{"id":785,"date":"2014-12-28T23:59:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T23:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2014-12-28T23:59:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T23:59:56","slug":"old-piles-of-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"Old Piles of Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8035-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8035\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-788\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8035-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8035-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8035-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This is the view coming out the metro station at the Colosseum. Really, it&#8217;s just sitting there.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some parts of the Forum are pre-republican, which puts them at least 6th century if not earlier. They definitely look it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8096-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8096\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-786\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8096-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8096-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8096-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much newer, but probably more recongnizable is St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica in the Vatican. It was the Sunday after Christmas so I didn&#8217;t even try to go in. The whole square was packed.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8179-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8179\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-787\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8179-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8179-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8179-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the view coming out the metro station at the Colosseum. 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