley in Monti, off of Via dei Serpenti.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/spanish-steps-invader-img_0332.jpgSpanish Steps invader IMG_0332Invader near the Spanish Steps2016-04-24T16:03:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/06/10/getting-around-rome/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/metroroma.pngMetroromahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/san-silvestro-piazza-img_3181.jpgSan Silvestro piazza IMG_3181Piazza San Silvestro, with its convenient taxi standhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/colosseo-seen-from-piazza-venezia.jpgColosseo seen from Piazza VeneziaThe magnificent Colosseumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/marble-foot-img_2457.jpgmarble foot IMG_2457The marble foot, on marble foot streethttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bus-img_3617.jpgbus IMG_3617The little electric bus conveniently stops on our street2016-04-24T15:58:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/05/19/the-pyramid-of-cestius-and-the-protestant-cemetery/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/protestant-cemetery-img_2545.jpgProtestant Cemetery IMG_2545The gravestone of John Keatshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/protestant-cemetery-img_2612.jpgProtestant Cemetery IMG_2612One of the resident catshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/protestant-cemetery-img_2521.jpgProtestant Cemetery IMG_2521The Protestant Cemeteryhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/protestant-cemetery-img_2581.jpgThe Pyramid of CestiusThe Pyramid of Cestius2016-04-24T15:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/04/20/rome-and-washington-dc/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pantheon-img_0833.jpgPantheon IMG_0833The Pantheon, Rome.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/450px-176tempiettospietromontorio.jpg450px-176TempiettoSPietroMontoriohttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_4460.jpgIMG_4460Memorial to World War I Washington, DC veterans.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_4472.jpgIMG_4472Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_4434-e1366460074432.jpgIMG_4434Dome of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pantheon-img_3472-e1366459912103.jpgPantheon IMG_3472Dome of the Pantheon, Washington, D.C.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_4448-e1366459730795.jpgIMG_4448The Washington monument undergoing restoration in April 2013.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_4420-e1366459553272.jpgIMG_4420Capitol dome, Washington, D.C.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/st-peters-dome-img_0483-e1366459431584.jpgSt Peters dome IMG_0483Dome of St. Peter's Basilica.2016-04-24T15:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2013/03/13/the-vaticans-amazing-floors-yes-floors/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0540.jpgIMG_0540https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0555.jpgIMG_0555https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0561.jpgIMG_0561https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0539.jpgIMG_05392016-04-24T15:51:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/05/04/whats-beneath-piazza-navona/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/800px-circo_agonalis2.jpg800px-Circo_agonalis2The Stadium of Domitianhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_18832.jpgIMG_1883A depiction of what the stadium once looked like ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1886.jpgIMG_1886Stairs leading up under an archhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1862.jpgIMG_1862Arches leading through the stadium complexhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1877.jpgIMG_1877Stairs, arches, and walls from Domitian's Stadiumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1870-e1397592552722.jpgIMG_1870Statue on display https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1858.jpgIMG_1858Section of the Stadium of Domitian visible from the street ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/navona-img_4355.jpgNavona IMG_43552016-04-24T13:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/04/11/la-pergola-romes-3-star-dining-experience/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2187.jpgIMG_2187The Grand Desserthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2186.jpgIMG_2186The magic box ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2185.jpgIMG_2185https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2183.jpgIMG_2183Filet of veal with cheese-filled artichoke under a salt foamhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2181.jpgIMG_2181Loin of lambhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2180.jpgIMG_2180Scampi and two caviarshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2178.jpgIMG_2178Amberjack and soya macaronhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2177.jpgIMG_2177Amuse bouche, on a glass box of stones ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2176.jpgIMG_2176https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2175.jpgIMG_21752016-04-24T13:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/04/05/via-triumphalis-necropolis/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2460.jpgIMG_2460Via Triumphalis Necropolis exhibitionhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2463.jpgIMG_2463Human burial, still in situhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2482.jpgIMG_2482Beautiful carved sarcophagushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2489.jpgIMG_2489Beautiful mosaic floorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2492.jpgIMG_2492https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2497.jpgIMG_2497Tomb markershttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2467.jpgIMG_2467Clay vessels; note the "snack hole" tube for offerings to the dead in upper righthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2480.jpgIMG_2480Via Triumphalis2016-04-24T12:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/03/21/remains-of-an-ancient-feast/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2565.jpgIMG_2565Christian-era sarcophagus carving.https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2539.jpgIMG_2539Sculpture panel of women in flowing dresses in the Profane Museumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2573.jpgIMG_2573Want to see amazing art at the Vatican Museums without all the crowds?https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2545.jpgIMG_2545The unswept floor, with a visitorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2543.jpgIMG_2543https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2548.jpgIMG_2548https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2549.jpgIMG_25492016-04-24T12:54:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/02/18/finding-a-gem-in-your-backyard-via-antonio-canova/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/via-antonio-canova-img_1583.jpgVia Antonio Canova IMG_1583Via Antonio Canovahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/via-antonio-canova-img_1584.jpgVia Antonio Canova IMG_1584Plaque about the sculptor Antonio Canovahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/via-antonio-canova-img_1587.jpgVia Antonio Canova IMG_1587And another statue, this tome with a head but no feet...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/via-antonio-canova-img_1582.jpgVia Antonio Canova IMG_1582The headless statue on the corner ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/via-antonio-canova-street-art-img_1591.jpgVia Antonio Canova street art IMG_1591Via Antonio street art2016-04-24T12:47:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2014/07/13/tiber-island-isola-tiberina/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-img_04092.jpgTiber Island IMG_0409Torre dei Caetanihttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-img_0403.jpgTiber Island IMG_0403The Four Headed Statuehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/800px-tevere_isola_tiberina_-_piena_051130.jpg800px-Tevere_Isola_Tiberina_-_piena_051130The "ship's prow" of Tiber Islandhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-img_0408.jpgTiber Island IMG_0408https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-img_0421.jpgTiber Island IMG_0421The beauty of Tiber Island in the sunlighthttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-img_04091.jpgTiber Island IMG_0409The Caetani Towerhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-img_0417.jpgTiber Island IMG_0417Pharmacy and shrine at Piazza San Bartolomeo All'Isolahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-img_0418.jpgTiber Island IMG_0418Sign at the tiny Piazza di San Bartolomeo All'Isolahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-shrine-img_0412.jpgTiber Island shrine IMG_0412Madonna della Lampadahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tiber-island-img_0416.jpgTiber Island IMG_0416Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola2016-04-24T01:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/01/31/he-built-the-worlds-first-pay-toilets-and-the-colosseum/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_5659.jpgIMG_5659Communal toilets in Ostia Anticahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/colosseo-seen-from-piazza-venezia.jpgColosseo seen from Piazza VeneziaThe mighty Colosseumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vespasian.jpgVespasianA coin with Vespasian's face -- and he earned it!https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vespasian_01.jpgVespasian_012016-04-23T23:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2015/10/31/minervas-chick/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/santa-maria-sopra-minerva-img_0804.jpgSanta Maria Sopra Minerva IMG_0804https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/468px-filippino_lippi_-_altar_wall_of_the_carafa_chapel_-_wga13123.jpg468px-Filippino_Lippi_-_Altar_wall_of_the_Carafa_Chapel_-_WGA13123The Carafa Chapelhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/800px-petersdom_von_engelsburg_gesehen1.jpg800px-Petersdom_von_Engelsburg_gesehenhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/santa-maria-sopra-minerva-img_3426.jpgSanta Maria Sopra Minerva IMG_3426The church's blue ceilingshttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/santa-maria-sopra-minerva-img_0804.jpgSanta Maria Sopra Minerva IMG_0804https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/s-obelisk-elephant-img_0342.jpgs obelisk elephant IMG_0342Elephant and obelisk before Santa Maria sopra Minervahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/s-obelisk-elephant-img_0341.jpgs obelisk elephant IMG_0341Bernini's elephant2016-04-23T22:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/04/17/villa-medici/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5698.jpgIMG_5698Modern art exhibit at Villa Medici last fallhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/800px-jean-baptiste-camille-corot-vasque-villa-mc3a9dicis-reims.jpg800px-Jean-Baptiste-Camille-Corot-Vasque-Villa-Médicis-ReimsCourt's famous painting of the fountainhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/anderson_james_1813-1877_-_n-_648_-_vaticano_preso_da_villa_medici.jpgAnderson,_James_(1813-1877)_-_n._648_-_Vaticano_preso_da_Villa_MediciJames Anderson (1813-1877) - "The Vatican hill, seen from Villa Medici" https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5758.jpgIMG_5758The dent in the front door, allegedly from a cannonball shot at the Villa by Queen Cristinahttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5704.jpgIMG_5704Villa Medici's massive front doorhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5703.jpgIMG_5703https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5751.jpgIMG_5751Parts of the gardens are formal ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5749.jpgIMG_5749Large paths for strollinghttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5724.jpgIMG_5724... and little surprises, like these copies of the Niobe group sculptures ...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_5723.jpgIMG_5723...with some lush hidden gardens ...2016-04-17T18:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/03/31/the-vatican-museums-staircases-worth-every-step/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_5521.jpgIMG_5521The Momo staircase at 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...https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2577.jpgIMG_2577https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/vatican-museums-bramante-staircase-img_0492.jpgVatican Museums Bramante staircase IMG_0492The Bramante Staircasehttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2582.jpgIMG_25822016-03-31T11:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/2016/03/15/the-ides-of-march/https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/roman-forum-julius-caesar-dsc_0112.jpgRoman Forum Julius Caesar DSC_0112The remains of the temple of Julius Caesar, in the Roman Forumhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cesar-sa_mort.jpgVincenzo Camuccini, "Morte di Cesare", 1798,Vincenzo Camuccini, "Morte di Cesare", 1798,https://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bust_of_gaius_iulius_caesar_in_naples.jpgBust_of_Gaius_Iulius_Caesar_in_NaplesJulius Caesarhttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/augustus_as_pontifex_maximus.jpgAugustus_as_pontifex_maximushttps://blog.spanishstepsapartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/508px-portrait_brutus_massimo.jpg508px-Portrait_Brutus_MassimoAnd you, too, 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