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Images from our Trip to Pisa: The Leaning Tower, Duomo and Baptistery

Anita Mathias — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:04:00 +0000

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page, Saint Augustine. A guest post from my husband Roy who loves the camera as much as I love words. (Though he’s done the words too, in this case:-) The Leaning Tower of Pisa, one of the symbols of Italy, and a […]

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Images of San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy

Anita Mathias — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:36:28 +0000

(Roy and I were at San Gimignano, Tuscany, last month. It was a magical town. Enjoy Roy’s guest post on it) San Gimignano, Italy’s most visited hill town is a photographer’s delight. Here are a few images to tempt you to visit if you are in Tuscany. You enter an almost car-free zone. Our hotel was […]

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Images from our visit to St. John Lateran, Rome

Anita Mathias — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:07:00 +0000

A photo-essay by my husband, Roy St. John Lateran (Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the Cathedral of Rome, and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, that is the Pope. However, it is built on a quiet square, surrounded by ordinary Roman houses. and an obelisk built by Thuthmose IV (ca. […]

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