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For my last night in Rome, we opted for a walk around Trastevere, a very pleasant shopping and dining district to the South of the Vatican. The neighborhood is not a typical tourist destination (although we ran into plenty of fellow tourists), not much in the way of sightseeing but just a nice area nice to walk around, shop, and get a bite to eat. Above, a typical scene in Trastevere. |
The certer of the Trastevere neighborhood is the church Santa Maria in Trastevere and the piazza that fronts it. This is the piazza, taken from in front of the church... |
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...and the church itself. |
Top of church and campanile. |
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The church itself is quite beautiful. A lot of the churches in Italy feel more like tourist attractions than churches, but Santa Maria in Trastevere felt as though it was used more as a place of worship. Mosaics in the church's dome were ancient and quite beautiful. |
In most Italian churches, lighting a candle is a typical way of offering a prayer. At Santa Maria in Trastever, in addition to lighting candles, you could write a prayer on a card and leave it in the church. |
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Between our visit to the church and dinner, we took a lengthy walk, stopping in lots of shops along the way. This is the shopkeeper in oune of our favorite shops, which sold stationery, note cards, and pretty paper. |
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