Campidoglio and the Foro at dawn

Jules and I went to the Campidoglio before dawn to get photos of the sun rising over the forum. Rob stopped in while he was out running.

Campidoglio

Campidoglio -statues representing the Nile, Rome and the Tiber

Looking out over the Forum

Rob & Jules

Still learning to take photos in low light with our Fuji

This little bird had a great view

The dawn colours were beautiful

Roman road

"V" carved into paving stone -we saw about 8

Campidoglio, Cineteca Nazionale and wandering around

So much to see and do and so little time! It's difficult to choose what to see -this time we've seen heaps of churches as we seem to have been around when they've been open. Churched out :)

Musei Capitoline - we've been to these museums a few times over many years.  There are always changes to the collections and galleries and always something spectacular to see.

http://www.museicapitolini.org/

Courtyard in the Capitoline

The size of these pieces of sculptures are huge.  The complete sculptures would have been enormous

The original Marcus Aurelius -the copy is in the Campidoglio

This foot has Morton's toe :)

Excavations below the Cineteca Nazionale  Rome
http://it-it.facebook.com/pages/Cineteca-Nazionale-Cinema-Trevi/56922676511- very close to the Trevi Fountain.   Roman buildings were found when the cinema was being built http://storiaromana.blogspot.com/2009/08/cinema-trevi-visita-sotterranea-ai.html

Anfore for storing oil

Below Cineteca Nazionale at 25 Vicolo del Puttarella  Rome

Fontana di Trevi

I don't know how the blue car was ever going to get out of this parking spot, it was firmly wedged in -but not the worst we've seen.