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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill: Foro Romano.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill: Foro Romano.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill: Foro Romano.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill: Boni Garden
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill: Boni Garden
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill: Foro Romano.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill: Foro Romano.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Palatin Hill: Foro Romano.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Colosseum and Arch of Constantine.?The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium.?Its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81-96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).?Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. ?In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum remained in service for nearly 500 years, the latest games lasting until the sixth century;?Today, it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome...Arch of Constantine?The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated near the Colosseum and Palatine Hill. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312.?The arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the way taken by the emperors when they entered the city in triumph. ?It measures 21.10 meters high, 25.7 m wide and 7.4 m deep
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Colosseum and Arch of Constantine.?The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium.?Its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81-96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).?Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. ?In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum remained in service for nearly 500 years, the latest games lasting until the sixth century;?Today, it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome...Arch of Constantine?The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated near the Colosseum and Palatine Hill. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312.?The arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the way taken by the emperors when they entered the city in triumph. ?It measures 21.10 meters high, 25.7 m wide and 7.4 m deep
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Colosseum and Arch of Constantine. The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium. Its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81-96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia). Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology.  In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum remained in service for nearly 500 years, the latest games lasting until the sixth century; Today, it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome...Arch of Constantine The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated near the Colosseum and Palatine Hill. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. The arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the way taken by the emperors when they entered the city in triumph.  It measures 21.10 meters high, 25.7 m wide and 7.4 m deep
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Colosseum and Arch of Constantine.?The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium.?Its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81-96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).?Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. ?In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum remained in service for nearly 500 years, the latest games lasting until the sixth century;?Today, it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome...Arch of Constantine?The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated near the Colosseum and Palatine Hill. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312.?The arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the way taken by the emperors when they entered the city in triumph. ?It measures 21.10 meters high, 25.7 m wide and 7.4 m deep
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The square in front of the Lateran Palace has an obelisk commissioned by Pharaoh Thuthmose III and completed by his grandson Thutmose IV in Karnak. It was placed in the Circus Maximus before being re-erected in its current location.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Pincio gardens, near the The Villa Borghese gardens..A homeless doing her laundry.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian).The piazza lies inside the northern gate in the Aurelian Walls. Before the age of railroads, it was the traveller's first view of Rome upon arrival. For centuries, the Piazza del Popolo was a place for public executions, the last of which took place in 1826.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Inside Colosseum The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium. Its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81-96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia). Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology.  In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum remained in service for nearly 500 years, the latest games lasting until the sixth century; Today, it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope..It is the oldest and ranks first among the four Papal Basilicas or major basilicas of Rome. It claims the title of ecumenical mother church among Roman Catholics. The President of the French Republic, currently François Hollande, is ex officio the "first and only honorary canon" of the basilica, a title held by the heads of the French state since King Henry IV of France.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Pincio gardens, near the The Villa Borghese gardens.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian).The piazza lies inside the northern gate in the Aurelian Walls. Before the age of railroads, it was the traveller's first view of Rome upon arrival. For centuries, the Piazza del Popolo was a place for public executions, the last of which took place in 1826.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The square in front of the Lateran Palace has an obelisk commissioned by Pharaoh Thuthmose III and completed by his grandson Thutmose IV in Karnak. It was placed in the Circus Maximus before being re-erected in its current location.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza della Repubblica and the Fountain of the Naiads..This square is located at the summit of the Viminal Hill, next to the Termini station. .The former name of the piazza, Piazza dell'Esedra, still common today, originates in the large exedra of the baths of Diocletian, which gives the piazza its shape. .The fountain in this square was originally the fountain of the Acqua Pia (connected to the aqua Marcia aqueduct), commissioned this site by Pope Pius IX in 1870. It originally showed four chalk lions replaced in 1901 with sculptures of Naiads..The naiads represented are the Nymph of the Lakes (recognisable by the swan she holds), the Nymph of the Rivers (stretched out on a monster of the rivers), the Nymph of the Oceans (riding a horse symbolising of the sea), and the Nymph of the Underground Waters (leaning over a mysterious dragon). In the centre is Rutelli's Glauco group, symbolizing the dominion of the man over natural force.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza della Repubblica and the Fountain of the Naiads..This square is located at the summit of the Viminal Hill, next to the Termini station. .The former name of the piazza, Piazza dell'Esedra, still common today, originates in the large exedra of the baths of Diocletian, which gives the piazza its shape. .The fountain in this square was originally the fountain of the Acqua Pia (connected to the aqua Marcia aqueduct), commissioned this site by Pope Pius IX in 1870. It originally showed four chalk lions replaced in 1901 with sculptures of Naiads..The naiads represented are the Nymph of the Lakes (recognisable by the swan she holds), the Nymph of the Rivers (stretched out on a monster of the rivers), the Nymph of the Oceans (riding a horse symbolising of the sea), and the Nymph of the Underground Waters (leaning over a mysterious dragon). In the centre is Rutelli's Glauco group, symbolizing the dominion of the man over natural force.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza di Spagna,the Spanish Steps and the church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti.In the Piazza di Spagna at the base is the Early Baroque fountain called Fontana della Barcaccia ("Fountain of the Old Boat"), built in 1627-29 and often credited to Pietro Bernini, father of a more famous son, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. According to an unlikely legend, Pope Urban VIII had the fountain installed after he had been impressed by a boat brought here by a flood of the Tiber river..In the piazza, at the corner on the right as one begins to climb the steps, is the house where English poet John Keats lived and died in 1821. On the same right side stands the 15th century former cardinal Lorenzo Cybo de Mari's palace.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Rome seen from the Pincio gardens, near the The Villa Borghese gardens.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza del Popolo seen from the Pincio gardens..It is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian).The piazza lies inside the northern gate in the Aurelian Walls. Before the age of railroads, it was the traveller's first view of Rome upon arrival. For centuries, the Piazza del Popolo was a place for public executions, the last of which took place in 1826.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian).The piazza lies inside the northern gate in the Aurelian Walls. Before the age of railroads, it was the traveller's first view of Rome upon arrival. For centuries, the Piazza del Popolo was a place for public executions, the last of which took place in 1826.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian).The piazza lies inside the northern gate in the Aurelian Walls. Before the age of railroads, it was the traveller's first view of Rome upon arrival. For centuries, the Piazza del Popolo was a place for public executions, the last of which took place in 1826.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..National day.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..National day.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient pyramid in Rome, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome...The sharply pointed shape of the pyramid is strongly reminiscent of the pyramids of Nubia, in particular of the kingdom of Meroë, which had been attacked by Rome in 23 BC. .The similarity suggests that Cestius had possibly served in that campaign. His pyramid was not the only one in Rome; a larger one?the so-called "pyramid of Romulus"?of similar form but unknown origins stood between the Vatican and the Mausoleum of Hadrian but was demolished in the 16th century..During the construction of the Aurelian Walls between 271 and 275, the pyramid was incorporated into the walls to form a triangular bastion. .The origins of the pyramid were forgotten during the Middle Ages. The inhabitants of Rome came to believe that it was the tomb of Remus and that its counterpart near the Vatican was the tomb of Romulus. Its true provenance was clarified by Pope Alexander VII's excavations in the 1660s, which cleared the vegetation that had overgrown the pyramid, uncovered the inscriptions on its faces, tunnelled into the tomb's burial chamber and found the bases of two bronze statues that had stood alongside the pyramid.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient pyramid in Rome, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome...The sharply pointed shape of the pyramid is strongly reminiscent of the pyramids of Nubia, in particular of the kingdom of Meroë, which had been attacked by Rome in 23 BC. .The similarity suggests that Cestius had possibly served in that campaign. His pyramid was not the only one in Rome; a larger one?the so-called "pyramid of Romulus"?of similar form but unknown origins stood between the Vatican and the Mausoleum of Hadrian but was demolished in the 16th century..During the construction of the Aurelian Walls between 271 and 275, the pyramid was incorporated into the walls to form a triangular bastion. .The origins of the pyramid were forgotten during the Middle Ages. The inhabitants of Rome came to believe that it was the tomb of Remus and that its counterpart near the Vatican was the tomb of Romulus. Its true provenance was clarified by Pope Alexander VII's excavations in the 1660s, which cleared the vegetation that had overgrown the pyramid, uncovered the inscriptions on its faces, tunnelled into the tomb's burial chamber and found the bases of two bronze statues that had stood alongside the pyramid.
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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..Porta Alchemica or alchemical door, or Alchemy Gate or Magic Portal, is a monument built between 1678 and 1680 by Massimiliano Palombara marquis of Pietraforte (1614-1680) in his residence, located in the east of Rome on the Esquilino hill. Porta Alchemica is the only survivor of the five gates of the Palombara villa...According to a legend dated 1802 , a pilgrim "stibeum" (from Latin: stibium = antimony) was hosted in the villa for a night. The "pellegrino", identifiable with the alchemist Giustiniani Bono, stayed for a night in the gardens of the villa in search of a mysterious herb capable of producing gold, the next morning he was seen disappearing forever through the door, but left behind a few flakes of gold fruit of a successful alchemical transmutation, and a mysterious paper full of puzzles and magic symbols that would contain the secret of the Philosopher's Stone. .The marquis had engraved on the five gates of the villa Palombara and on the walls of the mansion, the content of the manuscript with symbols and riddles in the hope that one day someone would be able to understand them..The particular drawing on the pediment of Porta Alchemica, with the two triangles overlap and inscriptions in Latin, appears  in a bookmark possessed by Berenger Saunière, who became the parish priest at Rennes-le-Château in 1885.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Porta Alchemica or alchemical door, or Alchemy Gate or Magic Portal, is a monument built between 1678 and 1680 by Massimiliano Palombara marquis of Pietraforte (1614-1680) in his residence, located in the east of Rome on the Esquilino hill. Porta Alchemica is the only survivor of the five gates of the Palombara villa...According to a legend dated 1802 , a pilgrim "stibeum" (from Latin: stibium = antimony) was hosted in the villa for a night. The "pellegrino", identifiable with the alchemist Giustiniani Bono, stayed for a night in the gardens of the villa in search of a mysterious herb capable of producing gold, the next morning he was seen disappearing forever through the door, but left behind a few flakes of gold fruit of a successful alchemical transmutation, and a mysterious paper full of puzzles and magic symbols that would contain the secret of the Philosopher's Stone. .The marquis had engraved on the five gates of the villa Palombara and on the walls of the mansion, the content of the manuscript with symbols and riddles in the hope that one day someone would be able to understand them..The particular drawing on the pediment of Porta Alchemica, with the two triangles overlap and inscriptions in Latin, appears  in a bookmark possessed by Berenger Saunière, who became the parish priest at Rennes-le-Château in 1885.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza di Spagna,the Spanish Steps and the church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti.In the Piazza di Spagna at the base is the Early Baroque fountain called Fontana della Barcaccia ("Fountain of the Old Boat"), built in 1627-29 and often credited to Pietro Bernini, father of a more famous son, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. According to an unlikely legend, Pope Urban VIII had the fountain installed after he had been impressed by a boat brought here by a flood of the Tiber river..In the piazza, at the corner on the right as one begins to climb the steps, is the house where English poet John Keats lived and died in 1821. On the same right side stands the 15th century former cardinal Lorenzo Cybo de Mari's palace.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza di Spagna,the Spanish Steps and the church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti.In the Piazza di Spagna at the base is the Early Baroque fountain called Fontana della Barcaccia ("Fountain of the Old Boat"), built in 1627-29 and often credited to Pietro Bernini, father of a more famous son, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. According to an unlikely legend, Pope Urban VIII had the fountain installed after he had been impressed by a boat brought here by a flood of the Tiber river..In the piazza, at the corner on the right as one begins to climb the steps, is the house where English poet John Keats lived and died in 1821. On the same right side stands the 15th century former cardinal Lorenzo Cybo de Mari's palace.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Pincio gardens, near the The Villa Borghese gardens.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Pincio gardens, near the The Villa Borghese gardens.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Pincio gardens, near the The Villa Borghese gardens.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..National day.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Colosseum?The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium.?Its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81-96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).?Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. ?In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum remained in service for nearly 500 years, the latest games lasting until the sixth century;?Today, it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome.
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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.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..Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope..It is the oldest and ranks first among the four Papal Basilicas or major basilicas of Rome. It claims the title of ecumenical mother church among Roman Catholics. The President of the French Republic, currently François Hollande, is ex officio the "first and only honorary canon" of the basilica, a title held by the heads of the French state since King Henry IV of France.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian).The piazza lies inside the northern gate in the Aurelian Walls. Before the age of railroads, it was the traveller's first view of Rome upon arrival. For centuries, the Piazza del Popolo was a place for public executions, the last of which took place in 1826.
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  • ROME, ITALY - JUNE 03: Illustration of Rome; Italy on June 03, 2012..Inside Colosseum?The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium.?Its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81-96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).?Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. ?In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum remained in service for nearly 500 years, the latest games lasting until the sixth century;?Today, it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome.
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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..Inside Colosseum?The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium.?Its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81-96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).?Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. ?In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum remained in service for nearly 500 years, the latest games lasting until the sixth century;?Today, it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome.
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