{"id":7251,"date":"2012-07-31T21:55:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T01:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:19:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:19:57","slug":"rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=7251","title":{"rendered":"Rome Tour I"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the research says you cannot do Rome in a day, or week or month, so not sure how we can show you the pictures of the impossible. \u00a0But here’s a taste from our first day:<\/p>\n

The streets of Rome.\"\"<\/a>We could not get a picture of the front, as the street was too tight, but the inside of the Basilica of Saints Ambrogio and Carlo al Corso, 1612<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>is one of the best examples of “theatrical pageantry of the late Baroque Rome.”\"\"<\/a>The Tiber River.\"\"<\/a>Piazza del Popolo (People’s Square). \"\"<\/a> For centuries, a place for public executions, luckily\u00a0the last one took place in 1826. Surrounding the Piazza is the\u00a0Fontana del Nettuno\"\"<\/a>and the\u00a0Porta del Popolo.\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Spanish Steps, (widest staircase in Europe) \"\"<\/a>is between the Piazza di Spagna and at the base of Trinita dei Monti Church and the Fontana della Boroccia (Fountain of the Old Boat) at the base of the steps.\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Castel Sant’Angelo (Castle of the Holy Angel),\"\"<\/a><\/span> was initially commissioned by Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family…..that is quite the ego<\/em> (ok, I digress). \u00a0This is the Ponte Sant’ Angelo,\u00a0Bridge of Hadrian<\/em>, completed in 134\u00a0AD.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Tiber at sunset.<\/p>\n

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Of course there was dinner, beer and wine then bed. \u00a0By the time we get home, any evidence (benefit) of our ride will be lost.\n\t\t