It's time for another Italy Photohunt!

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This week's prompt is "Arch."

You're encouraged to describe your photo--where you shot it, details of what you were doing or what was going on, etc.

The beautiful arches of the Doge's Palace in Venice...on a late October afternoon.

Arches through a doorway in old Citta` Sant'Angelo located in Pescara Province.
The town was called Angulum in Roman times but these structures however are more modern arches.

The Arco Naturale, Capri - only one of many dramatic geological formations on the island.

I'm was bad about keeping track, but based on other photos, I'm guessing this is in Volterra

View of the dome of Santa Maria Assunta church in Positano taken from interior stairway of hotel Le Sirenuse.

Carole

This remarkable and beautiful piece of art is etched all from the stone. One of Rome's masterpieces.

Part of the ancient Roman wall, near Basilica de Saint John Lateran.

This was from Verona.

Capitoline Museum

Arch over entrance to Sant'Antimo near Montalcino.

I loved the red byke just after this arch in Florence, few steps from Ponte Vecchio.

Oh ... I'm sorry .. as you can see I really had some problems posting this picture !

But it was well worth the wait. Beautiful photo.

Herculaneum mosaic, May 2009

My husband claims the photo I posted it is part of the ancient Roman aqueduct. Either way, I thought it was cool that it's standing in the middle of the city.

Venice, January 6, 2009.

I was primarily interested in the Duomo, located across the piazza, but couldn't resist stopping by Milan's famous shopping mall, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (at least the view was free, because the stores inside certainly weren't )

Venice--July 2008

Archway looking into Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, May 2009.

Somewhere in Pompeii, wish I could remember:

There are 666 arches in the 4-km-long Porticata in Bologna, leading up to the Sanctuary of the Madonna of San Luca.

- Roz

Spello Umbria

On a stroll through Udine, I stood inside a lovely Venetian loggia admiring the view between the arches.

Can't remember if I shot this arch in Cortona or Montepulciano - does it look familiar to anyone? I thought it was so pretty.

Perugia alley-walkway

In Saint Peters

Padua Market

So many beautiful arches to choose from.
This is the view as we came from the parking lot in Pisa. I still remember how it took my breath away.

In Milan, September 2008.

In the ruins of Fiesole in 2004

Get pic, Danny!

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Originally posted by Jeff H:
Get pic, Danny!

thank you, it is such a great place for kids to explore.

Varenna, Lake Como

San Quirico d'Orcia (just outside Al Vecchio Forno restaurant),.

Sort of Arches Italian Riviera

Well, I am going to be bad, I have 2 photo's I'd like to share. This first one is one of my favorites that I have titled "Are We There Yet?".
This little girl in Venice after a torrential rain storm looked like she just wanted to get to the hotel. By the way, just after 20 minutes St Marks Square was under water, it was amazing to see people walking through the square at almost thigh high water. It was an early rain and they were not set up with ramps yet.

Is there anything more romantic then strolling by the Roman Coliseum at night? Ahhhhhh....Rome....

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Originally posted by Tracey Traveller:
Sort of Arches Italian Riviera

They are catenaries. An ideal arch is actually a reverse catenary. Thanks for a different aspect of the key word.

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Originally posted by avvocato:

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Originally posted by Tracey Traveller:
Sort of Arches Italian Riviera

They are catenaries. An ideal arch is actually a reverse catenary. Thanks for a different aspect of the key word.

And I just learnt a new word - thank you

An Arch with a view. I took this while hiking the beautiful trails of the Cinque Terre.

This is inside St Anna's~ from the wedding I attended at the Vatican in May.

Etruscan Arch in Perugia.

San Giacometto, Venice

Venice June 2008

Arch, in background, at the daily Pesceria (fish market; also meat, poulty, vegetables, cheeses) in Catania, Sicily. Photo taken Oct. 14, 2008.

One more, the lovely Caprice Pasticceria with an arched ceiling and doorways in Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, near Modica. Besides the scrumptious pastries, they also sold prepared foods, which you could eat there. We had a simple and inexpensive supper there, Oct. 16, 2008, with wine, coffee, and pastries.

I think this is the best photo hunt! I particularly adore Venice and there are many lovely photos of 'her' on this thread. Thank you all, for sharing.

I think this is the best photo-hunt yet, too!!
If you had never been to Italy; all these lovely pictures would have you booking your trip ASAP.
Here is an arch over a butcher's shop in Florence last May.

Gothic Abbey of Saint Galgano at Montesiepi.

Marcel & Gloria, proud owners of vacation house Casina di Rosa Casina di Rosa, took me on an outing before the SlowTrav Innkeeper GTG in 2008.