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nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:15:38 +0000

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Magic at Colosseo

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:52:29 +0000

Colosseo, Rome

On the Beach

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:00:53 +0000

Rimini, Italy

Imperium

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:55:43 +0000

Vittoriano, Roma

Colosseo 2

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:35:26 +0000

Colosseo, Roma

Golden Curves

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:15:04 +0000

The Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome

The Great Sphynx 2

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:23:01 +0000

The Great Sphynx

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:34:18 +0000

The Great Sphynx, the symbol of Egypt itself. The Sphynx dates to the Old Kingdom according to Egyptologist. Its context suggest that it belongs to Khafre's complex, but there is no direct evidence for this. It is 20 meters high and over 50 meters long. It is a symbiotic creature, part man, part lion. The Sphynx was carved directly into the limestone plateau. You can see the layering across the body. The head is of a harder stone thus its better preservation. The Sphynx gazes due east. The Sphynx was covered up to its neck in sand until the mid nineteen twenties. Even in Ancient times there are accounts of the Sphynx being dug out from the sand.

Pharao's Dream

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:34:18 +0000

Saint Peter in Chains

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:09:08 +0000

San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) is a basilica in Rome, best known for being the home of Michelangelo's magnificent statue of Moses, part of the tomb of Pope Julius II.
Also known as the Basilica Eudoxiana, it was first built in 432-440 to house the relic of the chains that bound Saint Peter when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem. According to legend, when the Empress Eudoxia (wife of Emperor Valentinian III) gifted the chains to Pope Leo I, while he compared them to the chains of St. Peter's final imprisonment in the Mamertine Prison in Rome, the two chains miraculously fused together. The chains are kept in a reliquary under the main altar in the basilica.

The basilica underwent several restorations and rebuildings, among them a restoration by Pope Adrian I, rebuilding by Pope Sixtus IV and by Pope Julius II. There was also a renovation in 1875. The front portico, attributed to Baccio Pontelli, was added in 1475. The cloister (1493-1503) has been attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo.

The Titulus S. Petri ad vincula is currently vacant. The most recent Cardinal Priest of the basilica was Pío Cardinal Laghi, who died January 11, 2009.

Moses

nobody@ipernity.com (psioniks) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:09:08 +0000

Statue of Moses, by Michelangelo (Saint Peter in Chains basilica)