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Italy Through My Camera Lens - Photoblog

Following are some of my favorite photos from a trip to Italy some years ago. Sites visited include

Rome, The Vatican, Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Orvieto, Florence, Tuscany, Venice and Lakes Como & Maggiore.

Colosseum Amphitheater Rome

Colosseum Amphitheater Rome, constructed nearly 2000 years ago

Tiber River, Rome

Tiber River, Rome

Trevi Fountain, Rome

Trevi Fountain, Rome


Former Roman temple Pantheon	Inside the Pantheon

St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (For scale, note person at the third statue)

Inside St Peter's Basilica Inside St Peter's Basilica

Inside St Peter's Basilica, ceiling dome

Ceiling dome

Vatican Museum, Vatican City

The amazing Vatican Museum, Vatican City

Colonnade at the Vatican

Colonnade at the Vatican

the ancient city of Pompeii

One of the excavated streets in the ancient city of Pompeii
that was covered with over 16ft of ashes from Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2000 years ago

Island of Capri harbor

Island of Capri

Island of Capri

town of Capri

Shops in the town of Capri (on the island of Capri)

town of Capri

Restaurants in the town of Capri

Santo Stefano church on Capri

Santo Stefano church on Capri

Sorrento with view of Mount Vesuvius

Sorrento with view of Mount Vesuvius volcano (right)

Town of Positano

Town of Positano on the Amalfi coast

Town of Positano

Positano view

Cathedral of Orvieto

Lower part of the Cathedral of Orvieto. This cathedral is said to have the world's most decorated church facade

Florence

Florence

The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Flore, Florence

Gates of Paradise, Florence

Famous gilded Gates of Paradise, Florence by sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti (1425–52)

Vineyard in Tuscany

Vineyard in Tuscany viewed from the medieval hill town of San Gimignano.
Rumor has it that Leonardo Da Vinci painted Mona Lisa at this very vineyard

Venice gondola