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VILLA BORGHESE. ROME, ITALY.

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Il Duomo, Firenze by Carrie

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Capitoline Museums, Rome.

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Vista dalla Galleria Chiaramonti, Musei Vaticani

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Vatican City, Rome

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Peace, you never seemed so tedious As now – no, never quite like this.

~ Sappho

Views of Galleria Borghese, Rome

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Michelangelo Buonarroti’s “Pietà” in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican. (photo by Aurelio Amendola)

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The Trevi Fountain, Rome

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11.02.20 — day one in rome, italy

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Capuchin Crypt

There are six total rooms in the crypt, five featuring a unique display of human bones believed to have been taken from the bodies of friars who had died between 1528 and 1870.

Crypt of the Resurrection, featuring a picture of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, framed by various parts of the human skeleton.

The Mass Chapel, an area used to celebrate Mass, and does not contain bones.

Crypt of the Skulls

Crypt of the Pelvises

Crypt of the Leg Bones and Thigh Bones

Crypt of the Three Skeletons The center skeleton is enclosed in an oval, the symbol of life coming to birth. In its right hand it holds a scythe, symbol of death which cuts down everyone, like grass in a field, while its left hand holds the scales, symbolizing the good and evil deeds weighed by God when he judges the human soul. A placard in five languages declares: "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be..."

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Trevi Fountain, Rome (Italy)

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Villa del Balbianello, Lago di Como, Italia

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