Google Street View for Italy just launched and It's giving me a serious case of Rome-sickness. The official blog post has some great views of the city, so I'll share a few of my favorite non-historic places. For starters, I can see a view down the street to the John Felice Rome Center where I lived, studied, and worked for three years:
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(You can click to zoom or drag to look around on all of these shots)
The "Green Bar" where we used to go for coffee and chocolate croissants:
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OK, I can't resist--here's my favorite church (architecture-wise),
The Basilica of St. Giovanni in Laterano:
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And Marie's favorite,
The Basilica of St. Maria Maggiore
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I could go on for hours, so I'll close out with the greatest gelateria in the world, Cremeria Monteforte (run by my good friend Roberto):
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Drag the image around 180 degrees to see that it's facing the side of the Pantheon. Oh man, now I'm seriously craving a big cup of Roberto's Cioccolato Semifreddo.
Cool! Hopefully they'll get around to some other places, like, say, Padova, soonish!
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