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Trevi
Fountain
- The Trevi Fountain
(in Italian, Fontana di Trevi) is the largest (standing
85 feet high and 65 feet wide) and most ambitious of
the Baroque fountains of Rome. According to the current
political division of the center of Rome, it is placed
in the rione Trevi.
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Castel
Sant'Angelo
- The Castel Sant'Angelo
is towering cylindrical building in Rome, initially
commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum
for himself and his family. The building spent over
a thousand years as a fortress and castle, and is now
a museum.
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Colosseum
- The Colosseum or
Coliseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre
(lat. Amphitheatrum Flavium), is an amphitheatre in
Rome, capable of seating 50,000 spectators, which was
once used for gladiatorial combat. Construction was
initiated by...
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Pantheon
- The Pantheon is a
building in Rome which was originally built as a temple
to the seven deities of the seven planets in the Roman
state religion, but which has been a Christian church
since the 7th century. It is the best-preserved of all
Roman buildings and the...
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Piazza
Venezia
- The Piazza Venezia
is a piazza in central Rome. It takes its name from
the adjacent Palazzo Venezia. The piazza is at the foot
of the Capitoline Hill and near the Roman Forum. It
is dominated by the imposing Victor Emmanuel II monument.
Piazza Venezia has a...
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Piazza
del Popolo
- The Piazza del Popolo,
looking west from the Pincio.
Steps lead from the Piazza del Popolo to the Pincio
to the east.
The entrance of the Tridente from Piazza del Popolo,
defined by the "twin" churches of Santa Maria in...
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