October in Italy

     Here are a few photos from our trip to Italy.  Wedding was in a church built in 1000 to honor St Sebastian, who was martyred on the site in the Forum, behind the Colosseum where the church was built.  The painting on the altar was done in the year 200, and is believed to be the oldest known depiction of Christ in a painting.
     We also toured in the Umbria section of Italy, which was the home to Etruscans in the era before the Romans.  The pictures are in no particular order, just  a few to remember the trip.

Circus Maximus

Gate to the Church

Altar of the Church, Built in 1000

Painting Behind Altar, Painted in Year 200.
Oldest Known Painting of  Christ.

View of the Roman Forum From the Church Gates

Streets of Rome

Orvieto, Hilltop Villiage

Town Square, Orvieto

View From Orvieto

Taken From Just Outside Our Hotel in Rome

Sidewalk Cafe in Orvieto...Had Wild Boar Cacciatore here. 

Dining Room Ceiling in Hotel at Orvieto

Dawn...Drink?  No Way.

Hotel in Orvieto

More

Wine Country in Umbria

After a Busy Day Touring...Carol and Dawn

Doorway to Our Room...Orvieto

Dining Room...Orvieto

Dining Room Detail

Fireplace in Dining Room...Hotel Built as a Home in 1520

Funicula to Orvieto

From the Villiage

Cathedral in Orvieto

Stained Glass Window Detail

Section of Mural at Circus Maximus

Pines of Rome

What it Was All About

Looking Out From the Church Gates 

Etruscan Caves

The Crew at the Colosseum 

From the Rooftop Cafe at Hotel Capo de Africa

Wine Country...Umbria

Streets of Orvieto

Umbrian Countryside

Sports Car??

Fast Tractor

More of Umbria

Behind the Hotel Near Orvieto

Fall in Umbria Looks Like Fall in New England