Italy

Western Europe, 2000 — 235 photographs

Church treasury museum Florence Gaeta & the coast Herculaneum Italy Milan Padua Pisa Pompeii Roman countryside Rome SW Italy SW Italy coast San Gimignano Siena St Peter's Basilica Tuscany Venice Verona

Church treasury museum

Gilded chalices and monstrance in a treasury case — Church treasury museum, Italy (late May 2000)

Jewelled monstrance and reliquaries in a glass case — Church treasury museum, Italy (late May 2000)

Florence

Unfinished marble sculpture in a museum glass case — Florence, Italy (late May 2000)

Michelangelo's David beneath the Accademia dome — Florence, Italy (late May 2000)

The Palestrina Pieta in the Galleria dell'Accademia — Florence, Italy (late May 2000)

Barrel-vaulted Uffizi corridor ceiling with visitors — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Gilded Medici palle crest below a vaulted ceiling — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Old master figure drawing matted on a table — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Antique statues and a portrait by Uffizi windows — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Crowded Uffizi corridor lined with busts and frescoes — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Painted equestrian memorial fresco on the Duomo wall — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Dim Duomo interior with stained glass and crowds — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

The Duomo's marble flank and brick dome against the sky — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

The Palazzo Vecchio tower above a crowded piazza — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Visitors in the colonnaded Uffizi courtyard — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Durer's Adoration of the Magi in a gilt frame — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Renaissance holy family painting on a white wall — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

A noblewoman's portrait and antique statue by windows — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

The Ponte Vecchio spanning the Arno in the rain — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Framed Renaissance sacred conversation painting — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Old master portraits hung in an Uffizi gallery room — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Woman walking past a large altarpiece in the Uffizi — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

Marble sculpture group beside windowed gallery wall — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

The Piazzale degli Uffizi and Palazzo Vecchio tower — Florence, Italy (26 May 2000)

The Neptune fountain and stepped paths in the gardens — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The garden amphitheatre with its obelisk and visitors — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Framed Renaissance Crucifixion painting on a wall — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Botticelli's Annunciation in a gilt frame — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Pink peonies and clipped hedges in a formal garden — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

A gravel garden avenue lined with hedges and cypresses — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

A garden column topped by an animal statue — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The rusticated Pitti Palace facade with statues — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

View over Florence rooftops and the Duomo from a hill — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

A classical garden statue on a tall pedestal — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The rose garden with hedges and hills beyond — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Hilly green outskirts and rooftops below a tower — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Painted equestrian memorial fresco in the Duomo — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Uccello's frescoed clock above the Duomo's nave doorway — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The Duomo's marble flank and dome rising over the piazza — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The ornate marble facade of the Duomo — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Michelangelo's David beneath the Accademia's domed tribune — Florence, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Fountain and arcaded loggia on Piazza Santissima Annunziata — Florence, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

A grand baroque church facade on a Florence street — Florence, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

The marble facade of the Basilica di Santa Croce — Florence, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

Stained glass and frescoed apse of Santa Croce — Florence, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

The candlelit nave and altar of Santa Croce — Florence, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

The Giardino del Cavaliere parterre in the Boboli Gardens — Florence, Italy (late May 2000)

Gaeta & the coast

Green fields and hazy mountains on the coastal plain — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

The town and sweeping bay seen from above — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

The long sandy beach panorama below the hills — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Reconstructed marble sculptures in the Tiberius museum — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Visitors before the Blinding of Polyphemus group — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

The vast sea cave Grotto of Tiberius — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

A hilltop marble Madonna statue against blue sky — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Carved stone fragments inside the Roman mausoleum — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

A lion-faced sarcophagus panel inside the mausoleum — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

The great round Mausoleum of Munatius Plancus — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Sunlight glittering on the bay at the headland — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

An old town church and arched gate with parked cars — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Inside a rocky Roman sea-cave grotto — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

A towering sea cliff framing the open water — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Mountains across the gulf seen over rooftops — Gaeta & the coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Herculaneum

Stone grain mills among the ruined walls of Pompeii — Herculaneum, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Tourists viewing a geometric floor mosaic at Herculaneum — Herculaneum, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

A frescoed house with central impluvium at Herculaneum — Herculaneum, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

An ornate mosaic shrine niche in a Herculaneum house — Herculaneum, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

The corridor of the Lupanar brothel — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Walkway between mosaic-decorated houses at Herculaneum — Herculaneum, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Herculaneum ruins overlooked by the modern town and oleanders — Herculaneum, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Italy

A pay-toilet entrance with turnstiles and a Lire 1000 sign — Italy, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Milan

Pedestrians passing the Gucci storefront on Via Montenapoleone — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

The Dolce & Gabbana shopfront with window shoppers — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

The Hermes store on a quiet street corner — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

Leonardo's Last Supper mural in the refectory — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

Close view of the restored Last Supper fresco — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

A red metro train at an underground station platform — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

The glass-domed Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II arcade — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

Shelves of Italian chess books in a bookshop — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

A tray of pasta and dessert on a wooden table — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

The brick dome of Santa Maria delle Grazie — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

The Duomo facade above the pigeon-filled piazza — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

A browser among the mathematics shelves of the Libreria Hoepli — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

Stacks of coloured chess books on store shelves — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

The Galleria entrance arch across Piazza del Duomo — Milan, Italy (12-16 June 2000)

Padua

Domes of the Basilica di Sant'Antonio above market stalls — Padua, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

Pisa

The Pisa Cathedral apse mosaic above the nave — Pisa, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Striped marble columns of the Pisa Cathedral nave — Pisa, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The Leaning Tower and Cathedral on the green lawn — Pisa, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The round Pisa Baptistery with visitors outside — Pisa, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The Cathedral and Leaning Tower across the green lawn — Pisa, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The Leaning Tower rising against a pale sky — Pisa, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

The frescoed apse and colonnade of the Cathedral interior — Pisa, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Giovanni Pisano's pulpit in Pisa Cathedral — Pisa (26-27 May 2000)

The nave and apse mosaic of Pisa Cathedral — Pisa, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Pompeii

A standing column and visitors in the forum — Pompeii, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Tourists walking the colonnaded forum and basilica — Pompeii, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

A barred frescoed house interior — Pompeii, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

A paved ancient street between ruined buildings — Pompeii, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

A roped-off statue in a dim excavated interior — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Grassy tiers of the Pompeii amphitheatre below the mountains — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Columns of the Pompeii forum with Vesuvius behind — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

A faded frescoed room with central pool at Pompeii — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Erotic wall frescoes in the Pompeii lupanar — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

The Venus mural on the garden wall at Pompeii — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

A blurred red-painted frescoed room at Pompeii — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Replanted vineyard rows among the Pompeii ruins — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Plaster body casts behind glass at the Garden of the Fugitives — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Blurred close-up of the red Villa of the Mysteries frescoes — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Surveyors at work in a walled vineyard inside Pompeii — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

A row of plaster body casts displayed behind glass — Pompeii, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Roman countryside

Poppy field framed by trees in the countryside — Roman countryside, Italy (late May 2000)

Rome

The Triton Fountain in Piazza Barberini, Rome — Rome, Italy (20-25 May 2000)

Crowds on the Spanish Steps with the church above — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Colosseum facade from across the street — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The columned portico of the Pantheon — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Candlelit high altar inside the Pantheon — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The vast nave and inlaid floor of Sant'Ignazio church — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

A traffic policeman before the Vittoriano monument — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Sculptures and crowds at the Trevi Fountain — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

A dim fountain and crowd in a night piazza — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The floodlit fountain of Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere at night — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Embroidered floral vestments in a treasury display — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

Bronze statue in a marble chapel seen from above — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

Marble papal tomb effigy beside an S. Petrus pillar — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

The basilica facade with statues seen across the traffic — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

Gilded coffered ceiling with papal coats of arms — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

Gilded saints and monstrance in a lit treasury case — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

Visitors before a baroque altarpiece painting — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

The basilica nave and Gothic baldachin with tourists — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

The gilded coffered nave ceiling seen from below — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

Richly carved and painted wooden ceiling at an angle — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

Iron-grilled chapel with a man filming the altar — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

A barred side chapel altar with a recumbent effigy — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

Long carved and gilded coffered ceiling along a wall — Rome, Italy (late May 2000)

An inscribed marble pedestal among scattered ruins in the Forum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

An inscribed stone block among toppled columns in the Forum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

A walkway and ancient brick ruins on the Palatine — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Columns and brick ruins of the Roman Forum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Looking down into a deep brick chamber on the Palatine — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Grassy ruins and an umbrella pine on the Palatine — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Sunlit ruins and a tall pine on the Palatine Hill — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Overgrown brick ruins below leafy trees on the Palatine — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Standing columns of the Temple of Venus and Roma — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Richard seated on a wall before rose bushes in the Forum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The illustrated entrance map of the Forum and Palatine — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The sunken grassy oval of the Stadium of Domitian — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Looking down over the ruined halls of the Domus Augustana — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Arch of Titus glowing against a hazy sky — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Forum skyline with the Colosseum in the distance — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The towering arches of the Basilica of Maxentius — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The green bronze doors of the Temple of Romulus — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The coffered rosette ceiling inside the Arch of Titus — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Arch of Septimius Severus beside a baroque church — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Sunlit columns of the Temple of Saturn — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The lone Column of Phocas standing in the Forum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The round columned ruin of the Temple of Vesta — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Palatine slope overlooking the green Circus Maximus — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The long Circus Maximus seen from the Palatine — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The grassy track of the Circus Maximus from above — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Hazy view over the Circus Maximus and Palatine ruins — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

A photographer's shadow cast on sunlit Palatine brick walls — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The columned facade of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Aerial view across the ruins of the Roman Forum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

A headless statue in military dress near the House of the Vestals — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Basilica of Maxentius framed by cypress trees — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

A barred gate guarding a dim ruined interior — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

A large inscribed marble block on a brick base — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Carved architectural fragments lined against a stone wall — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Two slender columns and an arched brick ruin — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Roman Forum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Temple of Venus and Roma above the Forum ruins — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Arch of Constantine viewed from the Colosseum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Roman Forum seen from the Colosseum side — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The Flaminio Obelisk in Piazza del Popolo — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Visitors gazing into the ruined arena of the Colosseum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The tiered arches and hypogeum inside the Colosseum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

The weathered inner tiers of the Colosseum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

A glass-cased scale model of the Colosseum — Rome, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Arched ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Anxur — Rome, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

The Trevi Fountain and the Palazzo Poli — Rome, Italy (20-25 May 2000)

St Sebastian's tomb chapel through its grille — Rome, Italy (20-25 May 2000)

The Flaminio Obelisk in Piazza del Popolo — Rome, Italy (20-25 May 2000)

SW Italy

Richard giving a talk at an overhead projector — SW Italy, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

A neo-Gothic church on a quiet street — SW Italy, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

Richard standing in a conference venue corridor — SW Italy, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

SW Italy coast

Children on a spinning ride at a seaside funfair — SW Italy coast, Italy (28 May - 3 June 2000)

San Gimignano

Vineyards and cypress hills of the Tuscan countryside — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

A wooded hillside and valley near San Gimignano — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

A medieval stone street leading to a tower — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

The tall stone tower beside Piazza della Cisterna — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

San Gimignano's towers and rooftops seen from above — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

Rolling vineyards and farmland around San Gimignano — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

A stone tower above San Gimignano with hills beyond — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

Rooftops of San Gimignano below the Tuscan hills — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

San Gimignano's medieval towers seen from above — San Gimignano, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

Siena

Terracotta rooftops of Siena and the Tuscan countryside — Siena, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Panorama over Siena's city walls into rolling hills — Siena, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Crowds strolling across the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo — Siena, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

The Torre del Mangia rising above Piazza del Campo — Siena, Italy (4-6 June 2000)

Siena's striped cathedral above the city rooftops — Siena, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

Panorama over Siena's walls into the hilly countryside — Siena, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

Two men photographing Piazza del Campo from the tower top — Siena, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

Looking up the brick stairwell of the Torre del Mangia — Siena, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

St Peter's Basilica

Hazy panorama of Rome's rooftops from St Peter's dome — St Peter's Basilica, Italy (21-27 May 2000)

Tuscany

A hotel dinner of pasta, bread and red wine — Tuscany, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

A spread hotel dinner with wine and dessert — Tuscany, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

A bright baroque church nave with a tiled floor — Tuscany, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Farmhouses and a green field below hazy mountains — Tuscany, Italy (26-27 May 2000)

Venice

Gothic brick facade of Madonna dell'Orto church — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Pinnacled gable and rose window of Madonna dell'Orto — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

A gondolier passing the Trattoria da Raffaele terrace — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Gondolas drifting down the Grand Canal at dusk — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Tourists waiting at the Traghetto S.M. del Giglio crossing — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Gilded altar of the Cappella della Madonna del Popolo in the Duomo — Verona, Italy (10-11 June 2000)

A classical white church facade across a grassy campo — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

The facade of San Zaccaria from its campo — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Travellers resting before Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo) — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

The Renaissance marble facade of Santa Maria dei Miracoli — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

A gondola gliding down a narrow side canal — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Gondolier rowing toward the Accademia bridge at sunset — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

A guitarist serenading passengers during a gondola ride — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Gondolier rowing past the dome of Santa Maria della Salute — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

A passenger relaxing in a gondola near the Accademia bridge — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

View of canal-side houses from a moving gondola — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Two gondoliers steering passengers beneath a low bridge — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

A gondola passing under an arched canal bridge — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

A vaporetto crossing the open Venetian lagoon — Venice, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

A moped rider on the Lido breakwater — Venice, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

The apse and choir stalls of a Renaissance church — Venice, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

The campanile and basilica on Piazza San Marco — Venice, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

The Grand Canal viewed from the Rialto bridge — Venice, Italy (6-10 June 2000)

The upper loggia of St Mark's toward the Piazzetta — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Piazza San Marco from the basilica loggia — Venice, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Verona

The Roman arena of Verona prepared for an opera stage — Verona, Italy (7-10 June 2000)

Tourists in the ivy-clad courtyard of Juliet's House — Verona, Italy (7-10 June 2000)