tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098811.post4448509362867780454..comments2024-03-19T02:05:55.325+00:00Comments on LIZ FIELDING: Liz Fieldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10464889663853976327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098811.post-30104107079895602052007-10-17T17:48:00.000+01:002007-10-17T17:48:00.000+01:00Although my guide book said "canons", Michelle, th...Although my guide book said "canons", Michelle, the guide in the Pantheon (I was ear-wigging) said something entirely different. Whatever happened to it, it's not there any more!<BR/><BR/>Barb, I understand that a lot of Matera men went to Zambia to work on the Kariba dam back in the 60s, which I've driven over, swum in and water-ski'd on. I guess, like all emigrants, it's the money that's the Liz Fieldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10464889663853976327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098811.post-48274047140607414562007-10-17T17:29:00.000+01:002007-10-17T17:29:00.000+01:00Fabulous pics.I need to visit Rome, I really do.Fabulous pics.<BR/><BR/>I need to visit Rome, I really do.Kate Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367918727779245526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098811.post-51156173264888769212007-10-17T10:33:00.000+01:002007-10-17T10:33:00.000+01:00The Pantheon is fantastic. Although I have heard a...The Pantheon is fantastic. Although I have heard a slightly different explanation of where the bronze went -- Constantine II took most to decorate Constantinople in the 7th century and Bernini took the remaining bronze from the roof beams to make the canopy in St Peter's.<BR/>Anyway, it is truly a magnificent sight, a feat of civil engineering.<BR/>Your tour is making me want to go back...Michelle Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098811.post-20176992839424795662007-10-16T21:48:00.000+01:002007-10-16T21:48:00.000+01:00Ah, seeing the Pantheon and that lovely square in ...Ah, seeing the Pantheon and that lovely square in front of it brings back memories. I have a photo of myself eating gelato in that square.<BR/>And Matera! There's nothing quite like the sassi, is there? It's the second oldest city in the world after Damascus. <BR/>You know, Australia is full of Italian migrants, but it's hard to believe they could drag themselves away.Barbara Hannayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077064170686768953noreply@blogger.com