The famous statue of Nile. Egyptian room. Vatican museum.

The Room of Animals. Vatican museum.

The Torso Belvedere. Vatican museum.

The famous School of Athens (1509). Fresco,in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Raphael Stanzas, Vatican.

The Fire in the Borgo (1514). Fresco, width at base: 670 cm. Stanza dell'Incendio di Borgo (Raphael) Vatican

St. Peter's Basilica and St. Peter's Square. The Pope is under the canopy with the Wednesday's Papal audience in front.

St. Peter's Square. One of the two huge semicircles. Just behind are the Sistine Chapel and the Apostolic palaces.

Michelangelo's Pieta.
Poor quality of the photograph is due to no flash use and the glass in front.

Bernini's Baldacchino in St. Peter's Basilica. Right behind is the Holy Spirit in Glory.

The XIII century statue of St. Peter attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio. The feet are worn away by the kisses of the faithful. Again poor light.

The Arch of Constantine, from the Colosseum.

The Colosseum, from inside.

Another view.

The Altar of Julius Caesar in the Roman Forum.

Inside the Curia (The Roman Senate). The original mosaic floors.

The Lapis Niger, the so called tomb of Romulus, the founder of Rome.

A view of the Roman Forum from the Capitoline hill.

The Campidoglio. The square and the ramp like staircase called "La Cordonata" was designed by Michelangelo.

A view from the top of the Monument to Victor Emanuel II. To the left is the Colosseum, to the center are the Aracoeli church and the Capitol, to the right are the roman ruins on the Palatine hill.

Monument of Victor Emmanuel II at the Piazza Venezia.

The Trevi Fountain

The Pantheon

Interiors of The Pantheon.

Bernini's Fountain of four rivers (Nile, Ganges, Danube and Plate) at the Piazza Novona.