Italy

Here are photos taken from a four day excursion from Geneva to Venice, Florence and Rome

Morning in Venice on the Grand Canal A Venice market on Saturday Someone has to work, even in Venice! Grand Canal becomes busy at midday Church of Santa Maria della Salute Florence - Ponte Vecchio at night The Duomo (Cathedral) dates from 1296 A statue on the Duomo The bell tower, or Camponile, by Giotto Cosimo 1 in Piazza della Signora Part of the Palazzio Vecchio, I think Statues (mostly) in Loggia dei Lanzi You can kiss that Centaur goodbye! Fiume Arno Santa Croce That's a favourite gelato store on right View from the piazzale Michelangelo Some disused building in Rome Obviously the floorboards need replacing Roman vista The Roman Forum was spectacular TIll the Barbarians broke it! The Arch of Constantine AD 312 Spanish Steps & Piazza Trinità dei Monti The Trevi Fountain Horsing around at the Pantheon By now even the statues are camera shy Piazza Novona Fontana del Nettuno (Neptune) Piazza Venezia Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City Statues on Bernini's porticos - Vatican Inside the Basilica The entrance to the Basilica One of the chapels in Saint Peter's Saint Peter's Basilica Leaving Saint Peter's A street in Trastavere Santa Maria Aracoeli built 6th Century Equestrian Statue of Victor Emmanuel II Statues at the Capitoline A view at the top of the Monument Trajan's Column, 113 AD Statue at the Capitoline View of Rome from the Capitoline