St. Peter in Chains, 2011

We took Monday off. Rain was forecast, and after so much walking Sunday, we needed a rest. Tuesday was Vicki's birthday, and we celebrated at a restaurant called Ostaria da Nerone, then took in the nearby St. Peter in Vinculi (St. Peter in Chains) church, then headed down to the Coliseum.

My antipasti; Vicki had her favorite veal piccata

Domenichino's liberation of St. Peter; in St. Peter in Vinculi

The church's major attraction, Michaelangelo's Moses

Closer up

The associated Rachel, done by M himself (not his shop, 
students, whatever)

At the altar, the chains that held St. Peter; or possibly the chains the Byzantines 
stretched across the Golden Horn...?

7th century mosaic of St. Sebastian, sans

arrows

Tomb of Nicholas of Cusa, Renaissance philosopher (left),

imploring St. Peter...