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ROME's TOURIST HIGHLIGHTS CHURCHES St Peters Pantheon Santa Maria in Trastevere San Giovanni in Laterano Santa Croce in Gerusalemme San Clemente Santa Maria Maggiore Sant'Andrea al Quirinale Santa Maria in Cosmedin Santa Cecilia in Trastevere Sistine Chapel OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Piazza Navona Roman Forum Trevi Fountain Raphael Rooms Spanish Steps Colosseum Capitoline Museums Castel Sant'Angelo MUSEUMS & GALLERIES Vatican Museum Galleria Spada Capitoline Museums Palazzo Barberini Museo e Galleria Borghese Palazzo Venezia Palazzo Corsini Galleria Spada Villa Giulia FOUNTAINS Trevi Fountain Fontana delle Tartarughe Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi Piazza del Popolo Piazza San Pietro Fontana della Barcaccia Fontana delle Naiadi Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano |
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The Interior of the Pantheon Rome Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Interior of Saint Peter's Rome Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Fountains of Rome | 
Ferrari Reflections |
Splendors of Rome-Plate No. 1 Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Splendors of Rome-Plate No. 4 Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Splendors of Rome-Plate No. 6 Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Splendors of Rome-Plate No. 9 Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
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Splendors of Rome-Plate No. 11 Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Splendors of Rome-Plate No. 12 Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Splendors of Rome-Plate No. 14 Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Splendors of Rome-Plate No. 15 Giovanni Paolo Panini | 
Views of Modern Rome 18th Century Giovanni Paolo Panini |
Spanish Steps Rome. | ||||
View of Rome 1593 Antonio Tempesta | 
Panoramic of Colosseum Rome Emanuele Brambilla | 
Panoramic of St.Peter's Basilica Rome Emanuele Brambilla | 
Tribute to the Architecture of Rome C.Cockerell | 
Fountains of Rome |
Panoramic of Colosseum
Rome
Emanuele Brambilla
The Building was commissioned in 72AD by Vespasian and inaugurated
by sacrificing 5000 animals, fights between gladiators and animals
were held here for the pleasure of the common people. A magnificent
work of architectural engineering it is 188 metres x 156 metres,
the facade 48.5 metres high and the 80 arches serving as an entrance
for the 55000 spectators it could accommodate
The Interior of the
Pantheon
Rome
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Built by Marcus Agrippa before the birth of Christ in honor of
Augustus it was later restructured around 120 AD. The Partheon
is the most imposing complete building surviving from antiquity,
its preservation because from 609AD it was converted into a church
and cherished by the pontiffs. The building mixes varying geometrical
shapes - square, sphere, and cylinder, and fuses two architectural
styles, the style typical of the temples, and that of the thermal
baths. The dome is 43.30 metres high and wide.
Interior of Saint
Peter's
Rome
Giovanni Paolo Panini
The cowning feature of St Peter's is the dome by Michelangelo
which is visible from every part of the city. 537 steps and from
the top you can enjoy a view of Rome. Inside the Basilica is over
210 metres long and the dome is 136 metres high. Most important
is the Pieta by Michelangelo - the only work signed by him, also
the Baldachin by Bernini - a gigantic baroque structure upheld
by spiral pillars. Placed over the papal high altar and the Tomb
of St Peter, its 99 lights are kept permanently lit to illuminate
the tomb of St Peter..
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