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

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.

December 23 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome

The fountain steps of the Palazzo dei Congressi (EUR)

designed by Adalberto Libera in 1938.

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.

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.

December 20 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome

Stairs leading to the Little Sister of Jesus

Tre Fontane, Rome

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

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.)

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.

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.

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

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)

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

December 12 - Advent Calendar 2013: Stairs in Rome

Steps of the Campidoglio - Capitoline Hill

Built by Michelangelo 1536 - 1548

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

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.

December 9: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Scaffolding stairs - Roman Style!

The Colosseum is undergoing restoration.

And, workers are decorating the Christmas tree.

December 8: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Oratorio del Caravita - a Sunday in Advent

Don and Jim greeting people after the Eucharist

December 7: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs to Ristorante Consolini on the Via Marmorata.

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 

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.

December 4: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs to three differemt temples

in the Sacred Zone of Largo Argentina

December 3: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs outside the Ara Pacis Museum. (Designed by Richard Meier.)

The King Shall Come When Morning Comes (piano)

December 2: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs leading to the Ara Pacis (9 B.C.)

William Dutton sings Advent Hymn on the BBC Dec. 2, 2007

December 1: Advent Calendar 2013 - Stairs in Rome

Stairs of the Basilica Juilia in the Roman Forum.

Chant for the First Sunday of Advent