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PantheonThe Roman Pantheon is the monument with the greatest number of records: the best preserved, with the biggest brick dome in the history of architecture, and is considered the forerunner of all modern places of worship. It is the most copied and imitated of all ancient works. It was built in 27-25 BC by the magistrate Marcus Agrippa in order to commemorate the victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the battle of Actium. Later this original temple was burned down in 80 AD. It was then completely
Doria Pamphili GalleryDoria Pamphili Gallery is a wonderful gallery that boasts one of Rome’s richest private art collections, with works by Raphael, Tintoretto, Titian, Caravaggio, Bernini and Velázquez, as well as several Flemish masters. The private collection of the Doria Pamphili family is on view in twelve, richly decorated, rooms arranged around the internal courtyard on the piano nobile of the palace. The palace also accommodates a large archive, open to researchers, with historical documents related to the D
Largo di Torre ArgentinaLargo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome. The square has an important place in Rome’s historical heritage. Here you’ll find the remains of four temples and the Theatre and Curia of Pompey, where Julius Caesar was assassinated. The dramatic death of the general in 44 BC by a group of co-conspirators is a powerful example of treachery and power struggles. It is an important junction for all tourists visiting Rome.
National Museum of the Palazzo di VeneziaNational Museum of the Palazzo di Venezia is a museum, housed in the Venezia palace which houses paintings by artists such as Carlo Maratta, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Guido Reni, Pisanello, Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico, Giorgione , Giotto, sculptures, pottery, silverware, textiles, seals, medals, glass, tapestries. There are also works of art from Castel Sant'Angelo, the museum of the Collegio Romano or the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica.
Fiumi FountainThe Fountain of the Four Rivers is also known as The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi and is located in the Piazza Navona in Rome. The fountain was an important source of potable water for the locals before the days of indoor plumbing, but even more importantly it was a grandiose monument to the power and glory of the pope and his family.
Piazza NavonaPiazza Navona is one of the largest and most beautiful piazza squares in Rome with three impressive fountains, including la Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi with its large obelisk at the center. The baroque church of Sant'Agnese in Agone provides an impressive backdrop. Defined as a public space in the last years of the 15th century, when the city market was transferred there from the Campidoglio, Piazza Navona was transformed into a highly significant example of Baroque Roman architecture.
Museo di Roma - Palazzo BraschiA majestic museum in Rome that has a collection of paintings, photographs, etchings, clothes, and furniture, charting the history of Rome from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. The collections initially included 120 water-colours by the nineteenth-century painter Ettore Roesler Franz of Roma sparita, "vanished Rome", later moved to the Museo di Roma in Trastevere.
Piazza VeneziaPiazza Venezia is a square in Rome located where four major roads meet. These roads are the Via del Corso, Via del Plebiscito, Via di Teatre Marcello and Via Dei Fori Imperiali. Through these four roads, Piazza Venezia is also known for its chaotic traffic. The piazza or square is at the foot of the Capitoline Hill and next to Trajan's Forum. The main artery, the Via di Fori Imperiali begins there and leads past the Roman Forum to the Colosseum.
Fontana di NettunoA beautiful fountain in Rome at the northern end of Piazza Navona. The monumental complex was designed in 1574 by Giacomo della Porta, who had also designed the basin of the Fontana del Moro. The work was sponsored by Pope Gregory XIII. The fountain was used as a washbasin for laundry and market goods as well. It bears an image of Neptune, god of the sea, fighting with an octopus together with the sea nymphs.
Sant'Agnese in AgoneThe fanciful church of Sant'Agnese in Agone is a Baroque blend of masters. The powerful Pamphili family built the structure on the site of an earlier medieval church, to display their prestige. Fronting the grand piazza, it's an impressive church and unmistakable. The church is a titular deaconry, with Gerhard Ludwig Müller being the current Cardinal-Deacon. As well as religious services, the church hosts regular classical concerts in the Borromini Sacristy, from sacred Baroque works to chamber
Trevi FountainTrevi Fountain is a beautiful fountain in Rome that is considered a late Baroque masterpiece and is arguably the best known of the city’s numerous fountains. It was designed by Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762. According to legend, those who toss coins into its waters will return to Rome.
Campo de' FioriThe Campo de’ Fiori is one of the main squares of Rome. It is lively both during the day; with its flower, fruit, and vegetable market, and by night; when the terraces are packed with people. It hosts a daily market each morning, with local produce, flowers and delicacies, and comes alive at night when throngs of young Romans gather here to drink at the many bars in the area. Learn about its unique history and how it came to be a bustling commercial area over time.
Altar of the FatherlandThe majestic Altar of the Fatherland is the emblem of Italy in the world, a symbol of change, of the Risorgimento and of the Constitution. It was built in 1885 by Umberto I of Savoy, son of Vittorio Emanuele II, first King of Italy. One of the iconic buildings in this area which is famous among tourists. This white marble building, 81 meters high, hides many allegorical meanings that geographically represent the whole of Italy.
Trajan's ColumnTrajan's Column is a majestic monument which was erected in 106–113 CE by the Roman emperor Trajan and survives intact in the ruins of Trajan’s Forum in Rome. Carved into the structure are 2,662 figures in 155 scenes. Trajan appears in 58 of them. Viewers were meant to follow the story from bottom to top standing in one place rather than circling the column 23 times, as the frieze does. Key scenes could be seen from two main vantage points.
Palazzo ColonnaThe Palazzo Colonna is a block of palatial buildings in the center of the city of Rome, located at the base of the Quirinal Hill, and adjacent to the Basilica of the Holy Apostles. This majestic Palace was built on the ruins of an ancient Roman Serapeum and it has belonged to the prominent Colonna family for over twenty generations. One of the beautiful buildings which was a favourite spot for tourists.
Via del CorsoVia del Corso is a well-known historical street in the center of Rome that connects piazza Venezia to piazza del Popolo and measures approximately 1.6 kilometers. It is the central artery of the road complex known as the Trident. Today, the Corso is a popular place for the passeggiata, the evening stroll for the populace to be seen and to see others. It is also an important shopping street for tourists and locals alike.
CampidoglioCampidoglio is also known as Monte Capitolino, is one of the seven hills on which Rome was founded. Its height is 48 m asl on the Arx, 35.9 m asl in the Asylum, and 44.7 m asl on the Capitolium proper. The Campidoglio is also the representative office of the municipality of Rome. According to the historian Tacitus, the Campidoglio, as well as the underlying Roman Forum, were added to the square Rome of Romulus by Tito Tazio.
Spada GalleryThe Spada Gallery is housed in the 16th century Capodiferro Palace, which is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and representative buildings of Mannerist architecture in the city of Rome. The Gallery has four rooms and a beautiful collection of Baroque paintings created during the 17th century by Cardinals Bernardino and Fabrizio Spada.
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St Maria Sopra Minerva BasilicaThe basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva is a basilica in Rome located in the Pigna district, in Piazza della Minerva, near the Pantheon. The basilica also houses the remains of Catherine of Siena, proclaimed Doctor of the Church in 1970, and of the mystical painter Beato Angelico, proclaimed "Universal Patron of Artists" in 1984, as well as a valuable fresco by Melozzo da Forlì.