Going up to Orvieto

Orvieto is situated on a 300 m high plateau. We took the funicular to the top.

Hotel Royal Court

We chose this hotel because it is near the Roma Termini station. We stayed here for two nights before leaving for Sorrento and one more night after coming back from Sorrento 

Breakfast in the hotel

We had the room to ourselves

Trastevere

We walked around Trastevere before having dinner here.

Our first dinner in Pasta Land was, of course,  pasta

Fettuccine Bolognese

Spaghetti Carbonara

We then took a taxi back to the hotel

Santa Maria in Trastevere

This church was probably the first Christian place of worship in Rome founded in the 3rd Century. The church was rebuilt in the 12th Century by Pope Innocent II.

The Altemps Chapel

Assumption of the Virgin

The Council of Nicea

This church is known for its remarkable 11th Century mosaics

Mary siting next to Christ

 Scenes from the Life of the Virgin by Cavallini

Gifts of the Magi 

 shows the church was built on the site where a fountain of oil had miraculously sprung up on the day Christ was born 

Santa Maria degli Angeli : The Interior

The church is huge and very much like the Vatican churches

The Immaculate Conception

Head of John the Baptist

Santa Maria degli Angeli : The Facade

This church was built inside the Roman walls of the Baths of Diocletian. It was designed by Michelangelo but he died one year after the work began in 1563. 

No one will expect to find a beautiful church behind these walls

The bronze door

Santa Susanna

Santa Susanna (which is next to Santa Maria della Vittoria and opposite Santa Bernardo alle Terme) was not open that day.

Santa Bernardo alle Terme

This church is just opposite Santa Maria della Vittoria. It was built in 1598 and is very similar to Pantheon with a dome and an oculus. 

The dome

Chapel of St Francis

The Mystic Marriage of St Robert to Our Lady

 The Ecstasy of St Bernard

 where he had a vision of Christ descending from the cross to embrace him.