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Gallery › Italy

  • A glimpse of St Peters Basilica from the Vatican Museum
  • Contemporary art within the grounds of the Vatican
  • Some of the many museum pieces within. This one was getting a little TLC
  • Ceilings leading to the Sistine chapel
  • A (dark) view of the crowds heading toward the chapel
  • Some of the many detailed tapestries along the way
  • More ceiling art. This was amazing due to it appear to be sculpted but was in fact just painted on.
  • This hallway contained painted maps of areas throughout Italy ending with this complete one. The accuracy of the maps (created hundreds of years ago) is almost perfect.
  • Entrance to St Peters Basilica
  • The Pietà statue carved by Michelangelo
  • The high ceilings of the basilica. The dimensions of everything were deceiving.
  • St. Peter's baldachin
  • Swiss guards of the Vatican city
  • St Peter's square, currently filled with chairs for the (final) speech from the pope. Bernini made the centre curved to make it appear as if the monuments were smaller than they actually were
  • St Peter's Basilica
  • Outside the colosseum. Bigger than the arena in Nimmes but lots of missing pieces...
  • The underground rooms and tunnels where the animals were kept. The wooden floor of the arena has been partially reconstructed in the background.
  • A gladiator about to fight
  • More bits of columns that should have been holding things up.
  • Mosaic tile art
  • Colosseum showing the decking, animal tunnels, as well as where part of the upper area had either been torn down or fallen during an earthquake
  • View from the colosseum of more ruins
  • The crane (and people) give an indication about the size of the arena
  • Entrance to the Palatine and Roman Forums
  • The stadium of the Palatino
  • No go zone due to ongoing archaeological research
  • Marble floor still enduring the test of time
  • Exhibition explaining Italian fascism and racism
  • Piazza della Repubblica
  • San Carlo Quattro Fontane
  • San Carlo Quattro Fontane
  • Mini chopper!
  • Fontana di Trevi
  • Palazzo Chigi
  • Palazzo Montecitorio
  • Piazza Navona
  • Piazza Navona
  • Piazza Navona
  • Pantheon
  • Campo de Fiori
  • Bird shitting on statues head
  • Tiber river on the way to Isola
  • Circus Massimo. Not much left...
  • Outside the Roman Forum ruins
  • Capitoline Museums (oldest in the world) in the Piazza del Campidoglio
  • One of the amazing sculptures that used the texture of the marble as colouring for the robe
  • Monumento Vittorio Emanuele II in the Piazza Venezia
  • Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
  • Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II
  • Ponte Sant' Angelo
  • Castel Sant' Angelo
  • View from the Castel of Ponte Sant' Angelo
  • St Peter's Basilica
  • View from the Castel of Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II
  • Views of Rome. The chariots on Monumento Vittorio Emanuele II can be seen in the background with (part of) the Colosseum to the left
  • Gunslinging busker
  • The wonderful blue waters surrounding Capri
  • Arco Naturale
  • A small portion of the 500 steps we had to take down
  • Cave at the bottom of the steps
  • More steps
  • Villa Malaparte. A mansion with steps to the blue water. This was sold many years ago to others but has never been occupied.
  • Scoglio del Monacone
  • Faraglioni
  • A better view of Faraglioni. We could have gone down closer but that required more steps down (then back up)
  • The town of Capri in the distance
  • The view of Faraglioni from Giardini di Augusto
  • The view of Kayla from Giardini di Augusto
  • The long path down Via Krupp to Marinia Piccola, which was unfortunately closed due to fear of landslides
  • Giardini di Augusto
  • Water features outside a perfume factory
  • One of the many tiled maps of Capri
  • View of Capri
  • Belvedere Migliera
  • The little stage on the cliffs of Belvedere Migliera
  • The little stage on the cliffs of Belvedere Migliera
  • A long way down to the lighthouse (near where our walk would start)
  • More steps down
  • Sentiero dei Fortini, the first fort on the coastal walk
  • The sharp rocky cliffs
  • Spot Kayla
  • Fortino Di Mesola
  • The waters edge down a path we discovered. The water was very inviting but getting out would have involved crawling over very sharp rocks (and no towels etc)
  • Crystal clear waters of a pool we discovered
  • The water was clear enough to see the rocks at the bottom
  • Another mansion along the way. Why would you need a pool when your backyard is the mediterannean of Capri?
  • The loooove bunny
  • Our first view of Venice from the train station
  • Gondola in one of the small canals
  • View from our little restaurant
  • The water appeared surprisingly clean in this area
  • Entry to the markets at the Rialto
  • Little bridge to a restaurant
  • Swordfish head
  • Huge variety of fresh seafood
  • Mmmmm. Gelato
  • Handcrafted chess set
  • Another handcrafted chess set, this time in gold and silver with a price tag to match
  • St Marks Basilica
  • Ornamental confession booth
  • Models of the basilica
  • St Marks square from the basilica terrace
  • The views of the canal and Venice from the ferry
  • First views of the Duomo
  • BIG bottles of wine
  • River Arno
  • Inside the Duomo
  • The dome of the Duomo. Constructed using methods based on the roman Pantheon
  • Palazzo Vecchio (one of the palaces the Medici resided in)
  • Entrance of Palazzo Vecchio. Replica of Michelangelo's David on the left.
  • Inside the palace. We didn't go further due to cost and hordes of school groups
  • The Uffizi gallery. Unfortunately the camera ran out of battery on our visit the day before so we didn't get any from within
  • Ponte Vecchio.
  • The shops on Ponte Vecchio, aka the Golden Bridge due to the type of shops
  • Leather markets
  • Piazza Republica
  • Bronze map of the city
  • Amazing chocolate shop with amazing prices to match
  • More pictures of the Duomo when the sun decided to come out
  • The bronze doors of the baptistry at the Duomo two of which were designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti who inspired Michelangelo. The originals are being restored elsewhere
  • Streets of Florence
  • Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
  • Optical illusion in the Galileo museum. See the lady in the mirror
  • Very old text with information in it
  • Very large instruments
  • Very large globe
  • Very large globe with Kayla
  • Some of the many highly detailed and ornate globes, although no Australia on any of them :(
  • Detailed star map
  • Map of the world from the perspective of Europe being the centre
  • Scientific instruments for measuring speed etc
  • Exploded view of Galileo's telescope
  • Compasses of all sorts
  • Another optical illusion
  • Lens grinding machine
  • An orrery
  • Machines for producing electricity, often for use as party tricks to educate (and get funding) from others
  • Early microscopes
  • Early periodic table
  • Early scales
  • Ponte Vecchio when the sun is out...
  • Arno river
  • Palazzo Pitti
  • Streets of Florence away from the crowds
  • The steps up to Piazza Michelangelo
  • View of the old fort and wall from Piazza Michelangelo
  • Views of Florence from Piazza Michelangelo
  • The Duomo
  • Palazzo Vecchio on the left and the Duomo on the right
  • The Arno river was quite high and flowing very hard. The city has been flooded many times.
  • The baptistry of Pisa
  • The leaning tower and duomo
  • I made it lean a little more...
© Glenn Beall 2012–2026.