The Wedding Cake is the nickname given to the Museum Nazionale.  When you see it from afar, you instantly understand the derivation of the nickname as it looks like a giant version of one of those decorations found atop many wedding cakes.  It is located in the center of town at the intersection of several very busy streets:

The surrounding neighborhood is filled with antiquities such as this little "something" which in Rome receives virtually no attention ... not even a plaque:

Next to the Wedding Cake (on its right) is a flight of steep stairs leading up to a small church; a little plaza with museum, and some other odds and ends. I found the entrance to the museum particularly interesting:

Back at the bottom of the monument ... See the two, very large bronze statues at the very top of the structure?

One can visit the very top via an elevator on the back side.   That's where I took this black and white version of one of those bronzes:  

Another black and white view of the classic architecture of one of the sides:

The last three images in this post were taken on another day.  They were shot from the left side of the building and focused on some of the detail leading up to the structure.  It was late afternoon and I was shooting into the sun which created a set of high-contrast images:

This one (my favorite of the three) is a black and white image:

And, this last one is a high contrast color image like the first one of the set:

I close with this rather simple image of those beautiful pine trees for which Rome is so famous. It was taken at the same time as the three images above:

Thank you for taking the time to view the images.

Adam