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The Tosca Tour Part 1The Tosca Tour Part 1• We visit the sites associated

with the opera Tosca: Sant’ Andrea della Valle, the plazzo Farnase, and the Castel Sant’ Angelo. It took parts of three days.

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Credits

• Most pictures by Joe Naumann

• Some pictures by Lea Barlow from her gift CD (thanks, Lea)

• Animations and maps from the internet.

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The first actThe first act

• The opera begins in the church, Sant’ Andrea della Valle

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The main The main door to the door to the

churchchurch

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Mary JANE Mary JANE AND GINNY AND GINNY IN PRAYERIN PRAYER

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Side altarSide altar

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Side altar Side altar shrineshrine

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Sanctuary Sanctuary and main and main

altaraltar

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A PIVITOL A PIVITOL SCENE SCENE

OCCURS OCCURS HERE in the HERE in the

chapel tomb.chapel tomb.

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The Plazzo The Plazzo Farnase at Farnase at the end of the end of the street the street

is the is the scene of scene of

the second the second actact

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The Plazzo Farnase (now the The Plazzo Farnase (now the French Embassy to Italy)French Embassy to Italy)

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Bridge of Angles to Castel Sant’ Bridge of Angles to Castel Sant’ AngeloAngelo

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Castel Sant’ Angelo – Act 3 Castel Sant’ Angelo – Act 3 (Originally it was Hadrian’s Tomb)(Originally it was Hadrian’s Tomb)

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Ginny Ginny touches the touches the exterior wallexterior wall

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InsideInside

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Walking Walking toward the toward the inward and inward and

upward upward spiraling spiraling

passage of passage of ramps and ramps and

stepssteps

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A long, tiring A long, tiring journey to journey to

the topthe top

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The long climbThe long climb

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Mary Mary Jane in Jane in

a prison a prison cellcell

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View of the View of the outside and outside and the lower-the lower-level angel level angel from the from the

inner inner corridor.corridor.

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The Tosca Tour is The Tosca Tour is continued in presentation continued in presentation

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