Tracks of the StoneBear Odyssey ROF = Ring of Fire: January 2016

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Rome, Italy Roman Forum ruins 1

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Sunday November 22, 2015

ITL  Rome, Italy 5C Roman Forum ruins 1

A close up of the cordonata on the Capitoline Hill. The steps on the left lead to the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.

You never drink twice from the same stream. 

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Rome, Italy 5C Roman Forum ruins 3

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Sunday November 22, 2015  

ITL  Rome, Italy 5C Roman Forum ruins 3

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A close up of the cordonata on the Capitoline Hill. The steps on the left lead to the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.

You never drink twice from the same stream. 

Monday, January 25, 2016

Rome, Italy 5 C Roman forum ruins 4

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Sunday November 22, 2015  

ITL  Rome, Italy 5C Roman Forum ruins 4

A close up of the cordonata on the Capitoline Hill. The steps on the left lead to the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.

You never drink twice from the same stream. 

Friday, January 22, 2016

Venice, ITL Grand Canal 2 Sailing into Lido

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Sunday November 15, 2015

Venice, Italy Grand Canal 2

I have sailed into Lido... sailing north from the Adriatic into the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy.  I have breathed love... for a woman.... for a lady... that will live in my heart forever... this sight of the entrance of the canal...

  on this 28' sailing sloop... with the love of my life.... I cherish her dearly to come here for R&R... my heart is at peace.   

My soul rests for this woman.... she is my being. All that is left ... is hers.  I am surrendered. I am helpless... incapacitated.... She owns my heart.  For once in my life... I kneel for her blessing and acceptance. 

This is the place that brought me to my senses about a woman. 

You never drink twice from the same stream. 

Monday, January 18, 2016

Rome, Italy 5 Piazza del Campidoglio 3

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Sunday November 22, 2015   

ITL  Rome, Italy 5 Piazza del Campidoglio 3

The
 elegant staircase, Pallazos... the Cordonata... is one of the two 
"sister staircases".  The Italian marble stonework is overwhelming. 

This
 plaza, designed by Michelangelo - The Piazza del Campidoglio- is laid 
out between two summits of the Capitoline Hill, the most important of 
Rome's fabled seven hills. 

The Senate of Rome assembled here and today it is the City Hall. 

From an inadequate college course in western civilization you are not prepared to describe this.

This
 is where a gang of guys got together, decided to do away with the top 
dog gang leader,.... and then they'd run things the way they wanted. 
 They surrounded and then stabbed to death the King. 

They were not street thugs, wanting to build some street cred; they were Senators!   

Right
 here... it was not a new concept to gain power. It was an old MO, but 
they perfected it enough to be legendary. When the English speak of "The
 night of the Long Knives" they studied what these guys did. It's prison
 law; make sure they don't get up.

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http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/piazzadelcampidoglio.htm

Piazza del Campidoglio is one of Rome's most beautiful squares, designed in the sixteenth century by Michelangelo and laid out between two summits of theCapitoline Hill, the most important of Rome's fabled seven hills.

Piazza del Campidoglio

From the founding of Rome until its fall almost one thousand years later, theCapitoline Hill symbolized the epicenter of Rome's might and many of the city's most important buildings stood on this hill.

Later, during the Middle Ages, the site continued to play an important part in Rome's history. The senate of Rome assembled here and even today it still has some political significance since the city hall is located here

Michelangelo's Design

Cordonata and

Palazzo Senatorio

Castor

When Emperor Charles V planned a visit to Rome in 1536, the muddy Capitoline Hill was in such a derelict state that pope Paul III Farnese asked Michelangelo to design a new square, the Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Square). The project also included a redesign of the existing buildings surrounding the square.

Michelangelo came up with an original, trapezoidal design for the square with an intriguing oval shaped ground pattern. He rebuilt the Palazzo Senatorio, seat of the Roman senate, and redesigned the facade of the Palazzo dei Conservatori.

Additionally a new building, the Palazzo Nuovo, was to be constructed just opposite the Palazzo dei Conservatori. Both palazzos were positioned at a slight angle so that it changes the perspective in such a way that the square seems larger than it actually is.

Finally, Michelangelo's ambitious plans for the square also included the creation of an elegant staircase, the Cordonata.

Construction of the square started in 1546 but only the staircase at the entrance of the Palazzo Senatorio was realized when Michelangelo died in 1564. The project was finally completed in the seventeenth century according to Michelangelo's designs.

A close up of the cordonata on the Capitoline Hill. The steps on the left lead to the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.

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You never drink twice from the same stream. 