Photo Galleries - Rocca & Environs

From villa - neighboring homes/villas.

From villa cupola, valley below.

From patio - front gate, road out of town.

Neighboring Villa.

Villa balcony and patio from mom and dad's room window.

Our rental car - a Suzuki Altea XL with a diesel engine and 5-speed manual transmission.

View from villa patio.

Rocca di Papa's town square.

Rocca's town square looking towards Rome.  On a clear day, you can see the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica from here. L-R are Jack Stacey, Linda Stacey, Barry Mitchell and Reba McHaney.

Rocca's town square looking back up towards the hill.  L-R are Jack Stacey, Barry Mitchell, Linda Stacey and Reba McHaney.

The STEEP road!  Yep, that's the one I drove the rent car down...more than once!  I tried to keep the camera as level as possible to try to capture how steep the road is.  L-R are Linda, Reba, Jack, Barry and a local.

Villa walkway down to front gate.

Walkway to villa's front gate.

The villa - the top window was mom and dad's room.

Walkway to patio from the front gate.

On the villa's patio with Charles Nail, Brenda Nail and Carole (mom).  Notice everyone sitting in the sun.  It was chilly there the first few days, and the patio chairs followed the sun.

The villa's dining room.

The villa's dining room fireplace with the owner family's crest (Santovetti) above.