inSPIREd Sunday

Sally and Beth host inSPIREd Sunday!  

May 2019 - Rome Italy

The church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church. It is best known for its commanding position above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the Piazza di Spagna. The church and its surrounding area (including the Villa Medici) are a French State property.

In front of the church stands the Obelisco Sallustiano, one of the many obelisks in Rome, moved here in 1789. It is a Roman obelisk in imitation of Egyptian ones, originally constructed in the early years of the Roman Empire for the Gardens of Sallust near the Porta Salaria. The hieroglyphic inscription was copied from that on the obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo known as Flaminio Obelisk.

Foto Tunes

Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme.

May 2019 - Rome Italy

Bob Dylan - When I Paint My Masterpiece

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere

You can almost think that you’re seein’ double
On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs

Got to hurry on back to my hotel room

Where I’ve got me a date with Botticelli’s niece

She promised that she’d be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece

In the Pink

September Squares Theme In the Pink #InThePink

Some thoughts from the host:
‘In the Pink’ – means perfect condition or in good health, so that could be human or not!
‘Tickled Pink‘ – means delighted, so I’m thinking happy, fun and of course delighted. That could be you or the subject of your photograph.
Pink – anything that is coloured pink but don’t worry if it isn’t pink!
And the extra challenge for those of you up for it – can you manage to combine all three like I did last Saturday?The only thing you must ensure is that your main photograph is square, and don’t forget to pingback to one of my posts with the tag #InthePink.

Spanish Steps Rome Italy

Travel Photo Thursday

I'm posting over at The Budget Travelers' Sandbox.


April 2004 - Rome Italy

Looking towards Via Condotti from the top of the Spanish Steps.



Via Condotti (officially Via dei Condotti) is a busy and fashionable street of Rome,Italy.In Roman times it was one of the streets that crossed the ancient Via Flaminia and enabled people who transversed the Tiber to reach the Pincio hill. It begins at the foot of the Spanish steps and is named after conduits or channels which carried water to the Baths of Agrippa. Today, it contains the greatest number of Rome-based Italian fashion retailers.

Skywatch Friday

I'm linking up over here today!
Taken in 2004 at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome and that is St. Peter's (Vatican) in background.