Our Temple in Rome.

We have had a glorious day. So peaceful and lovely as we had a chance to worship the Saviour and participate in temple work. We caught 2 buses and ventured into the suburbs to visit the Rome Italy Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

St Peter's Basilica and other Vatican buildings we saw yesterday are very special to Catholics. Temples are our most sacred buildings and the one in Rome we found to be incredibly beautiful. It is situated on a hill and the grounds also house a Visitors Centre, a regular chapel for Sunday services and weekday activities plus an accommodation block. 

First off we went into the Visitor's Centre and I have some photos from there.  Then we went into the temple. Our temple session booking was for 12:30 but we were early and were fortunate to see through most of the building during our time there. It really is stunning. Photos can't be taken inside the temple but you can see what the rooms are like at the following link. (There are some photos from the Visitor's Centre there too.)
https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/rome-ita…

Notes on some of the photos.
First, the Temple as seen from the Visitors centre.
Then top photo in 2nd collage is the Visitor's Centre as viewed from the Temple.
Followed by:
An amazingly beautiful series of scenes all in leadlight stained glass. Close ups follow of the 5 sections.
The Christus statue then the apostles. The original is in Copenhagen and the Lutheran church gave our church permission to make duplicates of the Christus and the 12 apostle statues.

The other photos:
With the name Hotel Diana Roof Garden, it is pretty obvious that our hotel has a garden on the roof. The restaurant is on the 7th floor as well as on the roof above. We have eaten only on the 7th floor and haven't had our breakfast on the roof because like many other places in Rome there's lots of Jasmine in full bloom. The scent is very strong which causes problems for Russell. This morning though I went up to look about.

The last photos are random adjustment blocks and buildings from the bus ride home. Read more