Looking across the River Tiber towards the Castel Sant'Angelo and its bridge, after sunset on a clear summer's evening in the heart of Rome. The Castel Sant'Angelo began life as a mausoleum commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian for himself and his family in the 2nd century, and was later used by the popes as a fortress and place of refuge. The bridge also dates to Hadrian's time, with various changes and additions over the centuries – most notably, the series of angel statues by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in the late 1660s.
Approaching the medieval seaport of Amalfi, in the middle of the stretch of coast south of the bay of Naples to which it has given its name. "Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres – 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of the maritime republic known as the Duchy of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200. Amalfi is the main town of the coast on which it is located, named Costiera Amalfitana (Amalfi Coast), and is today an important tourist destination together with other towns on the same coast, such as Positano, Ravello and others. Amalfi is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites." [Wikipedia]
The Fontana del Pantheon, in the middle of the Piazza della Rotonda, with the façade of the Roman Pantheon rising up behind. The present building dates back to ancient Rome. It was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. The fountain was constructed by Giacomo Della Porta under Pope Gregory XIII in 1575, and the obelisk (itself dating back to ancient Egypt) was added to it in 1711 under Pope Clement XI. It is the dedication to that obelisk that you can read in the center-left of the image.
