Roma - Monti Photo Gallery by Margaret Lew at pbase.com

Roma - Monti

The Rione Monti is the first of Rome's 22 districts, but not much explored by tourists,
who usually cross through it on the way from one to another of its more popular sites.
It is worth a closer look.

Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9168	The Grim Reaper in Marble Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9171	Saint Sebastian, 4th Century Byzantine mosaic Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9172
Chapel in the Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9175	The Chains that bound St. Peter Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9176	Frescos in the Apse Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9185
Frescoes in the Apse Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9190	Prayers Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9193	Moses by Michelangelo Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9198
Moses flanked by Rachel and Leah Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9200	Ceiling Fresco by Parodi, 1706 Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9213	The Liberation of Saint Peter by Domenichino Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9230
Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli 9234	Passage to Via Cavour 9241	Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli 9246
Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 9237	Church meets University 9244	Facoltà di Ingegneria Engineering School, University of Rome 9249
Il Fauno 9253	Engineering School and rooftop weed 9254	Via d. Polveriera 9257
The Colosseum from Monte Oppio 9258	Via d. Polveriera pedestrian bridge 9261	The Colosseum from tiny park on Monte Oppio 9268
Monte Oppio and Colosseum 9270	Colosseo and Arco di Costantino 9273	Tourists in the Piazza del Colosseo 9282
Piazza Carine, a parking problem 9289	Car gets an unwanted lift 9290	Chiesa di Santa Maria ad Nives Piazza Carine 9296
Colosseum from Via Carine 9297	Church of Santa Maria ad Nives on Piazza Carine 9298	On Via Cardello 9307
Via Frangipane with Colosseum view 9308	On Via Frangipane 9309	Vino e pasta, Via Frangipane 9311
Vicolo del Buon Consiglio 9315	Vicolo del Buon Consiglio 9318	Grass on the roof, Via del Colosseo 9319
Three palazzi on Via del Colosseo 9324	Basilica di San Martino ai Monti 9332	The entrance to Santa Prassede 9337
Church of Santa Prassede 9346	Santa Maria Maggiore from Via Santa Prassede 9344	Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 9350
Column from the Basilica of Maxentius 9351	Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 9352	An Obelisk 9356
Pigeon finds a perch on the Apse 9357	On Via Merulana 9382	Mermaid Door Ornament 9362
Mermaid Door Ornament 9369	Flowers in his Hair, Door Ornament 9381	Seen on Via Merulana 9384
A shopper on Via Merulana 9385	Mystery Building Via Merulana 9394	Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano Via Merulana9397
Fanciful Door Knocker 9401	Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano 9405	San Giovanni in Laterano, interior 9408
Saint Bartholomew San Giovanni in Laterano 9415	Saint Matthew San Giovanni in Laterano 9416	Saint John San Giovanni in Laterano 9420
Saint Peter San Giovanni in Laterano 9428	The Papal Altar San Giovanni in Laterano 9438	Mosaics in the Apse San Giovanni in Laterano 9442
A cherub mourns San Giovanni in Laterano 9469	One of a multitude of cherubim San Giovanni in Laterano 9470	A Pope's Tomb San Giovanni in Laterano 9472
An Egyptian Obelisk on Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano 9477	Ancient Rome peeps above houses Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 9399	San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane "San Carlino" 9705
San Carlino, Facade 9719	San Carlino, lower facade	Dome, San Carlino 9495
San Carlino, interior 9502	Cloister in the rain 9506	View of the monastery gardens 9528
Stairs to the Crypt San Carlino 9534	Object of Devotion 9539	Elisabetta Canori Mora 9553
The Obelisk at Santa Maria Maggiore Via delle Quattro Fontane 9554	Diana and her dog Quattro Fontane 9559	Diana, Quattro Fontane 9708
Juno, with a lion Quattro Fontane 9715	The Nile River Quattro Fontane 9556	Juno Quattro Fontane 9710
A lion Quattro Fontane 9707	Tiber River Quattro Fontane 9695	The River God Watches 9722
A Man and Two Dogs 9562	Giardini del Quirinale 9578	San Andrea al Quirinale 9596
Passing the Quirinale 9600	The Obelisk at the Quirinale 9609	Giardini del Quirinale 9610
On the Piazza del Quirinale 9618	Piazza del Quirinale with Carabinieri 9620	The Obelisk and Fountain Piazza del Quirinale 9628
Patron of Horsemanship Piazza del Quirinale 9629	The Cattle Trough Piazza del Quirinale 9635	Entering the Palazzo del Quirinale 9639
Chapel on the roof 9645	Angels on the rooftop 9655	View from Piazza del Quirinale 9660
An upset scooter 9661	View from the Salita del Grillo 9986	On the Salita del Grillo 9988
Contrasts 9988cr	Piazza del Grillo 9989	Foro di Traiano 9990
Foro di Traiano, Trajan's Forum 9991	Old Bricks 9992	On Piazza del Grillo 9994
San Giovanni Battista, Foro Traiano 0002	Mass in the Church of the Military Order of Malta in Foro 9998	Via Tor de' Conti, Hotel Nervi 0004
Doorway on Via de' Conti 0011	Via Tor de' Conti 0014	A Votive Shrine on Via Tor de' Conti 0017
Madonnella on Via de' Conti 0019	Looking through the Foro di Augusto 0025	Via Baccina 0028
Columns in the Foro Augusto 0030	Foro di Augusto 0032	Via dei Fori Imperiale 0035
View into Foro di Augusto 0041

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