Marble Faun walk

Today the class went on a walk where we went to some of the places that were mentioned in The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne (a required text for class). The first place we went to was the Trevi Fountain which is the ending point of one of the aquaducts the ancient Romans built. It's amazing to me that present-day Romans are still using the water systems that the ancient Romans built thousands of years ago. It is said that if you throw a coin into the fountain over your shoulder, you will come back to Rome... so of course I did!! After that, we went to a place that still had bullet holes in the walls from WWII. After that, we went to the Crypt of the Capuchins. This was the eeriest place I have ever been in my life. It's a crypt housing over 4,000 bodies (mostly Capuchin monks). The bodies aren't just laid out though. They have been disassembled and the different types of bones are used to decorate the ceilings and walls in intricate patterns (DEFINITELY Google this!!!) When we were done there we headed over to the Spanish Steps. This is an area that was actually considered Spanish territory during the 17th Century.