The Weekend in Black and White

Do you know what place this is?
Two hints:  It's in Rome and it's very
old.  Hey, that really narrows it
down, doesn't it?

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getting an early start

This horse and driver were ready for
all the tourists who will show
up here—but at not quite 8 a.m., they
weren't yet out and about.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

Weekend Reflections

Here's the view from inside the Pantheon
in Rome, looking out past the portico
to the piazza beyond.
{This is my third—and last—Pantheon
post for this week.  But I love this
incredible building.}

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Thursday Challenge—"old" (#2)

Last week I featured something that's
been around for 1, 937 years:
this old thing.  The Pantheon in Rome is
only 1,892 years old.  Still . . .
(This shot shows a detail of the back
of the building.)

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Challenge, visit Dale's meme.] 

inSPIREd Sunday

I think that a lot of the people who
visit the Pantheon in Rome
don't realize that it's also a church.

Many of them are mainly there
to look up and see this
(which is incredible, I admit).  

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around the world, go here.]

Une jolie maison jaune

Near the Panthéon and the rue Mouffetard market street
is this pretty yellow building where I would
love to live.  However, an online search and some
quick calculations tell me that property values 
at this well-located address average 15,388 euros/sq. meter
—which means that for a place smaller than 300 sq. ft.,
I would need to plunk down more than $500,000.  Oh well.

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Shadow Shot Sunday

Can't tell you much about this sweet face—
only that it lives in the crypt under the Pantheon
in Paris, where such French luminaries as Voltaire,
Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, and Marie Curie are buried.

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The Weekend in Black and White

When the sun is in a position to stream through
the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome like
this, it's a time of day when you're likely to have
lots of company.  But just look up and you can
almost feel like you're alone in this incredible place
—and it could be any time in the past +/- 2,000(!) years.

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Orange You Glad It's Friday?

This colorfully stuccoed building in Rome
flies the flags of Italy and the EU, but I believe it
 belongs to the Catholic church. It's right in the 
heart of the centro storico, next to the church of 
Santa Maria Sopra Minerva and directly behind the 
Pantheon.  In other words, prime real estate. 

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The Weekend in Black and White

At one time I lived about two blocks
from this majestic building—this is the
portico of the Pantheon in Paris.

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Mellow Yellow Monday

Seriously, is nothing sacred? Mellow is

not what I feel when I see this—at least

there are no golden arches to mar the

beauty of the Eternal City.

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Mellow Yellow Monday

Might as well stay in the same neighborhood as 

yesterday. That church (Santa Maria Sopra

Minerva) is right behind the Pantheon. I love

walking up this street (via Seminario) toward the 

Pantheon very early in the morning when

the bulk of the tourists are still asleep.

[Find more Mellow Yellow here.]

Skywatch Friday

A storm was brewing above the Pantheon in Paris, 
creating that beautiful mix of darkness and light.