Saturday, May 27, 2017

ITALY & GREECE 2017




   ROME

Pine trees don't look like this in L.A.
Bernini


The body of St. Victoria
Across from the "Ecstasy of St. Theresa"


Roman legacy, water


 POMPEII

Pompeii Ruins, backdrop for this
modern exhibit

Live volcano, Mt. Vesuvius


FLORENCE

Italian

Michelangelo

Fra Angelico, St Mark Florence 

Napoleon's bathroom, Pitti Palace


VENICE


Craftsmanship
Venetian navy was a great power in medieval times


MILAN

Cathedral exterior detail
Cathedral interior

SANTORINI


Ohm...
Got luggage?


OLYMPIA


Not props
Battle fashion
Olympic park 
Olympic Track

RHODES


Medieval town built by crusaders

Street of the Knights


Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights
Colossus of Rhodes


DELPHI


Sanctuary of Apollo on Mt. Parnassus
known for "The Oracle of Delphi"


ATHENS


Parthenon in disrepair
 Syntagma Square and vicinity busy with tourists
close around 9 p.m.