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Larger Pictures of Castles, Communities and Regional Highlights Here are additional images of tour highlights and regional scenes in higher resolution than regular website pictures. Most gallery pictures are displayed as 800 x 600 pixels. Click on the pictures to view. Use your browser's BACK button to return to the Gallery. Rome - Colosseum, St. Peter's Lazio - Tivoli, Frascati, Castel Gandolfo Tuscany - Florence, Pisa, San Gimignano, Siena Umbria and Emilia-Romagna - Perugia, Assisi, Bologna Veneto - Venice, Verona
Rome (Roma in Italian)
Trevi Fountain, Rome's largest and most famous ...............	Colosseum exterior, showing partially intact outer wall and mostly intact inner wall	Colosseum wall detail, with Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian Columns (bottom to top)	Colosseum interior. Crowd capacity ranged from 55,000 to 80,000.
Colosseum, showing animal and staging area below now-missing wooden floor	The Roman Forum was the royal and civic centre of the early Roman empire.	St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, seen from the Tiber River	The dome of St. Peter's Basilica, designed by Michelangelo
St. Peter's Square, laid out by Bernini between 1656 and 1667	Bernini's Baldacchino over the Basilica's Papal Altar, itself above St. Peter's crypt	The Altar of Transfiguration, graced with a mosaic copy of Raphael's final masterpiece	The Spanish Steps have been at the heart of tourist Rome since the 18th century.
Lazio Region
Tivoli was the favoured hill town resort of the ancient Romans.	Villa d'Este, a sumptuous country residence at Tivoli created in the 16th century	< Villa d'Este is famous for its terraced gardens and fountains.	The One Hundred Fountains at Villa d'Este
Villa d'Este gardens, created for Cardinal Ippolito d'Este	Vineyards at Frascati, especially noted for its white wine	Seventeenth century Villa Aldobrandini overlooks Frascati's central piazza.	Castel Gandolfo on the Alban hills occupies a height overlooking Lake Albano.
Lake Albano at Castel Gandolfo is a small volcanic crater lake.	Castel Gandolfo town centre	The Papal Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo	Castel Gandolfo and Lake Albano
Tuscany Region
Typical Tuscan landscape, with the vineyards that are key to the region's fame	The skyline of Florence is dominated by the dome of the Duomo.	The Ponte Vecchio covered bridge crosses the Arno River in Florence.	The impressive Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is one of Italy's largest churches.
The dome of Santa Maria del Fiore was designed by Brunelleschi.	Pisa's Leaning Tower is only one of the features of the Field of Miracles.	The Baptistry, Duomo, and Leaning Tower in Pisa	San Gimignano's world- famous towers skyline
Piazza della Cisterna in San Gimignano	Central San Gimignano	Sienna, with the Torre del Mangia towering above the Palazzo Publico	Sienna's Piazza del Campo
Umbria and Emilia-Romagna Regions
Perugia, capital of Umbria, notable for famous painters and architects	Medieval aqueduct in central Perugia	Assisi, seen from Mount Subasio	Assisi, with the campanile of the Basilica di Santa Chiara
Basilica di San Francesco at Assisi, burial place of St. Francis	Assisi, as seen from the Rocca Maggiore castle	Bologna, capital of the Emilia-Romagna region	Piazza Maggiore in central Bologna
Veneto Region
The Grand Canal in Venice, lined with palaces built over a span of five centuries	St. Mark's Square, with the Campanile, St. Mark's Basilica and Doge's Palace	St. Mark's Square, with the Campanile at centre	The Doge's Palace, scene of triumphs and tragedies over the centuries
Byzantine mosaics with gold, bronze and jewels adorn St. Mark's Basilica.	The Rialto Bridge, one of several famous Venice bridges	Gondolas on a Venice canal.	At the beach on Lido Island, home of the Venice Film Festival
Murano, Venice's island neighbour famous for its exquisite glass	Burano island is known for its small, brightly-painted houses, popular with artists.	"Julia's Balcony" in Verona, the second-largest city in the Veneto region	Verona's Arena (30 AD) is the third-largest Roman amphitheatre in the world.

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