Today we visited the Piazza Navona and the Catacombs. I took some pictures of some of the artist's work that was being set up in the piazza. Lauren presented on the Piazza Navona and did a great job. Then we took a bus ride out to the catacombs where Leslie presented. She also did very well. They wouldn't allow us to take pictures inside, but it had to be one of the most interesting places that we've visited so far. The tunnels stretch for 8 miles beneath Rome, three stories deep. We only walked through a small part of it. We got to see some of the earliest (oldest) known Christian paintings; Madonna, Moses, Jonas, and a few others.
It would have been cool to take some pictures, but I bought some postcards to show friends and family back home. It was a tight down there and one student had to leave, because he couldn't breathe (claustrophobia). There were some areas that opened up into larger cavernous rooms, but it was mostly tight narrow tunnels. There were still human remains present all around us. Several of the slots in the walls still contained remnants of their former inhabitants. We saw a skull tucked behind a small marble plate and several other places we saw femurs, fingers, and spinal bones. I have to admit it was a little creepy, interesting, but creepy!
I am including a shot of me waiting outside the catacombs, and a wall of the Monostary outside the Catacombs.
1 comment:
I bet it was way more cool than underground Seattle. I wish I could have been there. Sounds awesome!
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