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Fontana di Trevi

The Trevi Fountain is the largest Baroque fountain in Rome and one of the most famous fountains in the world. Tucked into the corner of a narrow square, it takes most visitors by surprise when they first turn the corner …

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Castel Sant'Angelo

Castel Sant'Angelo is a towering cylindrical fortress on the banks of the Tiber, just a short walk from St. Peter's Basilica. Originally built as a mausoleum, it has been a castle, a prison, a papal refuge, and a museum …

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Campo dei Fiori

Campo dei Fiori is one of the liveliest squares in Rome, a bustling open-air market by day and a popular gathering spot by night. Unlike most of Rome's major piazzas, it has no church, which gives it a distinctly secular…

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Fontana dei Fiumi

The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, the Fountain of the Four Rivers, is one of the masterpieces of Baroque sculpture. It sits at the centre of Piazza Navona, one of Rome's most beautiful squares, and was unveiled on June 12, …

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The Pantheon

The Pantheon is the best-preserved building from ancient Rome and one of the most influential structures in the history of architecture. Nearly 1,900 years after it was completed, its dome remains the largest unreinforce…

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Ponte Sant'Angelo

The Ponte Sant'Angelo is one of the most beautiful bridges in Rome, a pedestrian crossing over the Tiber lined with ten marble angels, each holding an instrument of Christ's Passion. The bridge was originally built in 1…

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Museo delle Anime del Purgatorio

The Museum of the Souls of Purgatory is one of Rome's most unusual and little-known museums, a tiny collection housed in a side room of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage on the banks of the Tiber. The story beg…

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Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte

Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte is one of Rome's most macabre churches, founded by a confraternity whose sole mission was to collect and bury abandoned dead bodies found in the Roman countryside and the Tiber River. T…

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The Colosseum

The Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre ever built and the most iconic symbol of ancient Rome. Standing in the heart of the city, it has drawn visitors for nearly 2,000 years and remains one of the most visited landmar…

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Vatican City

Vatican City is the smallest independent country in the world, covering just 44 hectares on the west bank of the Tiber. It is the spiritual centre of the Catholic Church and home to some of the most important art and arc…

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The Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums are among the largest and most important museum complexes in the world, housing over 70,000 works on display across 54 galleries that stretch for seven kilometres. The collection began with Pope Juli…

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The Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel is one of the most extraordinary spaces in the world, a relatively small room that contains some of the greatest works of art ever created. The chapel was built between 1473 and 1481 for Pope Sixtus I…

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Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona is one of the most beautiful squares in Rome and one of the finest examples of Baroque urban design in the world. Its elongated oval shape is no accident: it follows the exact footprint of the 1st-century S…

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Fontana del Nettuno

The Fontana del Nettuno (Neptune Fountain) sits at the northern end of Piazza Navona, one of Rome's most magnificent squares. It's the less famous of the square's three fountains, but it has a dramatic history of its own…

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Caserma Giacomo Acqua

The Caserma Giacomo Acqua is a Carabinieri barracks near Piazza del Popolo, named after one of the most symbolic figures of Italian unification. Giacomo Acqua was the first officer of the Royal Carabinieri to enter Rome …

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Villa Borghese Park

Villa Borghese is Rome's great central park, big enough to hide a lake, a replica Globe theatre and the Galleria Borghese with its Bernini sculptures. The terrace at the Pincio end looks out over Piazza del Popolo and th…

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Santa Maria in Trastevere

Santa Maria in Trastevere is a basilica in the Trastevere district of Rome, traditionally counted among the oldest churches in the city. It is known for its golden medieval mosaics, its Romanesque bell tower and the live…

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Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is a basilica in the Trastevere district of Rome, built where tradition places the home of Saint Cecilia, a early Christian martyr later honoured as the patron saint of music. It is known for …

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Ponte Fabricio

Ponte Fabricio is a stone bridge in Rome that links the east bank of the Tiber with Tiber Island. Built in 62 BC, it is the oldest arch bridge in the city and is still crossed on foot every day. It matters because it is …

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Porta Settimiana

Porta Settimiana is a small city gate on the edge of Trastevere in Rome, built in the late 15th century under Pope Alexander VI on the line of the ancient Aurelian Walls. It still marks the point where the lively streets…

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