Trastevere Area

So more walking and I end up in the Trastevere area, a couple of really cool churches here. These had some 12th century mosaics and were very impressive! On the one hand I am feeling a little 'churched' out (think I went into about 10 churches today) but interesting to make comparisons.

Most roman churches are massive structures, big thick peirs/columns and have a 'I am roman and aren't I wonderful for being big' attitude to them (kinda like Civil Engineers let loose on churches - 'lets make it bigger and full of concrete'). I think I prefer the gothic style churches with a lightness feel to them, structurally running your eye upwards and being a more 'intimate' space (example - Notre Dame Paris, St Mary's Sydney etc).