Relics and the Janiculum (Gianicolo in Italian)

Here's my last usable picture (so far) from the priory in Albano. They had a large number of relics out for a feast day.

One of my classes is held at the Janiculm hill, and I tend to get there a half hour early. A few blocks away is a decrepit monastery, and I go and sit in the garden outside because no one ever comes there and a fountain generates enough white noise to cut out the din of traffic (the church itself is always locked except for Mass in the morning). From the little bench, I'm able to say the rosary in peace. In the last two pictures, you can see the view from this spot.

This is just a picture of a typical confessional in Rome. People kneel at the side or stand in front of the door. Despite not completely enclosing the penitent, they're surprisingly quiet.

Here's one view from the garden of St. Onophrius [S. Onofrio in Italian] (the monastery of the American Friars of the atonement) in the Janiculum. The white building with twin turrets is the Villa Medici, which sits on the Pincio. I'm not certain which dome is to the immediate left because there are so many churches in that area and the streets are too narrow to get a good look at the domes from the street in that area.

That gigantic monument that looks like a monstrous marble typewriter with twin Apollo's is a monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, and a lot of riots and manifestations take place in and around the area there. It's a lovely area in general, though. I believe that the dome belongs to S. Andrea.