Truett (FF 1095) - Naval Cruise Book

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L to Flg Top to Bottom: The Romans never missed an opportunity to decorate their buildings including ornate sculpture on capitals, the tops of columns. St. Peter's Basilica has many small altars along each side wall, each featuring its own piece of religious art or sculpture such as this painting of the Disciples in Christ's tomb. Beneath the floor of the Colosseum were rooms to hold animals for the games. Looking through the Arch of Constantine one faces the direction of the American Embassy. This example of bronze sculpture sits in Pantheon. Only individual columns and scattered blocks remain of the once expansive Floman Forum. Another view of the Colosseum shows the construction is a series of arches. The Circus Maximus was reconstructed for filming the classic Ben Hur.

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l N ff' gag an ,nv 1' f i .. . li L to Fig Top to Bottom: This bronze horseman guards one of the entrances to the Vatican City. One of MicheIangelo's best known works is this wall in the Sistine Chapel. Part of the ceremony of the Pope's blessing each Sunday involves the Vatican drum and y fi tr ff flagmen. Moses is represented many times in St. Peter's Basilica, here in marble. Domes, such as this one at St. Peter in Chains, were as much art as the paintings and sculpture housed beneath them. This view of the Colosseum shows aspects of its construction, and restoration efforts in progress. Although the featured items in this hall of the Vatican Museum are suppose to be the tapestries, the ceiling occupied many visitors. The front of St. Peter's Basilica greets visitors to the Vatican City.