Žarki svetlobe Rays of light

Točno pred dvema letoma smo se potikali po Rimu. Mirov oči je šel tja mesec in pol pred tem peš iz Logatca, mi pa smo ga šli iskat.

Seveda smo si v tistem vikendu ogledali kar nekaj znamenitosti. Še vedno name naredi največji vtis Panteon [slika 1], najbolje ohranjena antična stavba v mestu, prvotno namenjena čaščenju bogov.

Nič manj nisem navdušena nad veličastnimi cerkvami, po katerih mi je tako prijetno lebdeti med stebri in občudovati dragocene detajle. Ta prijeten hlad in skrivnosten polmrak, ki ga sem in tja sekajo pisani svetlobni žarki, še posebej prija, ko prideš s peklenske asfaltne vročine, z razgreto glavo od domišljije in razburljivih podob posvetnega Koloseja [slika 7] in Palatina [slika 8].

Najbolj mi je v spominu ostal obisk bazilike sv. Pavla zunaj obzidja [slika 2], ki je edine do takrat še nisem obiskala. Velikanski prostor, zaradi zgodnje ure skoraj nič turistov, pomirjujoče mrmranje in šepetanje peščice ljudi, midva, ki kar sediva, dolgo, dolgo, brez besed, gledava naokoli, navzgor, se čudiva starodavnim gradbenim mojstrom, zlata svetloba, mir. Občutek, ki ostane za vedno.
Na tem linku se lahko virtualno sprehodite po baziliki.

In nenazadnje - poznate občutek, ko se po prijetnem, a napornem celodnevnem ogledovanju znamenitosti v najhujši vročini, nekje poznopopoldne usedete na pivo, po možnosti v simpatični ulici za vogalom Fontane di Trevi [slika 9], in glava poka od vse te fascinantne zgodovine, pa si vendar želi še, in se z družbico spustite v prijeten klepet o že videnih in še načrtovanih poteh in se dušiš v smehu? Hm, neprecenljivo!

slika 3, 4: bazilika sv. Janeza v Lateranu
slika 5: bazilika sv. Petra v Vatikanu
slika 6: bazilika Marije Snežne

Nekatere slike so od Mira ali njegove sestre.

Exactly two years ago today we were wandering across Rome. A month and a half earlier Miro’s dad went there by foot from Logatec and we went pick him up when he reached Rome.

Of course we took the opportunity for some sightseeing. The biggest impression on me still makes the Pantheon [picture 1], the best preserved Ancient building in the city, initially made for worshiping gods.

I am no less impressed by those magnificent churches. I like so much to float amongst all those columns and admire precious details. That pleasant coolness and mysterious gloom that is now and then intersect by rays of coloured light is especially soothing when you come from hell hot asphalt, with a heated head of the imagination and exciting images of earthly Colosseum [picture 7] and Palatine Hill [picure 8].

The most powerful impression for me is from the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls [picture 2], the only one I haven’t visited before. A huge space, because of the early hour almost no tourists, calming murmuring and whispering of handful of people, us two just sitting, a long, long time, wordless, looking around, up, admiring ancient master builders, golden light, peace. The feeling that stays forever.

Here is the link where you can take a virtual walk through the basilica.

And last but not least – do you know the feeling when, after pleasant but tiring day full of sightseeing in the worst heat somewhere in the late afternoon, you sit down to have a beer, possibly in cute little alley just around the corner of Fontana di Trevi [picture 9], and your head wants to explode from all that fascinating history and yet crying for more, and you fall into conversation with your little gang about already seen paths and those still to come and when you choke with laughter? Hm, priceless!

picture 3, 4: Basilica of St. John Lateran
picture 5: St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican
picture 6: Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Some pictures are taken by Miro or his sister.