Nice Photos.

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I wanna go to Barcelona!! Fantastic shots of an out of this world building. Thanks for posting.

Peter

How's about Roma then? A little older but just as good........

Peter

You don't have to tell me - it's definitely on my list, and has been for some time. I may have to do that trip solo such is the amount of time I imagine spending looking through a viewfinder!

Peter

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How's about Roma then? A little older but just as good........

Cymbiosis, You have hit a nerve tonight. I have just been listening to Respighi and the 'Fountains of Rome'.

This is a city a have to visit, and this music alone has made me want to visit at least four parts of the city, before I have even started the tourist thing!

Cheers,

Marti

AL4N posted a nice picture of the outside of the Colosseum on P5, so here's my attempt from inside this amazing building. Only once inside did I really appreciate just how big it is - you have to visit, you just have to..........
Construction was completed in about AD80 and it was said to be able to hold 50,000 spectators!

Kind regards,

Peter

Slightly corny perhaps, but how appropriate to be viewing images of the peak of the Roman Empire, the one which nailed a rather important man to a cross at this time of year. I can imagine myself having fun with my 17-35mm nikon at this venue!!

Easter greetings to all.

Peter

Hi Peter,

Not sure when you visited, but i was there in august a couple of years back, and not only is it big, it is ROASTING!!! For me it was so strange, coming off the underground, up the stairs, main road in front of you and there's the coliseum. Just there minding it's own business so to speak. It's a great place to visit. Should be going back next year. Top of the list is the Sistene chapel, got there too late last time!!

Slightly better Peter

Tate Modern

Now if we are talking Italy, Venice has to get a mention. So far my favorite place on earth....so far..

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I love Rome. Probably my favourite city. It's relatively compact so a reasonably fit person can walk to most things of interest.

I found St Peter's Basilica quite awesome, the Colosseum fascinating, but for some reason the building I was most taken with was the Parthenon.

It's illuminated on the inside by The Occulus, a massive hole in the roof :-


The Sistine Chapel is exquisite, although the ceiling is rather smaller than I imagined.

The Vatican Museum's got some lovely ceilings too :-

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Parthenon

I was on my way to visit the Parthenon, when it started to rain (as it does) so fell in to a bar, 3 hours later i fell out and the Parthenon was closed!!!!!!! Next time i hope.

Not quite the Cistene Chapel (spell check!) but sticking with the religious theme, here is a shot of an old English building in Fberuary - Southwark Cathedral



Peter

Following on from Julian's Tate Modern shot, here are a few I took, again in February:







Peter

Without the cranes

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Originally posted by northpole:
Not quite the Cistene Chapel (spell check!) but sticking with the religious theme, here is a shot of an old English building in Fberuary - Southwark Cathedral



Peter

Spell check Sistene! Well it is in Brum anyway!

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I was on my way to visit the Parthenon, when it started to rain (as it does) so fell in to a bar, 3 hours later i fell out and the Parthenon was closed!!!!!!! Next time i hope.

I wasn't finished when we saw it.



I don't have any of my own pics on digital format.

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Originally posted by northpole:
Slightly corny perhaps, but how appropriate to be viewing images of the peak of the Roman Empire, the one which nailed a rather important man to a cross at this time of year.

Peter

Cant help there Peter, but here is a peak of sorts...... the detail all the way up the column as far as I could see was amazing! Hence why I kept the image big here for all to see.


Kind regards,

Peter

I thought the Olafur Eliasson installation at the Tate Modern a few years ago was the most impressive work I've ever seen there.

Rome seems to be flavour of the week, so here's one I've posted before.

Peter

Stop posting - you're killing me!! Truly gobsmacking workmanship - sad to admit I wasn't aware of that column's existance.

nodrog - that's a really interesting image of the Tate - on the one hand the height of the hall appears immense whilst on the other, there is a sense that the walls have been drawn in on themselves.

Peter

The view from the top of the Vatican is one not to be missed if you visit Rome.

roads ?

Nah Scotty, that was the Greeks

Peter