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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".?Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine.?In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom.?In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".?Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine.?In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom.?In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".?Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine.?In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom.?In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
    Rome_003.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace". Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine. In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom. In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".?Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine.?In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom.?In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace". Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine. In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom. In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican. Via della Conciliazione..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".?Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine.?In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom.?In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican. Via della Conciliazione..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".?Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine.?In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom.?In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.Rome. Ponte Sant'Angelo - Sant'Angelo Bridge
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.St. Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican..The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".?Before the construction of the present basilica, the western part of the square was occupied by a large peristyle which gave access to the old building was built by Emperor Constantine.?In the origins, the square used to be the place where Nerone Circus and Gardens where located, and where many Christians, including Saint Peter, suffered from martyrdom.?In 1936 the architects M. Piacentini and A. Spaccarelli started the construction of via della Conciliazione in order to grant to the square a symmetric and monumental entrance; but this caused the destruction of the old Medieval village and of its typical narrow streets, a choice that aroused bitter controversy.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012.The treasures of the Vatican - Entrance of Museums
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012 .The treasures of the Vatican. Entrance of museums
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Entrance of Museums
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Entrance of Museums
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Entrance of Museums.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Pomodoro - Sfera con Sfera.Sphere Within Sphere is a bronze sculpture, by Italian sculptor, Arnaldo Pomodoro.?Versions of the sculpture can be seen in the Vatican Museums and the Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome, Trinity College Dublin, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.,  Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran,the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, the Hakone Open-Air Museum of Japan, the University of California, Berkeley and the Tel aviv University in Israel.?Pomodoro designed a controversial fiberglass crucifix for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The piece is topped with a fourteen foot in diameter crown of thorns which hovers over the figure of Christ.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012 The treasures of the Vatican .Pomodoro's Sphere..Sphere Within Sphere (Sfera con Sfera) is a bronze sculpture, by Italian sculptor, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Versions of the sculpture can be seen in the Vatican Museums and the Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome, Trinity College Dublin, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.,  Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, the Hakone Open-Air Museum of Japan, the University of California, Berkeley and the Tel aviv University in Israel. Pomodoro designed a controversial fiberglass crucifix for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The piece is topped with a fourteen foot in diameter crown of thorns which hovers over the figure of Christ.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012 The treasures of the Vatican .The treasures of the Vatican. Pomodoro's Sphere..Sphere Within Sphere (Sfera con Sfera) is a bronze sculpture, by Italian sculptor, Arnaldo Pomodoro.?Versions of the sculpture can be seen in the Vatican Museums and the Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome, Trinity College Dublin, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.,  Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, the Hakone Open-Air Museum of Japan, the University of California, Berkeley and the Tel aviv University in Israel.?Pomodoro designed a controversial fiberglass crucifix for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The piece is topped with a fourteen foot in diameter crown of thorns which hovers over the figure of Christ.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Sfera Con Sfera. Pomodoro..Sphere Within Sphere is a bronze sculpture, by Italian sculptor, Arnaldo Pomodoro.?Versions of the sculpture can be seen in the Vatican Museums and the Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome, Trinity College Dublin, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.,  Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran,the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, the Hakone Open-Air Museum of Japan, the University of California, Berkeley and the Tel aviv University in Israel.?Pomodoro designed a controversial fiberglass crucifix for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The piece is topped with a fourteen foot in diameter crown of thorns which hovers over the figure of Christ.
    Rome_020.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Sfera Con Sfera. Pomodoro..Sphere Within Sphere is a bronze sculpture, by Italian sculptor, Arnaldo Pomodoro. Versions of the sculpture can be seen in the Vatican Museums and the Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome, Trinity College Dublin, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.,  Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran,the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, the Hakone Open-Air Museum of Japan, the University of California, Berkeley and the Tel aviv University in Israel. Pomodoro designed a controversial fiberglass crucifix for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The piece is topped with a fourteen foot in diameter crown of thorns which hovers over the figure of Christ.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Museo Chiaramonti..This museum is named after Pope Pius VII (whose last name was Chiaramonti before his election as pope), who founded it in the early 19th century. The museum consists of a large arched gallery in which sides are exhibited several statues, sarcophaguses and friezes. The New Wing, Braccio Nuovo built by Raphael Stern, houses important statues like The Prima Porta Augustus, Doryphorus, and The River Nile. Galeria Lapidaria is another part of Chiaramonti museum, with more than 3,000 stone tablets and inscriptions, which is the world's greatest collection of its kind.
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  • This museum is named after Pope Pius VII (whose last name was Chiaramonti before his election as pope), who founded it in the early 19th century. The museum consists of a large arched gallery in which sides are exhibited several statues, sarcophaguses and friezes. The New Wing, Braccio Nuovo built by Raphael Stern, houses important statues like The Prima Porta Augustus, Doryphorus, and The River Nile. Galeria Lapidaria is another part of Chiaramonti museum, with more than 3,000 stone tablets and inscriptions, which is the world's greatest collection of its kind.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Thee Graces..In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the "Graces" ?They are the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. They ordinarily numbered three, from youngest to oldest: Aglaea ("Splendor"), Euphrosyne ("Mirth"), and Thalia ("Good Cheer").
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Octagonal Courtyard.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Octagonal Courtyard.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Laocoon..The statue of Laocoon and His Sons (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), also called the Laocoon Group, is a monumental sculpture in marble now in the Vatican Museums. The statue is attributed by the Roman author Pliny the Elder to three sculptors from the island of Rhodes: Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus. It shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents...The story of Laocoon had been the subject of a play by Sophocles. Laocoön was killed after attempting to expose the ruse of the Trojan Horse by striking it with a spear. The snakes were sent by Poseidon  and were interpreted by the Trojans as proof that the horse was a sacred object. The most famous account of these events is in Virgil's Aeneid.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Laocoon..The statue of Laocoon and His Sons (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), also called the Laocoon Group, is a monumental sculpture in marble now in the Vatican Museums. The statue is attributed by the Roman author Pliny the Elder to three sculptors from the island of Rhodes: Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus. It shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents...The story of Laocoon had been the subject of a play by Sophocles. Laocoön was killed after attempting to expose the ruse of the Trojan Horse by striking it with a spear. The snakes were sent by Poseidon  and were interpreted by the Trojans as proof that the horse was a sacred object. The most famous account of these events is in Virgil's Aeneid.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. Bacchus.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Bacchus.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Round Room..Round Room, built by Michelangelo Simonetti in the late 18th century in a pure Neo-classical style. The dome is actually modelled on the Pantheon and has a diameter of 21.60 metres. A huge round monolithic porphyry basin stands in the middle of the room: it measures almost five metres across, comes from the Domus Aurea and was brought here in the late 18th century. A 2nd century Hercules in gilded bronze found near the Theatre of Pompey and a 3rd century mosaic from the Baths of Otricoli (region Umbria) are also fascinating.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Round Room..Round Room, built by Michelangelo Simonetti in the late 18th century in a pure Neo-classical style. The dome is actually modelled on the Pantheon and has a diameter of 21.60 metres. A huge round monolithic porphyry basin stands in the middle of the room: it measures almost five metres across, comes from the Domus Aurea and was brought here in the late 18th century. A 2nd century Hercules in gilded bronze found near the Theatre of Pompey and a 3rd century mosaic from the Baths of Otricoli (region Umbria) are also fascinating.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Round Room..Round Room, built by Michelangelo Simonetti in the late 18th century in a pure Neo-classical style. The dome is actually modelled on the Pantheon and has a diameter of 21.60 metres. A huge round monolithic porphyry basin stands in the middle of the room: it measures almost five metres across, comes from the Domus Aurea and was brought here in the late 18th century. A 2nd century Hercules in gilded bronze found near the Theatre of Pompey and a 3rd century mosaic from the Baths of Otricoli (region Umbria) are also fascinating.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Round Room..Round Room, built by Michelangelo Simonetti in the late 18th century in a pure Neo-classical style. The dome is actually modelled on the Pantheon and has a diameter of 21.60 metres. A huge round monolithic porphyry basin stands in the middle of the room: it measures almost five metres across, comes from the Domus Aurea and was brought here in the late 18th century. A 2nd century Hercules in gilded bronze found near the Theatre of Pompey and a 3rd century mosaic from the Baths of Otricoli (region Umbria) are also fascinating.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Round Room..Round Room, built by Michelangelo Simonetti in the late 18th century in a pure Neo-classical style. The dome is actually modelled on the Pantheon and has a diameter of 21.60 metres. A huge round monolithic porphyry basin stands in the middle of the room: it measures almost five metres across, comes from the Domus Aurea and was brought here in the late 18th century. A 2nd century Hercules in gilded bronze found near the Theatre of Pompey and a 3rd century mosaic from the Baths of Otricoli (region Umbria) are also fascinating.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Round Room..Round Room, built by Michelangelo Simonetti in the late 18th century in a pure Neo-classical style. The dome is actually modelled on the Pantheon and has a diameter of 21.60 metres. A huge round monolithic porphyry basin stands in the middle of the room: it measures almost five metres across, comes from the Domus Aurea and was brought here in the late 18th century. A 2nd century Hercules in gilded bronze found near the Theatre of Pompey and a 3rd century mosaic from the Baths of Otricoli (region Umbria) are also fascinating.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Round Room..Round Room, built by Michelangelo Simonetti in the late 18th century in a pure Neo-classical style. The dome is actually modelled on the Pantheon and has a diameter of 21.60 metres. A huge round monolithic porphyry basin stands in the middle of the room: it measures almost five metres across, comes from the Domus Aurea and was brought here in the late 18th century. A 2nd century Hercules in gilded bronze found near the Theatre of Pompey and a 3rd century mosaic from the Baths of Otricoli (region Umbria) are also fascinating.
    Rome_043.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican. The Round Room..Round Room, built by Michelangelo Simonetti in the late 18th century in a pure Neo-classical style. The dome is actually modelled on the Pantheon and has a diameter of 21.60 metres. A huge round monolithic porphyry basin stands in the middle of the room: it measures almost five metres across, comes from the Domus Aurea and was brought here in the late 18th century. A 2nd century Hercules in gilded bronze found near the Theatre of Pompey and a 3rd century mosaic from the Baths of Otricoli (region Umbria) are also fascinating.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The treasures of the Vatican
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Gallery of Maps..It takes its name from the 40 maps frescoed on the walls, which represent the Italian regions and the papal properties at the time of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585). They were painted between 1580 and 1585 on drawings by Ignazio Danti, a famous geographer of the time. Considering the Apennines as a partition element, on one side the regions surrounded by the Ligure and Tyrrhenian Seas are represented; on the other, the regions surrounded by the Adriatic Sea. The map of the main city accompanies each regional map.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Gallery of Maps..It takes its name from the 40 maps frescoed on the walls, which represent the Italian regions and the papal properties at the time of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585). They were painted between 1580 and 1585 on drawings by Ignazio Danti, a famous geographer of the time. Considering the Apennines as a partition element, on one side the regions surrounded by the Ligure and Tyrrhenian Seas are represented; on the other, the regions surrounded by the Adriatic Sea. The map of the main city accompanies each regional map.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Gallery of Maps..It takes its name from the 40 maps frescoed on the walls, which represent the Italian regions and the papal properties at the time of Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585). They were painted between 1580 and 1585 on drawings by Ignazio Danti, a famous geographer of the time. Considering the Apennines as a partition element, on one side the regions surrounded by the Ligure and Tyrrhenian Seas are represented; on the other, the regions surrounded by the Adriatic Sea. The map of the main city accompanies each regional map.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Abel & Cain.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. .The rooms were painted in this chronological order: Room of the Segnatura, Room of Heliodorus, Room of the Fire in the Borgo and Room of Constantine. ?This description will follow the compulsory route sequence. The Room of Constantine was on the most part painted by Raphael's pupils after the master died suddenly on April 6th, 1520. Here, the ?Battle at Milvio Bridge? on the wall opposite the windows showing Constantine with the cross that foretold his victory over the pagan Maxentius.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Raphael's rooms - The room of Constantin. Battle at Milvio Bridge..The rooms were painted in this chronological order: Room of the Segnatura, Room of Heliodorus, Room of the Fire in the Borgo and Room of Constantine. ?This description will follow the compulsory route sequence. The Room of Constantine was on the most part painted by Raphael's pupils after the master died suddenly on April 6th, 1520. Here, the ?Battle at Milvio Bridge? on the wall opposite the windows showing Constantine with the cross that foretold his victory over the pagan Maxentius.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Exit: stairs double helix..The Vatican Museums spiral staircase is one of the most photographed in the world, and certainly one of the most beautiful. Named by mistake "The Bramante stairs", but designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932, the broad steps are somewhere between a ramp and a staircase. The stairs are actually two separate helixes, one leading up and the other leading down, that twist together in a double helix formation.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Exit: stairs double helix..The Vatican Museums spiral staircase is one of the most photographed in the world, and certainly one of the most beautiful. Named by mistake "The Bramante stairs", but designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932, the broad steps are somewhere between a ramp and a staircase. The stairs are actually two separate helixes, one leading up and the other leading down, that twist together in a double helix formation.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Exit: stairs double helix..The Vatican Museums spiral staircase is one of the most photographed in the world, and certainly one of the most beautiful. Named by mistake "The Bramante stairs", but designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932, the broad steps are somewhere between a ramp and a staircase. The stairs are actually two separate helixes, one leading up and the other leading down, that twist together in a double helix formation.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Exit: stairs double helix..The Vatican Museums spiral staircase is one of the most photographed in the world, and certainly one of the most beautiful. Named by mistake "The Bramante stairs", but designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932, the broad steps are somewhere between a ramp and a staircase. The stairs are actually two separate helixes, one leading up and the other leading down, that twist together in a double helix formation.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Exit: stairs double helix..The Vatican Museums spiral staircase is one of the most photographed in the world, and certainly one of the most beautiful. Named by mistake "The Bramante stairs", but designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932, the broad steps are somewhere between a ramp and a staircase. The stairs are actually two separate helixes, one leading up and the other leading down, that twist together in a double helix formation.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. .The treasures of the Vatican. Exit: stairs double helix..The Vatican Museums spiral staircase is one of the most photographed in the world, and certainly one of the most beautiful. Named by mistake "The Bramante stairs", but designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932, the broad steps are somewhere between a ramp and a staircase. The stairs are actually two separate helixes, one leading up and the other leading down, that twist together in a double helix formation.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. The Tiber near Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. The Tiber near Vatican.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo by night.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo by night.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo by night.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo by night.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Sant'Angelo Bridge.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Statue, Ponte San Pio X.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Statue, Ponte San Pio X.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. The Moor Fountain.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. The Moor Fountain.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. The Moor Fountain.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. Sant'Agnese in Agone and the Fountain of the four Rivers.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. Sant'Agnese in Agone.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. The invible man was here.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. Sant'Agnese in Agone and the Fountain of the four Rivers.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. Sant'Agnese in Agone and the Fountain of the four Rivers.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. Fountain of Neptun.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. Near Fountain of Neptun, by night.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Piazza Navona. Fountain of Neptun.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Near Piazza Navona. By night.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Near Piazza Navona. By night.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012. Field of Mars - Near Piazza Navona. By night.
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