{"id":5707,"date":"2014-07-21T10:04:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T14:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:16:49","slug":"thinking-back-on-my-time-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/thinking-back-on-my-time-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking back on my time in Italy by William Moorhead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1DVywlh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5812\" alt=\"1DVywlh\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1DVywlh-300x224.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a> My favorite piece of art would have been the statue of David by Michelangelo. The detail was so precise, and yet the statue itself was larger than life. I loved how there were no visible imperfections, and the detail looked as if it was a cast of a real body.<\/p>\n<p>In this post is a photo of me with the group on top of Castel Sant\u2019Angelo. It was made around 120 AD as a mausoleum for Hadrian.<\/p>\n<p>Over time it became Papal property and was the fortress the Pope fled to should Rome be overran with invaders (which did happen). Now it is a museum.<\/p>\n<p>I like it because it is unlike the other massive building near it \u2013 St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. St Peter\u2019s is white marble with bronze, while this is red roman brick. I also like how it is right along the river and gives a great view of the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never had lamb + truffles before. It was delicious. Photo is included with this post!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/YZOlOk9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5813 aligncenter\" alt=\"YZOlOk9\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/YZOlOk9-300x225.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite piece of art would have been the statue of David by Michelangelo. The detail was so precise, and yet the statue itself was larger than life. I loved how there were no visible imperfections, and the detail looked as if it was a cast of a real body. In this post is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/thinking-back-on-my-time-in-italy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thinking back on my time in Italy by William Moorhead<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-5707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-study-abroad","category-italy-2021","tag-italy-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9287,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707\/revisions\/9287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}