The Forum, Rome [Rome - Italy]
The Forum, Rome [Rome - Italy]

The Forum, Rome [Rome - Italy]
The Forum, Rome [Rome - Italy]

The Forum, Rome [Rome - Italy]
The Forum, Rome [Rome - Italy]

The giant steps to the Basilica di San Francesco
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The giant steps to the Basilica di San Francesco
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The interior has the same layout as the Upper Basilica of St Francis
The interior has the same layout as the Upper Basilica of St Francis, with a single nave that terminates in a transept and polygonal apse [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The interior is divided into the nave and two aisles which maintains the fascination of its ancient splendour
[Sant Apollinare in Classe - Ravenna - Italy]

The magnificent bowl vault apse
The bowl vault of the apse is fully occupied by the majestic figure of Sant'Apollinare with his arms in a praying position in the middle of his flock [Sant Apollinare in Classe - Ravenna - Italy]

The Palazzo Capitano del Popolo, built between 1212 and 1305, was the first public building to be erected in Piazza del Comune
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The Palazzo Comunale is home to the Pinacoteca Comunale, an art gallery with works by local medieval artists
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The preservation of the streets and buildings over the centuries has helped to maintain the charm of the town.
The preservation of the streets and buildings over the centuries has helped to maintain the charm of the town. It was added World Heritage Listed in 2000 [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

There are twenty-four columns of Greek marble with transversal veining
[Sant Apollinare in Classe - Ravenna - Italy]

Tourists checking out their maps
[Rome - Italy]

Traffic and parking within the town-walls is admitted for few hours only per day
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

Trompe d'oeil ceiling
Trompe d'oeil ceiling of Sant' Ignatius di Loyola [Rome - Italy]