This painting of St Helen is a ceiling fresco. The ceiling was full of beautiful frescoes.
How exciting to see artwork she's read about! This painting is Raphael's The School of Athens.
They also went to the Sistine Chapel. Unfortunately, they were not allowed to take pictures there.
Next they went to St Peter's Basilica. This is the entrance. Look at that sky! Remember how gray it was the first day?
These next two pictures show the statues and columns in the Basilica. Because they are in proportion to the Basilica, it's hard to imagine the statues are 50 feet tall, so grandma took a picture of Marina next to one of them. Marina said the way some of them stretched out from their alcoves, it felt like they were about to fall on you.
Then they toured the Roman ruins. This is inside the Colosseum. You can see the corridors that would be under the floor of the arena.
Many of the ruins seem to tower above their bases because of ongoing excavations.
I have more pictures on my Flickr page. You can see them here. I'll keep adding more as I go through her photos. I'm sifting through over 900 shots!
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