The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.
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Italy 2014

 
  Rome   Ferrara   Milan   Basel

Rome

Colloseum, Rome, Italy 2014
Colloseum
Colloseum, Rome, Italy 2014
Colloseum
Colloseum, Rome, Italy 2014
Colloseum
Colloseum, Rome, Italy 2014
Colloseum
Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy 2014
Trajan's Column
Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy 2014
Trajan's Column
Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy 2014
Trajan's Column
Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy 2014
Trajan's Column
Elephant obelisk 17th c elephant supporting ancient Egyptian ob, Rome, Italy 2014
Elephant obelisk
17th c elephant supporting ancient Egyptian obelisk
Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy 2014
Castel Sant'Angelo
St Peter's, across the Tiber, Rome, Italy 2014
St Peter's, across the Tiber
St Peter's, Rome, Italy 2014
St Peter's
St Peter's Square, Rome, Italy 2014
St Peter's Square
Poles from Scotland In town for Joh Paul II canonization, Rome, Italy 2014
Poles from Scotland
In town for Joh Paul II canonization
Temple of Hercules Victor, Rome, Italy 2014
Temple of Hercules Victor
Temple of Hercules Victor, Rome, Italy 2014
Temple of Hercules Victor
Victor Emmanuel Monument, Rome, Italy 2014
Victor Emmanuel Monument

The Pantheon

The Pantheon: "Agrippa Built This", Italy 2014
The Pantheon: "Agrippa Built This"
Tourist hordes, The Pantheon, Italy 2014
Tourist hordes
Occulus, The Pantheon, Italy 2014
Occulus
Vittorio Emanuele tomb, The Pantheon, Italy 2014
Vittorio Emanuele tomb

Roman Fora

Arch of Constantine, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Arch of Constantine
Arch of Titus, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Arch of Titus
Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Roman Fora
Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Roman Fora
The Black Stone, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
The Black Stone
Exterior of the Curia, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Exterior of the Curia
Temple of Caesar, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Temple of Caesar
Altar of Caesar, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Altar of Caesar
Temple of the Vestals, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Temple of the Vestals
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
"Temple of Romulus", Roman Fora, Italy 2014
"Temple of Romulus"
Temple of Saturn, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Temple of Saturn
Temple of Saturn, Roman Fora, Italy 2014
Temple of Saturn

Capitoline Museum

Replica of Marcus Aurelius statue Outside Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Replica of Marcus Aurelius statue
Outside Capitoline Museum
She Wolf of Rome, Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
She Wolf of Rome
Boy with Thorn (~27 BC), Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Boy with Thorn (~27 BC)
Marcus Aurelius statue (~180 AD), Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Marcus Aurelius statue (~180 AD)
Giant head of Constantine (~337 AD), Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Giant head of Constantine (~337 AD)
Very fine micro-mosaic (2nd-3rd c), Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Very fine micro-mosaic (2nd-3rd c)
Sarcophogus with the Calydonia Boar Hunt, Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Sarcophogus with the Calydonia Boar Hunt
Oceanus, Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Oceanus
The Dying Gaul Renaissance update of Roman replica of a lost Gr, Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
The Dying Gaul
Renaissance update of Roman replica of a lost Greek original
The Dying Gaul Hairstyle is not original., Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
The Dying Gaul
Hairstyle is not original.
Bachus (?) in purple marble, Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Bachus (?) in purple marble
Asclepius with a twined serpent staff, in fine black marble, Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Asclepius with a twined serpent staff, in fine black marble
Black centaur, Capitoline Museum, Italy 2014
Black centaur

Ferrara

Diamanti Palace, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Diamanti Palace
Diamanti Palace: Diamond patterned surface, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Diamanti Palace: Diamond patterned surface
Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Castello Estense
Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Castello Estense
Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Castello Estense
Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Castello Estense
Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Castello Estense
Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Castello Estense
Ferrara Cathedral, Italy 2014
Ferrara Cathedral
Odd cathedral doorway support, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Odd cathedral doorway support
Cathedral bell tower, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Cathedral bell tower
Palazzo Municipale, Ferrara, Italy 2014
Palazzo Municipale

Milan

Rainy Milan Cathedral, Italy 2014
Rainy Milan Cathedral
Milan Cathedral (2), Italy 2014
Milan Cathedral (2)
Cathedral interior, Milan, Italy 2014
Cathedral interior
Cathedral interior, Milan, Italy 2014
Cathedral interior
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy 2014
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II A Very Grand arcade, Milan, Italy 2014
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
A Very Grand arcade
La Scalla Exterior, Milan, Italy 2014
La Scalla Exterior
La Scalla interior, Milan, Italy 2014
La Scalla interior
Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy 2014
Castello Sforzesco
Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy 2014
Castello Sforzesco
Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy 2014
Castello Sforzesco
Mila-Basel: Distant Alps, Milan, Italy 2014
Mila-Basel: Distant Alps

Basel

After Italy, I made a brief overnight stop in Basel, Switzerland, on my way to Frankfurt airport.
Tinguely Fountain, Basel, Italy 2014
Tinguely Fountain
Tinguely Fountain, Basel, Italy 2014
Tinguely Fountain
Minster (Cathedral), Basel, Italy 2014
Minster (Cathedral)
The mighty Rhine, Basel, Italy 2014
The mighty Rhine
Wire ferry across the rhine, Basel, Italy 2014
Wire ferry across the rhine
Cathedral from across the Rhine, Basel, Italy 2014
Cathedral from across the Rhine
Rathaus.  1504 core, much extended, reworked., Basel, Italy 2014
Rathaus. 1504 core, much extended, reworked.
Rathaus, Basel, Italy 2014
Rathaus
Spalentor Gate, Basel, Italy 2014
Spalentor Gate

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