A visit to the Vatican- October 21, 2005 Monday, March 14, 2005:Well, today was a Vatican day. Much to our dismay, we arrived to find a line of visitors queued up for the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel that wrapped around three sides of the walls of Vatican City. I knew my feet would not survive a three hour stand in line so I thought we might have to forgo the Sistine Chapel. But I suggested to Pat that we check out the interior of St. Peter's Cathedral and the Pieta and see if we could at least see that.Much to our pleasant...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2005/10/visit-to-vatican.html Rome Journal: The Glories of Capitoline Hill- October 7, 2005 Sunday, March 13, 2005: " Although the not-so-mythical founder of Rome (Romulus) built his first stronghold on the Palatine hill, the Capitoline was long the defensive center of Rome. It was the highest and rockiest hill in Rome, being bordered on all sides by sharp cliffs. In fact, the western side was known as the Tarpeian Rock, off of which criminals were thrown to supplement crucifixion and burning at the stake in the Romans' repertoire of means of capital punishment. Access to the...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2005/10/rome-journal-glories-of-capitoline.html |