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The Istituzione Sistema delle Biblioteche Centri Culturali di Roma (Roman Libraries and Cultural Centres System) includes over 40 structures, all of which include a section dedicat
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The archaeological area of the Tomb of the Scipios is located along the urban stretch of the ancient Via Appia, within the Aurelian Walls, before the city gate, Porta S. Sebastiano.
Not far from Trevi Fountain, in Vicolo del Puttarello, there is the Vicus Caprarius archaeological site, also called “Città dell’Acqua”
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The Stadium of Domitian Archaeological Area, now Piazza Navona in Rome, “the earliest example of a masonry athletics stadium built in Rome, a unique element in the hi
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Strolling around the area of the Foro Olitorio (opposite the modern Palazzo dell’Anagrafe), it is possible to see the archaeological area known as the Sacred Area of S.
If you happen to be going down Via Merulana from the Basilica of St.
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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Parallel to Via Merulana, next to Santa Maria Maggiore, lies Via di Santa Prassede.
The building was accidentally found in 1917 under the Rome-Naples railway. There are various hypotheses on its use.
The bunker and air-raid shelters of Villa Torlonia are also reopening.
The House of the Knights of Rhodes was the seat of the Roman Priory of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, later known as being from Rhodes and from Malta.
The Casa del Jazz, (House of Jazz), a unique place in Europe in the heart of Rome!
Alberto Moravia, writer, traveller, intellectual, lived through the Twentieth century and gave his distinctive voice to European culture.
The Isabella Scelsi Foundation preserves the Casa Scelsi Museum, which opened to the public in 1996, it is the result of an express wish of Scelsi who left us his music, his poetry
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Giorgio de Chirico House Museum has been opened to the public in 1998, after a careful restoration, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the artist’s passing.
Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum was built between 1922 and 1925 on the basis of Andersen’s design and it was planned as a building with annexed carving Studio ne
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The House Museum Mario Praz (1896-1982) located in Rome, at Palazzo Primoli, was inaugurated in June 1995. He was a famous anglicist, essayist and scholar.
The Casina del Cardinal Bessarione is an unusual example of a Renaissance villa outside the city in an area full of testimonials to the Republican and Imperial eras.
La ludoteca di Villa Borghese dedicata a tutti i bambini dai 3 ai 10 anni
The area geographically indicated as Colli Albani, is located to the southeast of Rome and is characterised by numerous villages called Castelli Romani for having undergone a period of subjection t
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Le Catacombe di San Callisto rappresentano il nucleo cimiteriale più antico e meglio conservato della Via Appia; il complesso deve il nome al papa martire S.
Usate già come luogo funerario pagano, le Catacombe di San Sebastiano si trasformarono in necropoli cristiana verso la fine del II secolo, dedicate ai SS. Pietro e Paolo.
In Piazza Pasquino, next to Piazza Navona, is the little Natività di Gesù Church, originally built in 1692 and altered several times thereafter.
The work was financed thanks to a bequest made by Etienne Guffier − a functionary at the French Embassy in Rome.
Sant'Agnese in Agone is a 17th-century Baroque church.
The church was built in 1296 at the behest of Pope Boniface VIII, but was completed only in 1420.
The elliptical apse, the drum of the dome and the bell tower are attributed to Borromini, who worked on the building since 1653.
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