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43 * 1885 x 2827 * (1.66MB)

44.Obelisco.su.Elefante.Bernini * An elephant carrying an obelisk. This Bernini's sculpture, located in Piazza della Minerva, according to the artist represents the idea that to support a solid knowledge, a robust mind is needed - as it is written on one sculpture's side. * 1944 x 2916 * (1.22MB)

45.Obelisco.su.Elefante * The original project had an elephant carrying the obelisk on his back, but a rival artist, whose project for the statue was discarded, despite Bernini's protests convinced the pope to fill the gap between the elephant's belly and the basement with a stone cube, to follow the old idea that no perpendicular weight should rest on any empty vacuum. * 1322 x 1907 * (524KB)

46.a * Some streets near the Pantheon and Piazza della Minerva. * 3435 x 2290 * (1.34MB)

46.b * 3463 x 2309 * (1.6MB)

43.Vicolo.della.Torretta

44.Obelisco.su.Elefante.Bernini

45.Obelisco.su.Elefante

46.Tramonto * 3107 x 2095 * (1.32MB)

47.Tramonto * 3328 x 2160 * (655KB)

48.Tramonto * 3533 x 2528 * (1.57MB)

49.Via.dei.Fori.Imperiali * Via dei Fori Imperiali goes from the Colosseo (behind my back when taking the photo) to Piazza Venezia. It crosses the Imperial Forums right before the piazza. * 3567 x 2315 * (1.59MB)

51.Roxy * 3888 x 2592 * (1.59MB)

49.Via.dei.Fori.Imperiali

52.Buon.Natale * 1944 x 1296 * (711KB)

53 * 2916 x 1944 * (1.38MB)

56.Dolce.vita * 2646 x 1974 * (706KB)

54.Windows.sulla.scala * Original idea... in a fancy street near Piazza di Spagna. * 1796 x 1729 * (819KB)

55.Metallo * 1724 x 2414 * (584KB)

54.Windows.sulla.scala

57.Not.human * 3573 x 2556 * (1.2MB)

56.Fontana.della.Barcaccia * Here is Piazza di Spagna. The Fontana della Barcaccia (Boat's fountain), guess what, was built by Pietro Bernini (father of Lorenzo), its design was supposedly inspied by a boat carried in the piazza by a Tiber river's flood in 1598.
In the background you can see the suggestive stairway which leads to the Trinità dei Monti church. * 3504 x 2336 * (1.81MB)

58.Spazio * 3438 x 2305 * (979KB)

59.Piazza.del.Popolo * Literally translated People Square, the name Piazza del Popolo might have a different origin.The word popolo can be derived from latin populus (italian pioppo, english poplar), since traditionally there used to be a small wood of poplars around the tumb of the emperor Nero, which was nearby.
Anyway, it is confirmed that pope Pasquale II (11th century a.D.) issued the construction of a chapel (located where now the S. Maria del Popolo church is located, behind the obelisk in the photo) relying on people's expenses. * 3360 x 1989 * (968KB)

60.Piazza.del.Popolo * 3742 x 2495 * (1.35MB)

56.Fontana.della.Barcaccia

59.Piazza.del.Popolo

60.Piazza.del.Popolo

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