 Introduzione Rome is full of history everywhere you look. It has many ancient monuments, interesting medieval churches, beautiful fountains, museums, and Renaissance palaces, most visibly the Colosseum, and the Forum and Palatine Hill; but from here there's sequence of monuments- from early Christian basilicas and Romanesque churches to Renaissance palaces and the fountains and churches of the Baroque period.
No city in the world is as beautiful as Rome, and few as glamorous….
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By plane:
Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" (FCO)
Officially named Leonardo da Vinci Airport, Fiumicino is a major port of call for intercontinental as well as national and European flights. The airport is situated 32km from the city, close to the sea.
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The airport is very well connected to Roma Termini station by the Leonardo Express train, with departures every 30 minutes or by metro FM1, with some stops, to Roma Tiburtina. Between 11.30pm and 5am there is a Cotral night bus linking Fiumicino to Stazione Termini and Stazione Tiburtina. A shuttle bus connects the parking with arrivals and departures from terminal A, B and C.
Ciampino Airport (CIA)
Ciampino is the second airport of Rome and is mainly used by low-cost airlines. To get to the city you must first take a Cotral bus (every half hour) and then subway A from Anagnina station. Also available is the Terravision Shuttle in conjunction with Ryanair and Easy-Jet flights.
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By train:
The capital's main station is Roma Termini: from here depart the majority of fast long distance trains (Eurostar, Intercity, Espressi) to all points in Italy. From Termini buses take off for all destinations and there is a subway stop also. Some trains, especially night ones, come and go from Roma Tiburtina. It is the second train station in Rome and is reachable from Termini by bus and by metro. For times please consult the Trenitalia site or call the green number 89 20 21.
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By car:
Rome is circumscribed in its entirety by a ring road (Raccordo Anulare) where highways coming from all parts of Italy meet. Those coming from Naples and from the South generally must travel the whole length of highway A1. For those coming from the North of Italy, from Tuscany or Umbria, follow A1 "Autostrada del Sole" up to the capital. From Genoa, Pisa and from the Tyrrhenian coast take A12 up to Rosignano and continue on Superstrada S1 "Aurelia" up to Rome. From Pescara and from the Adriatic coast you must take A24/A25 up to destination.
City Transport
Buses run from around 06:00 to 24:00, with some services running throughout the night. The city's Metro service (which is convenient for many of Rome's sights) has two lines, A (red) and B (blue), both of which go through Termini.. Unfortunately, The metro automatic ticket machines only take exact change so it is recommended that you buy your ticket from a tobacconist, newsstand or vending machine before you get on the train or bus (your bus tickets will also work on the metro). For the metro, validate your ticket before boarding the train; for the bus, look for the validation machines onboard. Use the orange validation machines for the old paper tickets and the yellow ones for the newer magnetic tickets. If you are caught without a validated ticket, the fine is 51.65 Euro. The metro runs about every 7-10 minutes, from 5:30am until 11:30pm everyday, except Saturday when it runs until 12:30am.
History and Culture
The non-mythical city was ruled by Etruscan kings until 510 BC, when it became a republic. By the 2nd century BC the city controlled central and southern Italy, had defeated the rival empire of Carthage and was poised to take over the whole Mediterranean. But as Rome became more powerful abroad, its citizens got more uppity at home - the city suffered several civil wars, with the last wrapping up on the Ides of March, 44 BC, when Brutus backstabbed Julius Caesar.
The Emperor Octavius Augustus brought Rome to its “golden era”: a lengthy period of peace and stability, which was celebrated with monumental works of art.
Many emperors came after him, each of whom was famous for some work, conquest or edict. Under Traianus, the empire enjoyed its period of maximum expansion and reached as far as ruling land that stretched from the Danube to the Nile.
With the rise of Christianity in the 4th century, Rome lost much of its secular power but became the centre of a new empire, Christendom. The Bishop of Rome was named successor to Saint Peter (or, in other words, Pope). Many of the city's large basilicas - such as Santa Croce, Santa Maria Maggiore, San Pietro and San Sebastiano - were built around this time.
The Church's power continued to increase and Rome became the representation of this power on earth. Between 1300 and 1600, many churches were built, beautifully painted with frescoes by Renaissance artists such as Raffaello and Michelangelo. Crowds of pilgrims flocked to the Eternal City from all over the world to admire its Baroque squares, its fountains and its monumental basilicas.
In 410, the Barbarian invasions began, but in truth the citizens themselves did more damage, stripping many of the city's fine buildings for their marble. The Western Roman Empire bit the dust in 476 when Odoacer deposed Emperor Romulus Augustulus - from this time on power moved east, and Germanic and Byzantine empires bickered over authority over Rome. In the late 8th century, Pope Stephen II backed up the claims of Frankish king Pepin the Short that he was the chosen of God, and in return received a parcel of land around Rome. The alliance became known as the Holy Roman Empire - combining the power of church and state.
Modern History:
After the patriotic unrest that started in 1848 and which was headed by Garibaldi, a plebiscite approved the annexing of Rome to the Kingdom of Italy in 1870, which set up its official center in the city soon after.
Starting from 1920, Rome , During Mussolini's rule, Rome took on Fascist airs, puffing out its chest with wide boulevards and overblown architecture, Dreams of imperial glory led Mussolini to form an alliance with Germany during WWII, after Italy was liberated by the Allies during the Second World War, a referendum held on June 2nd 1946 sanctioned the end of the monarchy and the beginning of the Republic.
Chiese e Musei
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Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio (The Church of Sant'Ignazio) - In the centro storico, the church of Sant'Ignazio has a marvelous and often overlooked trompe l'oeil false cupola, covered in figures in various states of action and repose.
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Cappella Sistina (The Sistine Chapel) - This chapel owes its name to Sixtus IV, the Pope who commissioned the building of the chapel at the end of the 14th century. The Chapel was decorated by famous 15th century painters such as Botticelli and il Ghirlandaio. Later, in the 16th century, Michelangelo was called upon to paint all the frescoes on the chapel's vaulted ceiling: about 1000 square meters. He painted frescoes representing stories from the Bible such as the amazing Universal Judgment, which caused a scandal because of the nudity of about four hundred people in it, and the Creation of Mankind.
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Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Church of St. John Lateran) - This is the Cathedral of Rome, the most important church after St. Peter's. Founded by Constantine in the 4th century, San Giovanni was the first Christian basilica constructed in Rome. It is still Rome's cathedral and the pope's seat as Bishop of Rome. Destroyed by fire twice and rebuilt several times, the combination of styles adds up to one hugely impressive church. The first church was built in 314, when the Emperor Constantine gave the land to the Pope. The current building complex is made up of the Church, the Baptistery, Palazzo Lateranense, the Scala Santa and the Hospital of San Giovanni.
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San Paolo Fuori le Mura (St. Paul's Outside the Wall) - This church is in Via Ostiense and was founded in 330. It was only finished, however, in the 5th century. The Church was built on the wishes of Constantine, who wished to commemorate the Deacon Lorenzo, who became a martyr together with Pope Sixtus II in the middle of the 3rd century, with a magnificent tomb.
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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Church of Santa Maria Maggiore) - This church stands on the Esquilino hill and is the first Roman church to be named after the Holy Virgin. Its bell tower is the highest in Rome. There is a story that this was the site where fragments of wood from Jesus' crib were kept. For this reason, the church was called Santa Maria ad Praesepe for a certain period of time.
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Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli (Saint Mary of the Angels) - Built on a grandiose scale, the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli is the seventh largest Christian church. Its magnificence may be at odds with the simplicity preached by St Francis himself but the flocks of pilgrims coming to visit the primitive Porziuncola chapel and the Cappella del Transito called for a building that was able to accomodate the faithful.
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Chiesa di San Pietro in Vincoli (Church of San Pietro in Vincoli) - This church was founded in the 5th century to house the chains that bound St. Peter in Palestine (they're preserved under glass). There is also the tomb of Pope Julius II, with one of the world's most famous sculptures: Michelangelo's Moses. Michelangelo was to have carved 44 magnificent figures for the tomb. That didn't happen, but the pope was given a great consolation prize -- a figure intended to be “minor” that's now counted among Michelangelo's masterpieces. In the Lives of the Artists, Vasari wrote about the stern father symbol of Michelangelo's Moses: “No modern work will ever equal it in beauty, no, nor ancient either”.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo (Church of Santa Maria del Popolo) - Santa Maria del Popolo ranks as one of the most important monuments from the Roman Renaissance, not only from an architectural point of view but also in terms of the paintings and sculptures that give this place genuine rarity value as a museum of Renaissance art.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria d'Aracoeli (Church of Santa Maria d'Aracoeli) - : was erected on the temple of Juno Moneta and on the site of a monastery of Greek monks, this church was rebuilt in 1285-87. The interior preserves, among others, Histories of St. Bernardine by Pinturicchio (1486).
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Chiesa della Trinità dei Monti (Church of Trinità dei Monti) - Trinità dei Monti (more completely Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio or Holy Trinit on Pincio Hill) is a famous church in Rome. It is best known for its scenographic dominance above the Spanish Steps that descend into the Piazza di Spagna.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Concezione (Church of Santa Maria della Concezione) - This church was founded by the brother of Pope Urbano VIII Barberini, the cardinal Antonio Barberini at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The church has a modest appearance in regard to other churches of the baroque period, as it reflects the Capuchin order to which the cardinal belonged. This church is known to Romans as the charnel house of the Capuchins, throughout the centuries, the friars arranged the bones and skulls of their fellow brothers into the form of crosses or other Christian symbols. Although the church is simple in style, it still houses some important works, like the painting by Guido Reni, which depicts St. Michael the Archangel crushing Lucifer, as well as works by Andrea Sacchi, Pietro da Cortonoa, Domenichino and in the entrance of the sacristy, a work entitled St. Francis in prayer, which is attributed to Caravaggio.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vittoria (Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria) - Santa Maria della Vittoria is a small basilica church in Rome. The church was begun in 1605 as a chapel dedicated to Saint Paul for the Discalced Carmelites. After the Catholic victory at the battle of White Mountain in 1620, which reversed the Reformation in Bohemia, the church was rededicated to the Virgin Mary.
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Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi (Church of San Luigi dei Francesi) - The San Luigi dei Francesi (Saint Louis of the French) is the church of the French in Rome. It was built in the 16th century by Giacomo della Porta. In the fifth chapel on the left are three St Matthew canvases of Caravaggio.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva) - Rome's only Gothic church is filled to bursting with art treasures, and with the ghosts of famous personages in Church history. The basilica gets its name because, like many early Christian basilicas, it was built directly over (sopra) the foundations of a temple dedicated to the goddess Minerva. Behind a self-effacing facade, its arched vaulting is painted with brilliant red ribbing, and blue with gilded stars, a 19th century restoration in the Gothic taste. The basilica is located on the small piazza Minerva close to the Pantheon, in the rione Pigna.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria in Trastevere (Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere) - The present day basilica was built under Pope Innocentius II (1138-1148), out of materials plundered from the Baths of Caracalla. The first church on this site dates back to Pope Julius I (the middle of the 4th century AD). Beautiful marbles and sculptures can be admired in the portico, as well as inscriptions which originate from inside the basilica or from the catacombs.
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Chiesa di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere (Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere) - On Via Anicia is the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. A church was originally built here over the site of the second-century home of St Cecilia, whose husband Valerian was executed for refusing to worship Roman gods and who herself was subsequently persecuted for Christian beliefs. The story has it that Cecilia was locked in the caldarium of her own baths for several days but refused to die, singing her way through the ordeal (Cecilia is patron saint of music). Her head was finally half hacked off with an axe, though it took several blows before she finally succumbed. Below the high altar, Stefano Maderno's limp, almost modern statue of the saint shows her incorruptible body as it was found when exhumed in 1599, with three deep cuts in her neck - a fragile, intensely human piece of work that has helped make Cecilia one of the most revered Roman saints.
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Chiesa di Gesù (Church of Gesù) - When the land was purchased by the Agostiniani Scalzi in 1615, they were obliged to think up a name for the church that was to be built. It is said the name given came from a comment made by one of the parish priests who, fed up with the many useless meetings, blurted out: “Jesus and Mary, let's give it a name!”
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San Sebastiano fuori le mura (Church of St Sebastian) - San Sebastiano fuori le Mura or San Sebastiano ad Catacumbas is an ancient basilica dedicated to St Sebastian, a 3rd century Roman martyr. The church is built at the site of one of the catacombs and in fact the word 'catacomb' comes from this site. The first church here was a great basilica built in the 4th century over several pagan tombs and parts of a Roman villa. It may have been constructed during Constantine's reign. It was called Basilica Apostolorum, the Basilica of the Apostles. In the 9th century, it was rededicated to St Sebastian, who was buried here.
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Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis (Church of Domine Quo Vadis) - Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis is a small church southeast of Rome. It is located about 800 m from St. Sebastian Gate (Porta San Sebastiano), where the Via Ardeatina branches off the Appian Way. It is at this spot that Saint Peter supposedly met Jesus while the former was fleeing persecution in Rome. According to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, Peter asked Jesus, Domine, quo vadis? (Lord, where are you going?) Jesus answered Eo Romam iterum crucifigi (I am going to Rome to be crucified anew).
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Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin (Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin) - People come not for great art treasures, but to see the “Mouth of Truth”, a large disk under the portico. This little church was begun in the 6th century but was subsequently rebuilt, and a Romanesque campanile was added at the end of the 11th century, although its origins go back to the 3rd century. The church was destroyed several times by earthquakes or by foreign invasions, but it has always.
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Rome Musuems:
Musei Vaticani (The Vatican Museums) - This group of museums is divided into several sections such as the Egyptian Museum, the Ethnological Museum, the Painting Gallery and the Raffaello Rooms to name a few. As well as the ancient artifacts, the Vatican Museums contain hundreds of works of art commissioned and collected by the Popes over the centuries and created by the most famous artists in history. The statue of Laocoonte in the courtyard of Palazzo del Belvedere is not to be missed.
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Musei Capitolini (The Capitoline Museums) - The Capitoline Museums are home to some of the most renowned and beautiful statues the world has ever known founded in 1471, it houses findings and works of art that tell the full history of Rome, from the antique sculptures and bas-reliefs portraying the acts of the emperors to the paintings on show in the Picture Gallery.
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Galleria Borghese (The Borghese Gallery) - Galleria Borghese is Rome's finest art gallery; a museum displaying some of the world's greatest works of art in an exquisite setting. was formed by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the most passionate and knowledgeable art collector of his day. The collection - including works by Caravaggio, Bernini, Botticelli and Raphael - and the mansion were acquired by the Italian state in 1902; a lengthy restoration took place in the 1990s.
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Museo Nazionale Romano (Roman National Museum) - Originally, this museum occupied only the Diocletian Baths. Today it is divided into four different sections: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; the Terme di Diocleziano (Diocletian Baths), with the annex Octagonal Hall; and Palazzo Altemps (which is near Piazza Navona). This institution includes various types of artwork and houses one of the world's most important archeological collections.
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Terme di Diocleziano (Diocletian Baths) - Near Piazza dei Cinquecento, which fronts the rail station, this museum occupies part of the 3rd-century A.D. Baths of Diocletian and part of a convent that might have been designed by Michelangelo. The Diocletian Baths were the biggest thermal baths in the world. Nowadays they host a marvelous collection of funereal art works, such as sarcophagi, and decorations dating back to the Aurelian period.
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Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori (The Palace of the Conservatori) - The Palace of the Conservatori, was based on a Michelangelo architectural plan and is rich in classical sculpture and paintings. One of the most notable bronzes, a Greek work of incomparable beauty dating from the 1st century B.C., is Lo Spinario (a little boy picking a thorn from his foot). In addition, you'll find Lupa Capitolina (Capitoline Wolf), a rare Etruscan bronze that could date from the 5th century B.C.
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Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia (The National Etruscan Museum) - The Museum is housed in the Villa of Pope Julius III or Villa Giulia. This Villa was built from a design by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola between 1551 and 1553.
The Villa Giulia National Museum was founded in 1889 with the aim of collecting together all the pre-Roman antiquities of Latium, southern Etruria and Umbria, and mostly contains finds from excavation conducted in Latium between the Tiber and the sea and belonging to the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations.
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Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (National Gallery of Modern Art) - The collection housed in this Neo-classical building includes works from the 19th and 20th centuries. The 19th century works are mostly those of the macchiaioli (Florentine impressionist painters), a similar movement to puntinismo (pointillism), a style based on the use of spots of colour to create paintings whose subjects were distinguishable only from a certain distance. Among the 20th century artists are works from De Chirico, Carrà, Sironi, Casorati, Marini and many others.
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Galleria Doria Pamphilj (Doria Pamphilj Gallery) - The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is a large privately owned art collection housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome. It is situated between the Via del Corso and Via della Gatta. The principal entrance is on the Piazza del Collegio Romano. This museum offers a look at what it was like to live in an 18th-century palace. It has been restored to its former splendor and expanded to include four rooms long closed to the public.
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Art Center ACEA - Displays 450 Greek and Roman sculptures which come from the Musei Capitolini exhibited close to old machines used in the former electric power station of Rome. A unique combination of classical art and industrial machinery.
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Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli (Saint Mary of the Angels) - Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, better known by its shorter title Santa Maria degli Angeli, is a unique church in Rome. Designed by Michelangelo inside the Tepidarium of the ancient baths of Diocletian. The interior is a surprise when compared to the plain wall of the facade. The majority of the paintings come from St. Peter's basilica. Famous is the meridian on the floor.
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Historical buildings and monuments
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Pantheon - This is one of the best-preserved buildings that date back to ancient Rome. This building dates back to 27 B.C., but was partly destroyed and then rebuilt between 118 and 125 A.D. It later became a Christian place of worship where the tombs of Raffaello, Vittorio Emanuele II, Umberto I are still kept, The huge dome and the fine marble decorations inside the Pantheon are worth a mention.
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Terme di Caracalla (Baths of Caracalla) - The Baths of Caracalla, or the Antoninian Baths, were begun by Septimius Severus in 206 and inaugurated in 217 by Caracalla. Sixteen hundred persons could bathe here at the same time. There were rooms for cold, hot and warm baths, splendid ceilings, porticoes, pillared halls, gymnasiums, where the rarest marbles, the most colossal columns, and the finest statues were admired by the people; even the baths were of basalt, granite, alabaster.
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Foro Romano (The Roman Forum) - Foro Romano was the centre of the civic and economic life of Rome in the Republican era and kept its prominent role even in the Imperial age. The monumental complex lies between the Capitol, the Imperial Forums, the Colosseum and the Palatine.
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Villa Borghese - The Villa Borghese is the largest public park in Rome. It features a lake, temples, fountains, statues and several museums. The park is located north of the Spanish Steps. Main entrances are at the Piazza del Popolo and the Porta Pinciana at the end of the Via Veneto. The Borghese park is a pleasant refuge from the hectic streets in Rome.
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Villa Farnesina - Villa Farnesina is an artistically and architecturally influential Renaissance villa in Via della Lungara, in the central district of Trastevere in the centre. It was constructed from 1506 up to 1510 according to Agostino Chigi's will, who was a Sienese banker. After the banker's death, this villa underwent a period of decay, during which, many works of art, kept here, were taken away. In 1577 this villa was acquired by cardinal Alessandro Farnese. Since then it was named “Villa Farnesina”.
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Castel Sant'Angelo (Sant'Angelo Castle) - The splendid fortress of Castel Sant'Angelo was originally built as a mausoleum for the Emperor Hadrian in 139 AD. In the 10th century AD it was transformed into a castle, then, 500 years later, into the elegant residence of Pope Alexander VI Borgia. Michelangelo designed the marvellous main court for Pope Leon X and many of the rooms inside are decorated with frescoes of great beauty. It's also been used to house prisoners, including the sculptor Benvenuto Cellini.
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Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace) - The Ara Pacis Augustae is an altar to Peace, envisioned as a Roman goddess. It was commissioned by (or for) the Roman emperor Augustus, consecrated on 30 January 9 BC by the Senate to celebrate the peace established in the Empire after Augustus's victories in Gaul and Spain. It had earlier been dedicated on 4 July 13 BC. The altar was meant to be a vision of the Roman civil religion. It sought to portray the peace and prosperity enjoyed as a result of the Pax Romana (Latin, “Roman peace”) brought about by the military supremacy of the Roman empire.
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Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II (Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) - It is a monument to the King who united Italy, Victor Emanuel II, and to the Italian struggle for independence. The author of the project is G.Sacconi, who won an international contest of 1880-1884, opened after the king's death in 1878. In total there were 293 projects. Unfortunately the place chosen for the monument was not appropriate for this 80m high mass of white “botticino” marble from Brescia, familiarly known as “the wedding cake” or “typewriter”.
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Arco di Constantino (Arch Of Constantine) - The People and Senate of Rome built this arch out of pre-existing materials in 315 AD for both the tenth anniversary of the great emperor, and in honor of his victory over Maxentius at the battle of Ponte Milvio in 312.
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Fountains and Squares
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Fontana delle Api (Fountain of the Bees) - This fountain, which incorporates the bees (api),from the coat of arms of Barberini, is the work of Bernini (1644).Once it was located at the beginning of Via Due Macelli; on 1870 with the enlargement of Via del Tritone it was removed, and then in 1920 reconstructed on the actual position,on the corner of Via Veneto.
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Piazza di San Pietro (Saint Peter's Square) - or Saint Peter's Piazza (Piazza San Pietro), is located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica, in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome (the Piazza borders to the East the rione of Borgo).
St Peter's Square was built by Bernini for Pope Alexander VII in 1656-67. It was conceived as a grand approach to the church but had to be planned so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the facade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace.
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Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) - This is maybe the most charming square in the city. Its unique shape, that narrows in the middle, reminds us of a butterfly. The square's name comes from the fact that the Spanish Embassy stood in the square in the 17th century. The square is permanently full of tourists and as far back as 1600 it was the favorite place for visitors to Rome from all over the world. The steps that connect the Church of Trinità dei Monti to Piazza di Spagna are amazing, a mixture of curves, straight line and terraces, where it is possible to see the house of poets such as Keats and Shelley.
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Piazza Navona - The Piazza Navona, or “Circo Agonale”, occupies the spot where once stood the stadium of Domitian, which held up to 30.000 spectators. Here are three magnificient fountains. The one in the centre is the Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini. The church of S. Agnese in Agone, is built on the spot where, according to tradition, the virgin Agnese, denuded before her martyrdom, was mantled in her hair, which had grown miraculously to cover her. It is a magnificent Baroque building designed by G. Rainaldi and Borromini. Beneath it are some remains of the original church and of the Circus of Domitian.
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Piazza Barberini - Piazza Barberini lies at the foot of several Roman streets, among them Via Barberini, Via Sistina, and Via Vittorio Veneto. It's principal feature, is Bernini's Fountain of the Triton (Fontana del Tritone). For more than 3 centuries, the strange figure sitting in a vast open clam has been blowing water from his triton. Off to one side of the piazza is the aristocratic side facade of the Palazzo Barberini, named for one of Rome's powerful families; inside is the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica . The Renaissance Barberini reached their peak when a son was elected pope as Urban VIII; he encouraged Bernini and gave him great patronage.
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Campo dei Fiori (field of flowers) - Campo dei Fiori is a rectangular piazza near Piazza Navona in Rome, on the border of rione Parione and rione Regola. Campo dei Fiori, translated literally from Italian, means “field of flowers”. The name, no longer appropriate, was first given during the Middle Ages when the area was actually a meadow.
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Piazza della Repubblica - Piazza della Repubblica was initially called Piazza Esedra for its shape which follows the curve of the exedra of the ancient Baths of Diocletian. It was build in 1901 at the time of the great renewal of Rome when it became the capital after the unification of Italy. The piazza is domineted by the Fountain of the Naiads with four nude bronze nymphs sculpted by Mario Rutelli which caused great controversary for the excessively realistic sensuality. In the center of the fountain one can see the figure of the fisherman Glauco who's struggling with a fish to defeat the hostile forces of nature.
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Piazza Venezia - This square was named in honor of the Republic of Venice that opened up its embassy in this very square. Piazza Venezia was unfortunately made famous when it became the stage for Mussolini's speeches that he pronounced from the balcony of Palazzo Venezia, an imposing building that dates back to the second half of the 15th century. The Vittoriano, dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II, is another important building.
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Piazza del Campidoglio - Pope Paul III (Farnese) decided to reshape the Capitoline Hill into a monumental civic piazza; Michelangelo designed the project and his Piazza del Campidoglio is one of the most significant contributions ever made in the history of urban planning. The hill's importance as a sacred site in antiquity had been largely forgotten due to its medieval transformation into the seat of the secular government and headquarters for the Roman guilds, and it was in forlorn condition when Michelangelo took charge of reorganizing it as a dynamic new center of Roman political life.
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Piazza Bocca della Verità (Mouth of Truth Square) - The Piazza Bocca della Verità occupies the site of the ancient Forum Boarium or cattle market, situated conveniently close to the Tiber, which provided a ready means for the disposal of refuse. From this square there is a view, scarcely to be equaled anywhere else in Rome, which takes in both ancient and Christian buildings.
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Palaces, Villas and Gardens
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Palazzo di Venezia (Venice Palace) - The Palazzo Venezia is the name for a large palazzo (palace) in central Rome, just north of the Capitoline Hill. Its name recalls that it once served as the embassy of the Republic of Venice. Begun in 1455, the building was one of the first Renaissance buildings in Rome; although it was built around the medieval tower at the right of its facade. Much of its stone was quarried from the nearby Colosseum.
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Palazzo Spada (Spada Palace) - The Palazzo Spada is a palace in Rome that houses a grand art collection, the Galleria Spada. The collection was originally assembled by Cardinal Bernardino Spada in the 17th century and added to by his grand-nephew Cardinal Fabrizio Spada (1643-1717), and by Virginio Spada (1596-1662). The palace is located in the rione Regola, at Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13, with a garden facing the Tiber, very close to the Palazzo Farnese.
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Palazzo Corsini (Corsini Palace) - A refined example of baroque style, the palace houses part of the 16th- and 17th-century sections of the collection of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica. Among the most famous paintings in this large, dark collection is Guido Reni's Beatrice Cenci.
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Palazzo Farnese (Farnese Palace) - Palazzo Farnese, Rome, is the most imposing Italian palace of the sixteenth century. The 56 m (185 ft) facade, occupying the longer side of a spacious piazza, is three storeys tall (recalling Florentine palaces) and thirteen bays wide. It is built of brick with strong stone quoins and has a heavily rusticated portal. Each storey has different window frames (alternating pediments for the piano nobile) placed in dense rows against the flat neutral wall surface, which enhances the sense of scale.
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Places of Interest
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Monte Quirinale (The Quirinal Hill) - Monte Quirinale (Latin, Collis Quirinalis) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the historical city center. Today it is the location of the official residence of the Italian Head of State, who resides in the Quirinal Palace; by metonymy “the Quirinal” has come to stand for the state bureaucracy of modern Italy.
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Monte Quirinale (The Circus Maximus) - This oval basin, nearly 600 meters long, is almost entirely filled in with dirt. It was once a race track. It was made in the time of the Etruscan kings (presumably Tarquinio Prisco). Augustus adorned the brick structure with an imperial stage, which was rebuilt by Trajan, enlarged by Caracalla and restored by Constantine. During the reign of Constantine, the Circus could hold more than 200,000 spectators. Today only the outline remains (the area it occupied is now a public garden).
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Isola Tiberina (Tiber Island) - The Tiber Island is a boat-shaped island in the southern bend of the Tiber river. Approximately 270 m in length and 67 m at its widest, the island is well-known for being the site of an ancient temple to Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine and healing.
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Monte Palatino (The Palatine Hill) - is the centermost of the seven hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city. It is some 70 metres high and looks down on one side upon the Forum Romanum and on the other side upon the Circus Maximus.
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Tomba di Cecilia Metella (Tomb of Caecilia Metalla) - Cecilia, daughter of Metelllus, valiant conqueror of Crete and wife of Crassus, Caesar's general in Gaul, was buried on the Appia Antica. A tombstone has been placed here in memory of this noblewoman who died at a young age. The tomb was built circa 50BC and was a large cylindrical body resting on a square base built entirely from travertine stone. Passing under an archway one entered the tomb itself. The original battlements were covered by a fortress built in 1300 by the Caetani, which encased the sepulchre inside a castle (the remains of which can still be seen) The tomb became the castle's keep which comprises the church of S. Nicola (a rare example of Roman Gothic style)
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Opera Houses
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Teatro de Marcello (Theatre of Marcellus) - The origins of this theatre run back to 23 BC, when Augustus had it built in honour of Marcus Claudius Marcellus, his nephew and adopted son. The theatre had space for 20,000 people, and was used for games and celebrations. The construction fell into ruin during the following centuries due to plunder and fire: in fact it became a sort of quarry from which materials were taken for the construction of buildings, churches and so forth.
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