38 Life History --- Touring Rome Italy

Trevi's Fountain

The train traveled through Switzerland at night, and I viewed the Italian countryside during the day.  I visited the USO near St. Peter’s Square and found a small room in the vicinity.  I had dinner at a nice basement restaurant with two American girls who were teaching in  Germany, whom I met on the train. I visited the traditional Rome historical sites, including St Peter’s basilica, and attended Easter Mass in St Peter’s Square - along with about a hundred other people.  I arrived early and got a position near the front, where I got a good view of the Pope and the visiting dignitaries. I was in Rome for a week.

Easter at St. Peter's in Vatican 1970

monument to Victor Emmanuel II

Roman ruins

inside Pantheon

The Pantheon

Colosseum floor

Colosseum

Colosseum floor

Colosseum

Roman Forum ruins

Trinita dei Monti

The Capital

The Mouth of Truth

the Holy Stairs

Egyptian obelisk near St. John's

cypress & bronze door of St John's 1000 AD

ashes of Peter & Paul in St John's

National art museum

Moses by Michelangelo St. Peter's square Vincoli

basement restaurant Rome

Trevi's Fountain

St. John's Basilica

Spanish square

La Pieta in St. Peter's

St. Peter Basilica, Rome

St. Peter's square

around the Vatican

St. Peter's in Vatican

sentry post & Vatican wall

Easter at St. Peter's square

The Pope

Sistine chapel by Michelangelo

galery of geographical maps Vatican

dome in St. Peter's in Vatican

Pope Paolo VI

St. Peter's Cathedral in Vatican

St Peter square; I had room just off avenue on right

Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican