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The Basilica of San Clemente in Laterano, located about 300 meters beyond the Colosseum, on the road that from the valley between the Oppian hill and the Celio leads to San Giovanni in Laterano, is
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Referred to as the “Mother of all churches in the world”, the Basilica of St. John Lateran constitutes the perfect linkage between the pagan and Christian eras.
The original Saint Peter’s Basilica, a building of a dimension comparable to the current one, was erected around 320 by the emperor Constantine in the place where,
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Santa Maria del Popolo is one of the most significant buildings of the Roman Renaissance, not only for its architectural features, but also for the paintings and sculptures it hous
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The first news relating to Santa Maria in Cosmedin dates back to the VI century when it was known with the name of S.Maria in Schola Graeca and with
The Basilica was probably the first official place of Christian worship in Rome.
Situated on the summit of the Esquiline Hill, although enriched by subsequent renovations, St.
Founded in the VII century, over the ruins of a temple presumably dedicated to Minerva Calcidica, the basilica was rebuilt in a Gothic style in th
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The Basilica of Saint Praxedes, located in the Esquilino district, was built by Pasquale I in the ninth century and restored several times, over the centuries, altering its origina
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The Mouth of Truth is the ancient mask, probably an ancient sewer cover, with a diameter of 1.80 meters, walled in the wall of the pronaos of Santa Maria i
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A celebrated and picturesque market by day, Campo dè Fiori quickly turns into a hub for nightlifers in the evening.
Alberto Moravia, writer, traveller, intellectual, lived through the Twentieth century and gave his distinctive voice to European culture.
In 1551 Nanni di Baccio Biggio, a Florentine architect, was commissioned by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, to design a church for the Society of Jesus, a Catholic order.
The church Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti, is situated above the famous Spanish Steps and is one of the five French-speaki
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Among the baroque churches, the Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane is often unjustely forgotten because many of them are famous for their size and for their scenic location.
The Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone has already existed since the VII century a.C.
The church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola was built on a design by the Jesuit mathematician Orazio Grassi, based on the plans of Carlo Maderno and others, and at the ex
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The Church of Santo Stefano Rotondo, built in the 5th century AD, is one of the earliest examples of a centrally-planned church. It is situated inside a garden and
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The figure of San Filippo Neri, ”Apostolo di Roma”, canonized in 1622, is historically tied to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.
The Carcer Tullianum is one of the most important and fascinating monuments of the Roman Republic at the time. It holds a great historical and archaeological wealth for over 3,000 years.
To an untrained eye the Circus of Maxentius just looks like a vast green pasture where locals jog or take their dogs for a walk, but in ancient times this oblong ground was, as its
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If, per chance, you should one day be enjoying the splendid panorama from the Gianicolo’s belvedere and suddenly hear a loud cannon-shot, do not be alarmed…just check your watches because it will b
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The construction of the largest amphitheater of the Roman Empire was started by Vespasian in 72 AD.
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