Roman Architecture

 Walking through Rome, is like walking through a museum. Everywhere you go, there’s ancient history. 

This is at the Trojan Markets. 

Titus’s Arch has significance if you’ve read For the Temple by G. A. Henry. 

The ancient city walls are still there, and it was odd seeing cars driving through them. 

There were a lot of unique building designs. 

The Colosseum floor was mostly removed so you can see beneath where the cells were. 

This is the ceiling in our hotel hallway. Everywhere you go, there’s artwork. 

This is the church we attended on Sunday. It was fun going to an English service after a few days of only Italian. 

Even our hotel room ceiling was painted. 

Have you ever wondered why half the Colosseum is missing? I assumed it was war damage, but it wasn’t. Turns out, when they were building St. Peter’s Basilica, they needed more building materials, so they looked at the colosseum, and decided that since no one was using it, they might as well. They left the complete wall that faced the main road, and started taking materials from the rest of it. 

I loved staying at a hotel with real keys for the rooms! It’s one of the oldest hotels in Rome, and is family run. It was a real gem! 

Notice the pockmarks in the colosseum walls? Again, not war damage. It’s the result of marble being removed, and other brace bars to be used at other locations. 

This is the front of the Basilica across from our hotel. It might not look huge, but there are two huge domes on the other side of it that you can’t see from the front.