Day 130 – May 14 – Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)
Photos
Our position prior to docking in Civitavecchia
Time lapse as we arrive at Civitavecchia
Another cruise ship arriving at port
Last meeting of the “breakfast club”
Met the captain as we left breakfast
Our position on the bus as we travel to Rome
“Kissing in Memory of a Port”
One of the towers of the Rome city wall
Section of an aqueduct in Rome
The Colosseum in Rome (as seen from our bus)
Residents of Rome like their antennas
Monument to Giuseppe Mazzini
Walking from the parking garage to St. Peter’s Square
First look at St. Peter’s Square this year
Getting instructions from our excursion guide
Dome and top of the front face of St. Peter’s Basilica
Beginning to explore St. Peter’s Square
Bells ringing at St. Peter’s Basilica
Panorama of St. Peter’s Square
Panorama of South colonnade at St. Peter’s Square
Selfie with Pope’s quarters (tall building top floor) and North colonnade in St. Peter’s Square
Panorama of North colonnade at St. Peter’s Square
Front face of St. Peter’s Basilica
First of 3 shots of a gull taking a drink from a Bernini Fountain
Second of 3 shots of a gull taking a drink from a Bernini Fountain
Third of 3 of a gull taking a drink from a Bernini Fountain
Video panorama of the colonnades at St. Peter’s Square
Some of the statues on the colonnades
More of the statues on the colonnades
View of St. Peter’s Basilica as we look for a restaurant
Our server checking to be sure the plates are clean
Our server checking to be sure the plates are clean
Our server bringing plates for pizza
Our server bringing plates for pizza
Panorama inside the restaurant – pasta, pizza, wine
Our pizzas – they were really good
A Hugo drink – refreshing Italian aperitif cocktail made with prosecco, elderflower syrup or liqueur, sparkling water, mint, and lime
Back in St. Peter’s Square after lunch – ready for our tour of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel
Panorama of St. Peter’s Square
Another view of St. Peter’s Square
Looking toward the Tiber River from St. Peter’s Square
Selfie as we are about to leave on the museum tour
Our guide for the museum tour – Lucy
Walking around the Vatican wall to get to the museum entrance
More walking around the 45 foot tall Vatican wall
Still walking to get to the museum entrance
Michaelangelo and Raphael statues above old museum entrance
New Pope John XXIII Vatican Museum entrance
Interior of the entrance (after the 2 security checks)
Fishing boat of St. Peter
Rooftop between Vatican Museum (left) and Giardino Quadrato – St. Peter’s dome in background
Selfie on the rooftop beside Vatican museums
Photo of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Photo of “The Last Judgement” which is on the West wall of the Sistine Chapel
Photo of some of the wall panels of the Sistine Chapel
Panorama of the West wall of the Vatican Museum
Rooftop between garden (left) and museum (right)
Jan and Kelsey examining the photos of the Sistine Chapel
Creation (center bottom), Adam and Eve (center) and expulsion from the Garden of Eden (center top) from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
One of the figures in “The Last Judgement” painted to resemble a cardinal the Pope at the time did not like
Pinecone Courtyard
Bronz pinecone from Constantinian Basilica
Cortile della Pigna (sphere within a sphere sculpture)
Cortile della Pigna rotating
Braccio Nuovo (houses many statues)
Another view of the Pinecone Courtyard
Panorama of the Pinecone Courtyard from the North
Chiaramonti Museum
View from Sala degli Animali
Ceiling in Sala degli Animali
View from Sala degli Animali
Statue in Gallery of the Statues
Statue in Gallery of the Statues
Statue in Gallery of the Statues
The Laocoon in the Gallery of the Statues
The Room of the Muses
The Room of the Muses
The Round Room
The Round Room
The Greek Cross Room
The Greek Cross Room
The Greek Cross Room
The Greek Cross Room
Crest of Pope Leo XIII
The Gallery of the Candelabra
The Gallery of the Candelabra
The Gallery of the Candelabra
Crest in The Gallery of the Candelabra
Bust of Pope Leo XIII – looks very much like current Pop Leo XIV
The Gallery of Tapestries
The Gallery of Tapestries
The Gallery of Tapestries – the eyes of Jesus look at you regardless of your position
The Gallery of Tapestries – the eyes of Jesus look at you regardless of your position
The Gallery of Maps
The Gallery of Maps
Crest in the Gallery of Maps
The Gallery of Maps
The Gallery of Maps
In the room of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Exterior of the Sistine Chapel
Exterior of the Sistine Chapel
Swiss Guards at the exit from the Sistine Chapel
The Vatican Obelisk
Pope Leo XIV’s residence – top floor, window second from right is where the Pope addresses crowds
Looking toward the Tiber River from St. Peter’s Square
Time lapse of our departure from Civitavecchia