Saturday, July 17, 2010

Scala Regia (Royal Staircase)

Apostolic Palace.

The new granite floor was put in under Pius XI.

They used to ride horses up and down here.

When I see this image I think of the hundreds of times I have flown down these stairs in rapid strides after exiting the packed Cappella Sistina.

3 comments:

  1. wow beautiful!!! this is the same staircase you featured before but from the bottom looking up?

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  2. John, you are soooo lucky to live in Rome and see all these places!

    Makes the rest of us rather envious.... ; )

    Barb in NY

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