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Jake's Phone Photos from Rome

Special Virgin Mary Tower
 All girl Catholic school and church
 Skyline in Rome
 Dark Ancient Church
 First Italian Appetizer
 First Italian Dinner
 Pinecone courtyard inside vatican
 Walking on cobblestone in the Vatican
 Extremely famous dismembered sculpture
 Ceiling inside part of vatican
 St Peter's Church
Peter was martyred here in Rome and his tomb is under this the most important of all Catholic Churches
 Pietre
The sculpture that made Michelangelo famous of Mary holding the dead body of her son
 St Peter bronze statue
 Swiss Guard
 The Coliseum 
 The arena
The bottom of the Colosseum looks like a labyrinth but it used to be covered with a wooden floor with trap doors that animals and gladiators could go up through.  They would cover the wood with sand and the Latin word for sand is arena.
 Inside the Coliseum 
 The heart of Rome
 Foundation of Emperor's Palace
 Only remaining ancient bronze door
 I really liked the story behind this ancient Roman temple. Wife Faustina died and husband emperor Antonino built this temple to remember her cause of how much he loved her. I feel like I love you the way he loved her!
 Third triumphal arch
Apparently the emperor that this was dedicated to was from Libya which is part of Africa.
 Pathway to temple of Jupiter
Romans totally adopted Greek gods and just gave some of them new names
 Bearded Roman Sculpture
 Me and Marcus Aurelius 
 Marcus Aurelius
 building next to capital building
 Other side of stairway

Top of Michelangelo stairway

 Can't remember name
 The original stairway to heaven
 their drinking fountain always running
 My first Italian gelatto
I can't wait to see the beautiful photos and videos he brings home on the real cameras.

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