Italy thumbnails (June 2006)

ROME The grand monuments of the Roman Empire.

VATICAN The seat of Papal power.

PISA The architectural anomaly.

FLORENCE The birthplace of Renaissance and the capital of Tuscany.

TUSCAN VILLAGES Cypresses, sunflowers and poppyfields.

VENICE The river city.

MILAN The Duomo and the Cenacolo.

LAGO DI COMO Alpine splendor.