Day 66.

Another busy day in Rome, or actually outside of Rome as I've been to Tivoli visiting the Villa of Hadrian and Villa d'este. I could easily post a hundred pictures from today but you will have to live with five!



The very famous Maritime Theater, one of the many fabulous places in the villa. I might add that the villa probably is as big as Herculaneum.


A beautiful column.


A (medieval?) castle in Tivoli that I passed by randomly.


Things were very much different 500 years ago. Priests weren't supposed to be humble, just look at this private waterfall in the garden of Villa d'este at Tivoli, build by a cardinal.


A painting (one of many, many, many) in the same villa. No expense saved. Notice that it's depicting Hercules as a "warrior" in the front scene and a herdsman in the background scene. The later is a ancient interpretation of Hercules, which was very strong in Tivoli.

Day 50.

50 days in Rome? It simply can't be true, it feels like a week and there's still something new behind every corner. Anyway last night was spent at the Swizz institute, I went to bed rather late unfortunately as I had to get up at 8 this morning to visit the Museo della civalte Romana. Most people dislike it as it's an old exhibition, clearly influenced by fascist propaganda but I see great potential in it and believe that it could be stunning if someone would try to take better care of it.


The monumental colonnade that link the two museum buildings.


One of the major pieces at the museum is a copy of the column of Trajanus that I posted The ninth day here. I very much recommend the larger version of this picture however. Here's a brief description of the different scenes.


A model of the Colosseum that correspond nicely with one of my earlier shots from day 10.