Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Have a Blessed Christmas

Three Holy Mothers
Ann, Mary & Elizabeth
7th Century fresco in the Church of Santa Maria Antiqua
in the Roman Forum - Photo by Larry Litman, 2013

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

December 24 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Stairs leading uphill "through" an apartment building in Garbatella
designed by Innocenzo Sabbatini in the 1920's.

Monday, December 23, 2013

December 23 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


The fountain steps of the Palazzo dei Congressi (EUR)
designed by Adalberto Libera in 1938.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

December 22 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Piazza di Spagna: The right foot of the Spanish Steps leads to the Keats-Shelley House. The house was the final home of the romantic poet John Keats, who died in 1821 at the age of 25.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

December 21 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


The back stairs of the Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill)
come up from the ruins of the Roman Forum.

Friday, December 20, 2013

December 20 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Stairs leading to the Little Sister of Jesus
Tre Fontane, Rome

Thursday, December 19, 2013

December 19 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Stairs on the fountain of the Madonna dei Monti
In front of the Church of St. Sergius and Baccus

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

December 18 . Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome

Stairs in front of a community center
Via Francesco Passino in Garbatella
(My first Italian language lessons were here.)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

December 17 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Entrance stairs to the Basilica of Santa Passera (9th Century)

This church held the bodies of the medical saints Abbacyrus and John
that were brought to Rome in the 5th Century.




Monday, December 16, 2013

December 16 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Steps of The British School at Rome 

Originally the British Pavilion at the International Exhibition held in Rome in 1911
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

December 15 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome



Stairs in BIG BAMBOO - a sculpture by Mike and Doug Stam
Il Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO) - Testaccio

Saturday, December 14, 2013

December 14 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Steps leading up to the The Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland)
Also know as the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II
Designed in 1885 (Built 1911-1925)

Friday, December 13, 2013

December 13 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Steps leading to the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (12th Century)




The back steps - Photo by Jeanne-Marie Byron

Thursday, December 12, 2013

December 12 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Steps of the Campidoglio - Capitoline Hill
Built by Michelangelo 1536 - 1548

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

December 11 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome


Bramante's Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio (1502)
The legendary site of St. Peter's crucifixion

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

December 10: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs of the Temple of Antonius and Faustina (AD 141) in the Roman Forum. The Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda was built within the temple space in 1601-1602.

There are only a few remaining fragments of the original marble that covered the steps. The rest of the marble was quarried (robbed) for the building of St. Peter's Basilica.

Monday, December 9, 2013

December 9: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Scaffolding stairs - Roman Style!

The Colosseum is undergoing restoration.
And, workers are decorating the Christmas tree.

Sunday, December 8, 2013

December 8: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Oratorio del Caravita - a Sunday in Advent
Don and Jim greeting people after the Eucharist

Saturday, December 7, 2013

December 7: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs to Ristorante Consolini on the Via Marmorata.

Friday, December 6, 2013

December 6: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs to the Church of the Holy Face of Jesus.
Designed by Piero Sartogo and Nathalie Grenon 

Thursday, December 5, 2013

December 5: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs to the Church of San Gregorio on the Caelian Hill.
Missionary Sisters of Charity are carrying water
across the stairs to their convent.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

December 4: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs to three differemt temples
in the Sacred Zone of Largo Argentina

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Sunday, December 1, 2013