This monument, known to Romans as the typewriter or the wedding cake, was built in honor of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy.
This market takes place just about every day and it was a great place to buy lunch for the first full day of our trip.
It is hard to imagine that this building dates back to 126 AD and still looks just about brand new. If only other great buildings like the Colosseum hadn't been used as a quarry, they might also be this intact.
Fortunately it was a sunny day when we went to the Pantheon. Since there is a hole in the ceiling, rain can come right in.
This is the spot where the aqueduct brought water in for ancient Rome. Numerous popes have worked to revamp the fountain and this Baroque one is one of the most recognizable fountains in the world.
Oceanus was the original Greek god of water and his statue looks over Trevi fountain.
On this beautiful Saturday, many Italians were enjoying relaxing on the steps of the fountain.
With everyone out shopping for January sales, the streets were packed, as were the Spanish Steps.
The church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome holds the tomb of Pope Julius II, created by Michelangelo an featuring Moses.
Thanks to Chris' very kind colleague, we were able to stay in a beautiful apartment right in the heart of Rome. This is the doorway.
This is the courtyard of the apartment building we stayed in. The little tree in the bottom left is a kumquat.
The Christmas tree was still up outside of the Colosseum and made a beautiful evening view.
This is a copy of the statue that used to sit on this spot, at the top of the Capitoline hill.
This building was built in the 13th and 14th centuries and stands atop the Tabularium, which had once housed the archives of ancient Rome. It now houses the Roman city hall.
This is the head of a giant statue that once lived in the Roman Forum. It is now in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori.
Originally thought to be Etruscan and now thought to be maybe from the 13th century, this wolf is the symbol of Rome. The infants at the bottom are Romulus and Remus, mythic founders of Rome, and were added in the 15th century.
This is the original statue of Marcus Aurelius on horseback, erected in 125 AD.
Many Roman statues were often melted down for reuse as coin in the late empire or destroyed by medieval Christians. The statue of Marcus Aurelius was not melted down because in the Middle Ages it was incorrectly identified as Constantine.
This was one of the talking statues of Rome where political criticisms could be posted.
This is one of the most celebrated statues from antiquity due to its realism and is probably a Roman copy of a Greek bronze.
This statue is one of a number of modest Venus statues that were popular in antiquity. It is also probably a copy of a Greek statue and was found hidden in a wall.
Although there isn't much left of the marble structure, this was the site of the Circus Maximus. This was the site of many chariot races.
These were originally the bronze doors from the ancient curia, or Roman senate.
This obelisk was brought from Egypt and was in the Circus Maximus before being moved outside of San Giovanni in Laterano. It was originally made by a Pharaoh in the 13th century BC.
