Amader jakhan Italy jaoar plan hoyechhilo, takhan Venice, Pisa, Florence sab jaygar janye du din kore samay rekhechhilam, shudhu Rome er janye somoy rakha hoechhilo pray 2 and half days… mone hoyechhilo besh besi somoy dichhi ekta chhoto shahar dekhar janye…. jodio amader je bandhu Pisa-y thake, (amader Italy r host) se bolechhilo bhalo kore Rome dekhte hole tin din er besi lagbe… thik korechhilam Venice, Pisa ar Florence dekhe sheshe jabo Rome e…kintu jakhan Italy theke phire elam, takhon moner madhye resh phele gelo shudhu Rome…..mone hochhilo itihas chokher samne uthe esechhilo oi duto din…tai thik korlam..Venice noy, Pisa noy, Florence noy, likhte hole Rome niyei likhbo…
Rome ke Italian ra Roma bole (amar meyer bhashay Italian bola besh soja… sheshe ekta a athoba o bosiye nite hobe sudhu….kathata thik noy jodio)…amader hotel ta Rome er main station Rome Termini r kachhei chhilo… Pisa theke Rome pouchhe, hotel e dhukte dhukte-i pray bikel char ta….kichhukhan rest niye beriye porlam shahar dekhte...Rome shahar ta besi boro noy…heNtei ekta map niye beriye porlam…prathomei straight Colosseum… chhotobela-y pora sei sob boi er smriti, ar ta chhara recently Russell Crowe er Gladiator dekhe Colosseum er prati akta extra akorson chhilo mone mone….eta bodh hoy Rome er sab cheye popular spot… eta ekta amphitheatre jekhane mostly gladiatorial contests hoto ancient Rome e…er samporke motamuti sabai jane tai ar besi kichhu bolchhi na…..
Rome ke Italian ra Roma bole (amar meyer bhashay Italian bola besh soja… sheshe ekta a athoba o bosiye nite hobe sudhu….kathata thik noy jodio)…amader hotel ta Rome er main station Rome Termini r kachhei chhilo… Pisa theke Rome pouchhe, hotel e dhukte dhukte-i pray bikel char ta….kichhukhan rest niye beriye porlam shahar dekhte...Rome shahar ta besi boro noy…heNtei ekta map niye beriye porlam…prathomei straight Colosseum… chhotobela-y pora sei sob boi er smriti, ar ta chhara recently Russell Crowe er Gladiator dekhe Colosseum er prati akta extra akorson chhilo mone mone….eta bodh hoy Rome er sab cheye popular spot… eta ekta amphitheatre jekhane mostly gladiatorial contests hoto ancient Rome e…er samporke motamuti sabai jane tai ar besi kichhu bolchhi na…..
Colosseum er pasei achhe Roman Forum er dhongsabosesh…..mone kora hoy ei Roman Forum jayga ta ghire-i gore uthechhilo purono roman empire…ekhane prachur ancient Rome er ruins dekha jabe…tar modhye bola jete pare,….
1)Temple of Saturn (pore jeta roman empire er treasury hoechhilo….samasta gold, silver ba anek precious jinis ekhane rakha hoto),
2)Temple of Castor and Pollux (third Roman empire Caligula r prasad o naki ekhanei chhilo),
3)Temple of Caesar (mone kora hoy, Julius Caesar ke ekhanei cremate kora hoechhilo),
4) Forum of Caesar…ei puro elaka ta ghurte ghurte chokher samne Julius Caesar ba Romulus, athoba asonkhyo movie te dekha roman empire chokher samne uthe aste badhyo...
Roman Forum er thik pechhone palantin hill ….…bikhyato seven hills of Rome er centermost hill…eikhanei pratham Romulus Rome city r foundation tairi koren… sei dik diye bolte gele bikhyato Roman empire er sabcheye ancient site ei palantin hill….
Roman Forum diye cholte choltei pouchhe jaoa jabe Piazza Venzia- y…Italy te Piazza mane hochhe square ba pati banglay chou rastar mor… ei square e gele prathomei chokhe porbe National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II ...Khub sundor dekhte puro white marble er tairi ei monument ta tairi kora hoechhilo unified Italy r pratham raja Victor Emanuele er smriti te…ei monument e ekta eternal flame sab somoy jwalano thake (amader amar jwan jyoti r moto) in memory of an unknown soldier …..pratham din er Rome tour ekhanei samapto…karan besh rat hoechhe…..sutorang back to Hotel (via Mcdonald)…
Porer din Termini station theke bus e kore soja Vatican City….motamuti 30 minutes er rasta…bus theke 2 minutes haNtlei, Piazza San Pietro ba Saint Peter's Square…samne jetei dekhlam sei bishwo bikhyato St. Peters Basilica, jeta etodin TV te dekhe esechhilam, jekhane natun Pope elected hoye ese hat naren…sambhoboto sabcheye rich ar holy catholic church….bishwabikhyato Italian sculptor Bernini ei basilica redesign korechhilen 1656 sale…basilica r samner dik ta architecturally sundor pillars diye elliptically ghera… ellipse er centre e pray 40 meter lamba red granite er tairi ekta pillar…ei obelisk ta Egypt theke Rome e niye esechhilen Roman emperor Caligula....
Lamba line ar security checking er pore abosheshe bhetore prabesh karar chance pelam… ei basilica te dhokar samay short skirt cholbe na…matha theke pa obdhi bastro poridhan aboshyok…Summer e abar memsaheb ra matha theke pa abdhi dhaka r katha chintai korte paren na…amader kono asubidha na holeo, bahu memsaheb der ke dekhlam security atke dilo…dress code na match koray….
Basilica r bhetor ta ek kathay asadharon....bahu bikhyato sculptor der diye tairi kora sundor sab murty ar king size paintings…dhukei, prathome dan dike chokhe porbe Michelangelo r tairi kora 'Pieta'…. Michelangelo r anyotomo sristi ei 'Pieta'….. (sab cheye famous 'David' ke agei Florence e dekhe esechhi ….white marble e tairi ei murty te Jesus (after crucification) ma Mary r kole shue achhen…..er por eker por ek bibhinno Pope der smritite monument…bishesh bhabe chokhe porbe Bernini r tairi Pope Alexander VII...red and white marble diye tairi ei monument ta…ekebare sheshe Bernini r tairi 'Cathedra Petri (Latin)' ba 'Chair of Saint Peter'..gilt bronze diye tairi kora …basilica r bhetorer interior gulo o asadharon …bojha jay keno ei basilica ke sabcheye rich basilica bola hoy...
Church theke beriye ese chokhe porbei colourful uniform e Vatican security guards (swiss guard)…uniform gulo satyi adbhut dekhte…erpor 15 minutes heNte Vatican Museum…abar lamba line…abosheshe bhetore dhoka...je kono boro museum bhalo bhabe ghora r janye, half a day jothesto noy…tar opore sange bachcha kachha thakle…Vatican museum e anek gulo section ache…jemon
1) Gallery of Tapestries (wool and silk diye kaj kora suchi shilpo, silver and silver gilt thread o use kora hoechhe),
2) Gallery of Maps (whole Italy r map char diker wall ar ceiling e),
3) Raphael's rooms (famous painter Raphael er paintings),
4) Egyptian museum……..kintu sab cheye famous hochhe,
5) Sistine Chapel…...ekhane sudhu tar kathai alpo ektu boli…...sab gulo gallery ghure ghure pa byatha hoe gele sab seshe asbe ei sistine chapel…sistine chapel er internal dimension ta holo pray 40 meter lamba, width pray 13 meter ar height 20 meter…old testament er Solomon temple er dhaNche banano…..samasto wall ar ceiling e life size paintings, bikhyato samasto painter ar sculptor der.. Michelangelo, Raphael saho samasto renaissance artist der…sabcheye massive paintings ta holo Michelangelo r 'the last judgement'...puro ekta wall jure bisal ei paintings ta sesh hote samay niyechhilo pray 6 years…1535 sale suru hoechhilo ei painting ta…basically Jesus er second coming ke depict kora hoechhe…mone kora hoy, Michelangelo nijero ekta self portrait ekechhilen ei paintings tar bhetore…ceiling eo purotai Michelangelo r painting…sab guloi bible er bibhinno ghotona niye…sab cheye popular painting 'creation of adam'…jekhane God adam er jibon dan korchhen tar ekta finger theke…anek bar dekha ei chhobita chokher samne dekhe ami abhibhuto…kintu ceiling ta anek unchute bole, khub bhalo kore dekha jayna…zoom lens thakle close up photograph nilei borong bhalo dekha jay…e chharao achhe 'downfall of adam and eve'…jekhane adam and eve ke Eden garden theke ber kore deoa hochhe…erokom asonkhyo tukro tukro ghotona niye ei samasta painting…Sistine Chapel dekha r abhigyota ta mone thakbe chirokal...
Parer din eke eke dekhlam….
1) Piazza del Popolo : amar mote sabcheye sundor square, jekhane age public execution hoto,…ar er pash diye ekta rasta chole gechhe Villa Borghese er dike, jekhan theke puro Rome er view ta paoa jay,
2) Piazza de spagna spanish steps : Poet Keats ekhanei kachakachhi kothao thakten sunlam… anek gulo steps uthe gechhe Trinità dei Monti bole ekta church e,
3) Fontana di Trevi ba Trevi Fountain : 'Roman Holiday' movie ta jara dekhechho, tara chinte parbe… sabcheye sundor fountain…coin toss kora ta ekhane ekta tradition…. bola hoy ekbar coin toss korle Rome e abar phire asa jay…. dwitiyo bar korle taratari biye hoy….ar third bar coin toss korle khub taratari divorce hoy...amar bor tinbar toss kore esechhe…jani na or bhagyo phirbe ki na,
4) The Pantheon ....commissioned by Emperor Hadrian....is a tribute to Roman Gods,
5) Piramid : Gaius Cestius Epulo bole ekjon Roman er tomb ache... ei piramid ta tairi hoyechhilo christ er janmabar 10 bachhar age… ei piramid er bhetore dhoka jay na…. eke ghire rekhechhe ekta sundor grave yard,
6) Circus Maximus : Palatine hill er pechhone ekta boro math… age kar dine ekhane chariot race hoto… jara 'Ben Hur' movie ta dekhechho, tara identify korte parbe chariot race er sathe…ekhon ekhane boro get together hoy……World cup final er samay ei mathe boro parda lagiye football match telecast kora hoyechhilo…ar Italy jite jaoar por se uddamota naki dekhar moto chhilo…....
Byas ei holo amader Rome tour....samay shesh hoye elo…er modhye amader dekha holo na Michaelangelo r akta creation 'Moses'…. jeta 'San Pietro in Vincoli' bole ekta choto church e rakha achhe… Michaelangelo r nijer annotomo favourite ei sculpture ta…phire elam Julius Ceasar, Caligula, eder swapno dekhte dekhte…abosyoi termini stationer kachhe bangladeshi dokane pet pure machh, bhat, kosa mangso kheye.
Nicher duto video te Rome ebang Vatican City-r alpo kichhu angsho tule dhorar chesta korlam.
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