12/24/20021 Christmas Eve day Part One We visit many churches and end the day with a lovely dinner at a sidewalk café.
12/24/20022 Credits Most pictures by Joe Naumann Some pictures by Ginny Naumann Some pictures from Lea Barlow’s gift CD (thanks Lea) Maps and animations from the internet
12/24/20023 Many buildings are built around central courtyards – this was near the hotel
12/24/20024 Doors like these in rather plain facades lead to inner courtyards
12/24/20025 Narrow streets and sidewalk cafes everywhere
12/24/20026 Piazza between the hotel & Pantheon Saw a fresco on the ceiling of an apartment & heard classical music Stock exchange building façade is former Hadrian’s Temple
12/24/20027Pantheon
8 Parthenon up close
12/24/20029 Main altar & sanctuary
12/24/ Open dome & ceiling
12/24/ Side altar
12/24/ Royal tomb
12/24/ Victor Emmanuel Tomb
12/24/ Parthenon Piazza seen from the door of the Parthenon
12/24/ Parthenon Piazza (Piazza Rotunda)
12/24/ Parthenon Piazza
12/24/ House with portrait of the Madonna on Parthenon Piazza
12/24/ Many street performers were seen – father & son musicians, mimes, etc.
12/24/ Santa Maria sopra Minerva
12/24/ Obelisk in front of Santa Maria sopra Minerva – in the background, the back of the Parthenon Obelisk by Bernini
12/24/ Blue ceiling detail
12/24/ Side altar
12/24/ Side altar
12/24/ Old-style, no- privacy confessional
12/24/ Main altar
12/24/ Finish the day on the next presentation -- #7