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| Palazzo di Giustizia, edible architecture? |
Just west of La Maddalena the Corso Rinascimento rears it's ugly head, though dashing across the street I was pleasantly surprised to see that part of the old stadium of Domitian (now the Piazza Navona) was still visible.
Here it was just a quick walk north a slight left (west) and boom goes the dynamite...or rather at the end of the street I saw a hideous white building of the confectionery school of architecture and knew just where we were.
Within a few moments we were right across the river from the Palazzo di Giustizia. Which really looks like someone has left a wedding cake out in the rain. Impressive? Yes. Enormous? Yes. Tasteful? Well maybe...maybe not. Grandiose certainly. After I had time to appreciate it I used the word "delectable" which I think covers it nicely.
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| Ponte Umberto I |
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| Creepy embankment |
Instead of crossing here over the ponte Umberto I we went down the steps to the cobbled embankment just above the surface of the river. Personally I was not enthralled by the idea of wandering about under the Roman equivalent of a freeway pass, but besides a few empty bottles and used prophylactics it seemed relatively harmless.
In fact down here not a single person tried to sell us a wooden train, cheap plastic camera tripod, or pope soap on a rope.
The views of both the former tomb of Hadrian (now the Castel Sant' Angelo), Ponte Sant' Angelo and the Dome of St. Peter's were uninterrupted and ours for the taking!
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| Postcard perfect picture from embankment |
