Viaggi a Roma
Rome, Italy. The Eternal City. This is a collection of images from my trips to Rome. Being there was more amazing than I ever imagined it could be in the city where history dates back about 3,000 years. The oldest things in Portland are quite new by Roman standards.
I was able to experience many of the historic Roman sites such as the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill. I also visited some comparatively modern sites such as the Trevi Fountain and the Fountain of Four Rivers at Piazza Navonna among others.
In addition, I visited many Christian Holy sites and had the privilege to see His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI twice in 2012 and Pope Francis in 2014, 2015 & 2016. Where else but St. Peter’s square can you get 50-60,000 people from all over the world together in one place where everyone behaves well and nothing bad happens.
My most recent trip allowed me the opportunity to visit and photograph some things I missed on the first trip, such as the Papal Basilicas of St. John Lateran and St. Mary Major, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel and more. Unfortunately, the Sistine Chapel does not allow photography and it is judiciously enforced. I was also able to revisit some places I’d been before, see them in a little different light (both literally and metaphorically), and hopefully make some better images.
Over the course of my trips, I’ve taken thousands of photos, dodged small cars and scooters, rode crowded metro trains, got lost a few times and found my way back (thanks iPhone!), endured harrowing taxi rides, attended Mass at St. Peter’s and Santa Maria in Trastevere, enjoyed numerous plates of wonderful pasta with the occasional glass of beer or wine and topped it all off with the most awesome gelato This was all just a touch of ‘La Dolce Vita.’ But, I loved it. There’s so much more to see and do that I can’t wait to visit again; I still feel that way after numerous visits.
The Euro coin that I threw in the Trevi Fountain back in 2012 worked much better than I could have anticipated. I have a good feeling that I’ll be back again soon … there’s still so much more to see, enjoy and, of course, photograph. Ti amo, Roma!
As always, all images are copyright Jaymes Williams Fotografi.
