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Pantheon Piazza della Rotonda, Rome, 00186 |
Unlike most huge monuments, the Pantheon takes only a moment to be overwhelmed by its beauty - stop at the portico - take a few steps - look ahead - left - right - upward -- it is all right there before your eyes. The im... more
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Colosseo Piazza del Colosseo, Rome, 00184 |
The Flavian Amphitheater, as it was truly named, was in no doubt ahead of its time. The 2,000-year-old stadium with its four stories and 80 entrances would be impressive if built today. That it was completed inside of te... more
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Palatine 30 Via San Gregorio, Rome, 00184 |
Tip: Go to Palatine Hill first because there are barely any lines to get a ticket. When we showed up to Palatine Hill, there was no one in line. Palatine Hill is absolutely beautiful and a great spot to take photographs.... more
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Ostia Antica 717 Via dei Romagnoli, Rome, 00119 |
I loved my visit to Ostia Antica, Rome's ancient port city. (The Latin ostium means mouth and Ostia was at the mouth of the Tevere - the Tiber River, which flows through Rome.) After the fall of Rome, it was deserted, an... more
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Museo Nazionale Romano Viale Enrico De Nicola 79, Piazza dei Cinquecento, Rome, 00185 |
. The first, and IInd century A.D. copy of the original by Praxiteles, was found near the Baths of Trajan, by the Church of St. Peter in Chains, while the Aphrodite comes from Cyrene, in Libya, and represents a splendid ... more
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Fontana di Trevi Piazza di Trevi, Rome, 00187 |
They only know of it from movies seen or books read. They have probably heard the legend that whoever drinks the water or throws a coin into the fountain, that person will, no doubt, return to Rome. What they might not k... more
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Sistine Chapel Viale Vaticano, Viale del Vaticano, Rome, 00165 |
Capitoline Museums 1 Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, 00186 |
The Capitoline Museums are divided into Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo. Reading the history from room to room will enhance your apprciation considerably. The creation of the Capitoline Museums has been traced... more
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The Vatican Viale Vaticano, Rome, 00165 |
Rome now is one of the grandest cities in the world. Millions of pilgrims and tourists come every year to admire, and be awed by, its treasures of architecture, art, and history. But is was not always this way. By the fo... more
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Circo Massimo Via del Circo Massimo, Rome, 00153 |
When the dark days of the 5th and 6th centuries fell, the Circus Maximus seemed symbolic of Rome's complete ruin. The last games were held in A.D. 549 on the orders of Totilla the Goth, who had seized Rome in 547 and est... more
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