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Bernini's Four Rivers Fountain Piazza Navona

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Afternoon Tour - Where Gods, Angels & Demons Live

The Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Castel Sant'Angelo, Campo dei Fiori,
The Tibre River, St. Peter's Square
3:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Rome is more than inanimate monuments and marble statues. It is a vivacious city shaped over the ages by emperors, artists, and architects who, in building the Eternal City, created a remarkable human story where gods, angels and demons lived.

On this tour we will learn how to capture the sometimes humorous and devilish antics of the people that created them and learn about the struggle between the pagan and Christian gods through the centuries.

For example we will visit the Basilica Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, built on top of a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian god Isis, and where Galileo Galilee, the father of modern astronomy, is buried. In front of the Basilica we find Bernini’s famous elephant holding up one of the 11 Egyptian obelisks of Rome. Sculpted in 1667, Bernini intended it as a devilish taunt: the elephant’s rear end is pointed at the nearby building where Galileo was sentenced as a heretic (and perhaps tortured) during the Inquisition, almost 35 years earlier.

Most tourists photograph the elephant showing the church in the background – a common postcard image. We want to make his story (history) more interesting by putting flesh and bone on it: The more emphatic and captivating image is showing the Palazzo of the Inquisition behind the behind of the elephant!

We’ll discover other landmarks that illustrate this interweaving of pagan and Christian beliefs like the world’s oldest Christian Basilica where pagan gods lived, the myth of the devilish humor of Bernini’s man with his hand raised against the church built by his arch-rival Borromini even before the church was built, Bernini’s angels in front of the tomb of Marcus Aurelia and of course the Vatican – Seat of the Christian World with Bernini’s colonnade symbolizing the arms of the Christian God welcoming people and built over Nero’s Circus where Christians were persecuted by the Roman pagans.

Just as Bernini uses the trick of the eye on the colonnades in St Peters to create a sense of grandeur and scale, we’ll show you how to create the same impact in your photography using the techniques of top professionals.

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If you love photography, Italian culture and cuisine, and are thinking about a photo tour in Italy this year, whether on your own, on business travel, or with your camera club, think about Imaging In Italy. If you like taking impressive pictures, visiting famous monuments, great art and architecture, or are just looking for things to do in Rome and want to supplement your vacation package, think about our photo walking tours and photo workshops. Your guide is Anthony Boccaccio, a former National Geographic photographer and a world-class professional photographer. Tony will lead you in an engaging walking photo tour and on-site photographic min-course and workshop – in traditional film or digital photography – as you explore Rome, Florence or Amalfi, whether for a half day, full day, or a weekend package, and make photographs of a lifetime! Whether you are a student traveling in Italy, a business traveler searching for a private tour, single and traveling alone, or a retired couple looking for value senior tours and travel packages, consider our walking tour of Rome and get your camera ready. If you are searching for guided tours in Rome Italy, consider joining Tony in an unforgettable photographic adventure. Let Tony take you through Rome to photograph Castello Sant'Angelo, the Tibre River, Campo dei Fiori, and other piazzas. He will show you how to bring history alive through photography. For more info on Rome photo tours register for an exciting and memorable time with IMAGING IN ITALY - your personal photo walking tour of Rome.