A Walk in Rome 2025

John and I allowed ourselves one week in Rome this year, to get over our jet lag, on our way to Naples and Venice.

Sculpture in and around Piazza Navona has been expertly cleaned for the 2025 Roman Catholic Jubilee. This 1575 fountain in front of the Pantheon came up nicely.

In Piazza Navona these visitors sat and gazed at a huge 'Billboard God' looking down at the Fountain of the Moor. The facade of the building behind is in restoration.

At this toy shop in the piazza we loved the huge polar bear and the Pinocchio statue greeting visitors.

Near the government buildings on Via Guistiana a Carabiniere discussed a point with a guard in a cubicle.

The Piazza of San Lorenzo della Lucina is always an oasis of calm in the busy city centre.

I always find workshops interesting. I loved this bustling motorbike garage.

John caught a greeting beween Roman street musicians.

We have also discovered Roman sidestreet shortcuts. This elegant local leads the way.

A visitor in red posed next to a mural in green.

A Catholic priest paused by the Tiber to take it all in.

These monks in Largo Argentina pass us in what looks like their work clothes. They were in a hurry.

This feral cat in Largo Argentina was not in a hurry. The ruins can now be visited, but the cats still rule.

We left Largo Argentina at the golden hour and walked down Corso Vittorio Emanuele II toward the monumental Church of the Gesù.

As we walked home in the dusk we came upon a garbage truck on fire. On the side of the truck the words: Il Futuro Sostenibile/The Sustainable Future.

After the fire the ice. John and I stop for a last gelato.

Close to our apartment now, we passed the temple to Hadrian which had for years been the Rome stock exchange. What a town!