USS Georgetown (AGTR 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Arch of Setimo Servio served as an entrance to the Forum. The Forum . . . The Forum. ' W . P. And an Increasing Sense of History Forum Panorama with the Temple of Hector and Pollux. Tiie Colosseum ii 5i The Colosseum. From the floor of the Ampitheater of Flavius. (Colosseum). ' ' While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand; When falls the Colosseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls - the world. Lord Byron, Childe Harold ' s Pilgrimage

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Like True Tourists We Saw Rome Witii Cameras and • ' hilieiiistJe i-CMf a resort ive. He coastline ii er in% mi ? GEORGETOWN troops ' ' snap if up at the Forum. A German monk elaborates on a point of interest in the Catacombs of San Sebastian on the Appian Way. The Arch of Constantine, just opposite the Colos- seum. The arch was built by the first Christian emperor of Rome to celebrate the victory of Christi- anity over paganism. The Castle of Saint Angelo, the Pope ' s fortress. The castle is equipped with medieval armory and artillery and is connected with the Vatican by a catwalk. GEORGETOWN personnel made two tours to Rome. Many of the GEORGETOWN crew spent Christmas in Rome; several attended the Pope ' s Christmas Blessing on Christmas Eve noon in St. Peter ' s Square. CIT and American Express tours took us to the many famous sites of the city that was once the hub of the universe. What you see pictured here is only a part of what we saw and did. . . . to the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome. ' ' - - - Edgar A. Poe, ' ' To Helen

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tit Em mi mm San Sebastian Catacombes. . The monument to San Sebastian in the Catacombs of the saint. The original tomb of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at San Sebastian. In the basilica of San Sebastian. St. Peter ' s Square - the Vatican. One of the famous Swiss Papal guards.