{"id":855,"date":"2015-03-13T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning201314\/?p=855"},"modified":"2015-03-13T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:55:10","slug":"continued-exploration-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/2015\/03\/13\/continued-exploration-of-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Continued Exploration of Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em>Shamir Johnson &#8217;17<\/em> &#8211; After waking up at a very early 7:30\u00a0it was time to make our way\u00a0to the Catacombs of Priscilla, also know as the Queen Catacomb.\u00a0 It is named Queen Catacomb because it is said to have the most martyrs and 7 popes. Here we were able to get a\u00a0picture\u00a0of early Christian tombs. The tombs consisted\u00a0of 3 layers of cemeteries\u00a0which stretched 13 kilometers.\u00a0 The travel there was a bit lengthy because catacombs are only on the outskirts or outside the sacred boundaries of Rome.\u00a0 The location also helps protect from disease in the aorta of Rome.\u00a0 Nonetheless, in the Catacombs we were able to see authentic frescoes of Mary holding Jesus, the Good Shepherd, the Three Magi, and others.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After leaving the Catacombs we made our way to the Church of Santa Costanzo and Mosoleum where the tombs of\u00a0Constantine&#8217;s mother and daughter were both at one time and are honored.\u00a0 The Mosoleum was interesting because of the contrast from the other basilica we have visited these last few days, because of the circular structure the focus is at the center where the altar is located\u00a0and immediately continues in a vertical way rather than a horizontal focus that is the norm for basilica.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Immediately after leaving the basilica we stopped by &#8220;Heaven&#8221;. Don&#8217;t be\u00a0be confused this was not the name of the restaurant, but just an implication of how good the food tasted.\u00a0\u00a0It\u00a0was a\u00a0buffet with meats, and cheeses, and pastas, and pizzas and green vegetables, and salads, and fruits, and vegetables, and deserts, and espressos.\u00a0 After indulging in the fruits of the heavens with our swollen bellies we made our way to a few Churches all which seemed to be in a ten-minute radius of each.\u00a0 I hope this gives you an idea of how many basilicas and churches Rome holds. It&#8217;s mind boggling;\u00a0when you pass six churches in a ten minute walk. The churches each housed relics as well as offered visual aids in learning more and more about the Roman Christian and Early Christian architecture. Overall, after a little reflection \u00a0it is another good day in the books as I \u00a0impatiently wait for tonight&#8217;s feast. Ciao!!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shamir Johnson &#8217;17 &#8211; After waking up at a very early 7:30\u00a0it was time to make our way\u00a0to the Catacombs of Priscilla, also know as the Queen Catacomb.\u00a0 It is named Queen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rome"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":856,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}