Today we left the Hotel at 9 am for a tram ride and then a walk past the first synagogue in Rome. Then we went on to the little known and rarely visited church of Santa Cecilia to see the 13th century frecoes by Cavallini and the archeological dig under the church of a 2nd century AD Roman house. We then went to see the beautiful Villa Farnesina, a 16th century house built by Sienese banker – Agostino Chigi – who was Pope Julius II’s banker. We saw frescoes by Raphael and Sodoma. We ended with a visit to the princely palace of the Doria-Pamphilij family where we saw paintings by Titian, Caravaggio, and Velasquez and a sculpture by Bernini.
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