(photo grouping #2) Crowns, Knights, and Keys

CROWNS

London, England

Boston, Massachusetts
Even crowned in death.

London, England


KNIGHTS

London, England
(close to Westminster Abbey)
I love the weathering on this and the feather headdress. So dramatic!

Paris, France

(Hotel de Invalides)
Not a great picture - I couldn't get close enough ... but its a window knight - how cool is that?!

KEYS

Rome, Italy
The bees on this fountain are the symbol of the Barberini family that commissioned it.

Rome, Italy
I love the detail on the keys, they are big and chunky. I couldn't get a picture without the birds - boo!

Rome, Italy
(St. Peter's Basilica)
This motif was carved at the base of all fours of the canopy. Carved out of marble and inlaid with red ... a lost art!

Rome, Italy
(St. Peter's Square)
I love the marble against that beautiful blue sky!

Of course all the key pictures were taken in Rome. Keys are a big theme in Rome because of Peter. Christ bestowed the keys of the priesthood on Peter:

"And I will ^agive unto thee the ^bkeys of the ^ckingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt ^dbind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."