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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/ancient-rome/roman-roads/ancient-via-appia
First and most important among the great consular roads that left Rome was the Appian Way, the so-called 'Queen of Roads', commissioned in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus to directly connect Rome to Capua. As Rome expanded into the South,...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/campania/pompeii
History, facts and travel tips about Pompeii The origins of Pompeii are old as the history of Rome. Pompeian people came from an ancient Italic population: the Osci. In the second half of 7th century BC, an early village was settled on the site where...
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vision that came to Constantine just before the bloody battle against Maxentius. Maxentius had proclaimed himself emperor of Rome; legend has it that, shortly before the battle began, raising his eyes towards the sun, Constantine saw a cross and Greek...
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purely political ends: its four frescoes were meant to show how, over the course of centuries, God had always protected Rome, the Faith, the pope and his works. Mass at Bolsena To show how God watched over the Faith, Raphael painted on one of the short...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/districts-of-rome/aventine/giardino-degli-aranci
Garden of Oranges, also known as Parco Savello, affords fantastic views of the many monuments, roof tops and domes of Rome, encapsulating flavors of the modern and medieval on its shady walkways. The park itself fits neatly behind the ancient Basilica...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/districts-of-rome/aventine/basilica-of-santa-sabina
and of various kinds: in 824 pope Eugene II had a silver ciborium made, which was afterwards stolen during the Sack of Rome in 1527. During the same century, for reasons relating to defence, it was incorporated into the fort built by the Crescenzi...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/palaces/quirinal-palace
of the Republic, overlooks the city from atop the hill for which it is named. This area was already inhabited during ancient Rome. Below the Corazzieri Barracks that are attached to the palace, traces of the Servian Walls – the oldest in the city – have...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/squares-and-fountains/campo-de-fiori
Campo de' Fiori The Campo de' Fiori in the Parione district is one of the jewels of Rome. In the morning it's a bustling marketplace, that transforms into a nightlife centre in the evening – all amid a beautiful setting steeped with history. It has...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/parks-and-gardens/villa-pamphili
opening of a dual-carriage way, bearing the name of Leo XIII, in 1960. In 1967, the complex was acquired by the state and Rome City Council and was at long last opened to the public. Today, it is the ideal place to laze, have a picnic, do open-air sport...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/lazio/rome/ancient-rome/campidoglio/campidoglio-square
When Emperor Charles V visited Rome in 1536, Pope Paul III Farnese was so embarrased by the muddy state of the Capitol that he asked Michelangelo to draw up plans for repaving the piazza, and for renovating the façades of the Palazzo dei Conservatori...
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