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| Museo Barracco Via dei Baullari, Rome, 00186 |  |
- Collection. The Barracco Museum consists of a prestigious collection of antique sculpture (Assyrian, Egyptian, Cypriot, Phoenician, Etruscan, Greek and Roman art) which Giovanni Barracco, a rich Calabrese nobleman, don... more
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| Obelisco Vaticano Piazza San Pietro, Rome, 00193 | |
Fontana’s plan for moving the obelisk was chosen from among hundreds of others. It relied heavily on pulleys, some as large as five feet in length, to lift the obelisk off its base and then lower it to a horizontal posit... more
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| Catacombe di Priscilla 430 Via Salaria, Rome, 00199 | |
On Via Salaria, near to Via Ada, are the catacombs of Priscilla. Seven popes were buried here, victims of emperor Diocleziano's persecutions, along with various saints and three hundred presumed martyrs. The catacombs ex... more
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| Carcere Mamertino 1 Clivo Argentario, Rome, 00186 | |
From the fourth century B.C. onwards the state prison of Rome stood at the foot of the Capitol hill, on the side nearest the Foro Romano. It consisted of two vaulted chambers, one on top of the other. In the lower chambe... more
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| Fontana dei Tritoni Piazza Bocca della Verita, Foro Boario, Rome, 00186 | |
The Fontana dei Tritoni by Francesco Bizzaccheri is located in the Boario Forum, in a grassy space in front of the Church of S. Maria in Cosmedin, situated between two ancient temples known respectively as the Temple of ... more
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| Mausoleo di Augusto Piazza Augusto Imperatore, Rome, 00186 | |
This seemingly indestructible pile of bricks has been here for 2,000 years and will probably remain for another 2,000. Like the larger tomb of Hadrian across the river, this was once a circular marble-covered affair with... more
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| Galleria Colonna 17 Via della Pilotta, Rome, 00187 | |
The huge palace of the Colonnas, one of Rome's leading noble families, which produced Pope Martin V (1417-31) and many other notable figures, was begun in the 15th century and completed after successive extensions in 173... more
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| Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia 9 Piazzale di Villa Giulia, Villa Borgese, Rome, 00196 | |
The world's outstanding collection of Etruscan art and artifacts is housed in Villa Giulia, built around 1551 for Pope Julius III (hence its name). Among the team called in to plan and construct the villa were Michelange... more
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| Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura 186 Via Ostiense, Rome, 00146 | |
After his execution, St. Paul was buried outside the city of Rome along the road to Ostia. An early shrine was replaced by a church commissioned by Emperor Constantine in 324, and rebuilt and restored by multiple popes o... more
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| Roma Europa Festival Various venues, Rome, 00187 | |
Dhoad, The Wanderers , hail from the desert land of Rajasthan, in the Northwest of India, which was walked upon by emperors, Maharajas and their courts. The original land of gipsies, numerous troubadours and wandering mu... more
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