A visit to Rome and Vatican City during the end of my 2nd year undergraduate exploring the various religious sites and ruins the cities had to offer.
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The Pantheon.
Rome
Veni Vidi Vici.
![Approaching the Pantheon](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/9a4a7b65-cab9-4711-a1a3-9c2ad074bda8_rw_1920.jpeg?h=e54ad0d5a2cee1513a3e0edd1e006833)
Approaching the Pantheon
![Pantheon Interior](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/8532f659-d573-4117-b9ab-9fffe098d3a2_rw_1920.jpeg?h=a6eee1801353d7445a5f8dd1ba9c72ab)
Pantheon Interior
![Daylight Stories](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/193b3c9a-7105-4a2a-8e6e-19ac3530acde_rw_1920.jpg?h=55a69c7a2a3ef4ef617d59a2858375fa)
Daylight Stories
When in Rome, my visit primarily focused on the Pantheon but along the way also visited Altare della Patria, the Colosseum, Palatine Hill as well as the many squares of the city's bustling streets.
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Altare della Patria.
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Monument to Victor Emmanuel II
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The Colosseum at Night.
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Remnants.
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The Shadow of Palatine Hill.
![The Way of Water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/172c238f-d66c-402d-93d5-a56b9016933b_rw_1200.jpg?h=f6277e2f05bc78519857c277fe59d0ee)
The Way of Water
![Thought Bubble](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/a05f7140-e841-4abe-8dca-761e2cffd7b9_rw_1200.jpg?h=17eb09d694d0ec63c5605980788dd45b)
Thought Bubble
![Water Bending](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/a6ecfe00-79eb-4c36-9b74-c36ab327d1c3_rw_1200.jpg?h=28c2b19052a82192f57adf993333e818)
Water Bending
Vatican City
In the Shadow of St. Peter.
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St. Peter's Square.
Continuing my visit, I explored the St Peter's Square as well as did a tour of the Vatican, which in hindsight of covid was a very different atmosphere, filled to the brim with tourists and pilgrims, the holy, the laity and the innocent young.
![Doric Giants.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/f458a8de-cf5a-42f1-84bf-7103b5793f92_rw_1200.jpg?h=01ad71a8373bc70c5d22d434434fd7e5)
Doric Giants.
![Chiaroscuro](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/71c99f66-23bc-4ea3-851a-efd28ab515c9_rw_1200.jpg?h=26e69edfd6d11db5228533e16c9b7c9a)
Chiaroscuro
![Play in the Shadow of Saints](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/9e35ead9-be13-4315-a903-6b5b51c2a98f_rw_1200.jpg?h=6d5f70b5685090776bf94d44e585966a)
Play in the Shadow of Saints
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Pilgrimage.
![On top of the World.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/2096bd68-3cdc-4061-a34e-18e4ffb2ff17_rw_1200.jpg?h=44681769b9126635072233274541230e)
On top of the World.
![Holy Walks](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/28c5d78f-c660-4b64-b714-831807ecbe7a_rw_1200.jpg?h=2ed64155ad8423d6086d3c84d7e19a34)
Holy Walks
![Tourist or Pilgrim?](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ac20bbcd-538b-448e-8fd1-0cf6205f11e0/621b46e7-a10a-45c0-91dd-e71ec4c7c753_rw_1200.jpg?h=2442c7649e37649e6556ffb2f38a3c18)
Tourist or Pilgrim?
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St Peter's Basilica.