Picspam! Here I go....
I have taken these photos at various points in the last couple of years, but I never thought they were up to much. I am rather unhappy about publishing them when so many of my f-list are so astonishingly good. However!
My mother's flat is within a short walk of the Via Latina, which is probably the most ancient road still in use in Rome, and so I took a few photos of Via Latina and Porta Latina:
The Aurelian Walls were built late in the history of the Empire, in 258 AD, and they were put up in a devil of a hurry, using everything that was at hand. Archaeologists have found all sorts of things within them. They are nevertheless huge and imposing.
Porta Latina, on the other hand, is remarkably tiny, obviously not one of the city's main ways out. Notice the modern quarter on the other side - my mother lives a few blocks and a couple of turns down the road.
Via Latina. This unremarkable street is the most ancient road in Rome and in Italy.
A delightful public park beside Porta Latina.
An image of the Blessed Virgin in the wall overlooking the Via Latina roadway. Notice the fresh flowers. Rome (and indeed Italy) are full of these.
The ancient church of St.John at Porta Latina. Not to be confused with the mighty Cathedral of St.John Lateran.
Unusually, there is a well near the church entrance...
...I could not decipher the inscription.
Inside St.John at Porta Latina. The southern half of Rome's historic centre has several churches that go back to the Dark Ages or even to the late Roman Empire. This one, I seem to remember, dates from the eighth century.
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And while we're at it....
...this is what I look like. Sorry!
(to be continued...>
My mother's flat is within a short walk of the Via Latina, which is probably the most ancient road still in use in Rome, and so I took a few photos of Via Latina and Porta Latina:
The Aurelian Walls were built late in the history of the Empire, in 258 AD, and they were put up in a devil of a hurry, using everything that was at hand. Archaeologists have found all sorts of things within them. They are nevertheless huge and imposing.
Porta Latina, on the other hand, is remarkably tiny, obviously not one of the city's main ways out. Notice the modern quarter on the other side - my mother lives a few blocks and a couple of turns down the road.
Via Latina. This unremarkable street is the most ancient road in Rome and in Italy.
A delightful public park beside Porta Latina.
An image of the Blessed Virgin in the wall overlooking the Via Latina roadway. Notice the fresh flowers. Rome (and indeed Italy) are full of these.
The ancient church of St.John at Porta Latina. Not to be confused with the mighty Cathedral of St.John Lateran.
Unusually, there is a well near the church entrance...
...I could not decipher the inscription.
Inside St.John at Porta Latina. The southern half of Rome's historic centre has several churches that go back to the Dark Ages or even to the late Roman Empire. This one, I seem to remember, dates from the eighth century.
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And while we're at it....
...this is what I look like. Sorry!
(to be continued...>