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“Nun fuss’antro pe ttante antichità
bisognerebbe nassce tutti cquì,
perché a la robba che cciavemo cquà
c’è, sor friccica mio, poco da dí”
The monument, dedicated to one of the most famous Roman poets, stands in the square n
[...]The Aurelian Walls still surround the historic centre of Rome and are among the longest and best preserved ancient walls in the world.
Built in all probability during the mid-sixth century BC, the Servian Walls take their name from the sixth king of Rome, Servius Tullius.
The Necropolis develops along the two sides of via Laurentina and a road connecting Ostia to the Pianabella area; later the tombs also occupied th
[...]The necropolis, identified and excavated in the 1920s and 1930s, stands on the sides of via Flavia, which connected Porto (Portus) with Os
[...]Between the Rupe di San Paolo and the bend of the Tiber was a vast burial groun
[...]The monumental two-storey nymphaeum overlooking Via Appia Antica, was the real entrance to the Quintili villa : from here, in fact, through a door
[...]A nymphaeum (monumental fountain) dated back to the end of the first century BC and the beginning of the first century AD was discovered in 1895 during the works for the realization of Via degli An
[...]This obelisk, brought from the Aswan excavation sites without inscriptions by order of Domitian, was decorated in Rome with original inscriptions written in hieroglyphics
[...]A few steps away from the terrace of the Pincio, one of the most evocative
[...]L’Obelisco della Minerva: la storia curiosa di un elefante di pietra al centro dell’incantevole piazza della Minerva.
Together with the one visible today in the Villa Celimontana, it was originally erected in Heliopolis by Ramses II.
Similar to the Esquiline Obelisk - made of granite, about 15 metres high and without inscription
[...]Located in front of the church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, right
[...]The elegant Renaissance building is located near Campo de’ Fiori and has been hosting, since 194
[...]Altemps Palace is located near Piazza Navona and is one of the seats of the
[...]In the heart of Rome's historical centre, in the Rione Pigna, stands this magnificent example
[...]Today seat of the National Gallery of Ancient Art together with Palazzo Corsini, Palazzo Barberini is the
Overlooking the current Largo di Torre Argentina, the palace was built in stages on the remains of the Agrippa Baths, in an area of particular historical and monumental importanc
[...]Its principal façade is on Largo della Fontanella di Borghese, but the building occupies a large and irregular block between Via di Ripetta, Via dell’Arancio, Via di Monte d’Oro, V
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