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The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman circus and mass entertainment
venue located in Rome. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine
hills, it was the first and largest circus in ancient Rome. The site is now a public
park and retains little evidence of its former use. Chariot racing was the most
important event at the Circus.
The Tiber Island is a boat-shaped island which has long been associated with
healing. It is an ait, and the only island in the Tiber river which runs through
Rome. The island is located in the southern bend of the river and is
approximately 270 m. long and 67 m. wide. It has been linked to the rest of
Rome by two bridges since antiquity, and was once called Insula
Inter-Duos-Pontes which means "the island between the two bridges".
The Roman (Jewish) Ghetto was located in the rione Sant'Angelo, in the area
surrounded by today's Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del
Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto close to the Tiber and the Theater
of Marcellus. Papal bull Cum nimis absurdum, promulgated by Pope Paul IV in
1555 segregated the Jews, who had lived freely in Rome since Antiquity, in a
walled quarter with three gates that were locked at night, and subjected them to
various restrictions on their personal freedoms such as limits to allowed
professions and compulsory Catholic sermons on the Jewish shabbat.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, officially known in Italian as the Basilica
Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica,
is located within the Vatican City. In Catholic tradition, it is the burial site of its
namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and,
according to tradition, first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line of the
papal succession.
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a
towering cylindrical building, initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor
Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The fortress was the refuge
of Pope Clement VII from the siege of Charles V's Landsknecht during the Sack
of Rome (1527), in which Benvenuto Cellini describes strolling the ramparts and
shooting enemy soldiers.
Piazza Navona is a city square .It follows the plan of an ancient Roman circus,
the 1st century Stadium of Domitian, where the Romans came to watch the
agones ("games"): It was known as 'Circus Agonalis' (competition arena). It
is believed that over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and
eventually to 'navona'.
The Pantheon, originally built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of
Ancient Rome, and rebuilt in the early 2nd century AD. The building is circular
with a portico of three ranks of huge granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first
rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment opening into the rotunda,
under a coffered, concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) open to the
sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the
world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.
The Trevi Fountain is at the junction of three roads (tre vie) and marks the
terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revivified Aqua Virgo, one of
the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. The backdrop for
the fountain is the Palazzo Poli, given a new facade with a giant order of
Corinthian pilasters that link the two main stories.
Spanish Steps. Climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the
base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the church of Trinità dei Monti,
the Scalinata is the longest and widest staircase in Europe. 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.
Imperial Forums built in the last days of the Republic, when the roman Forum
became inadequate to accommodate the growing population, these forums
added to the magnificence of the city ( which now was the capital of the world ) .
Following Caesar, Augustus (32 bc), Vespasian ( 69 -75 ad ) , Domitian ( 97
ad), Trajan (113 ad) and Hadrian added new forums.
The Colosseum, originally called Flavian Amphitheatre, it is an elliptical
amphitheatre, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. One of the greatest
works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering. The building ceased to
be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such
purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a
quarry, manure deposite, stables and a Christian shrine.It has been estimated
that about 500,000 people and over a million wild animals died in the
Colosseum games.
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venue located in Rome. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine
hills, it was the first and largest circus in ancient Rome. The site is now a public
park and retains little evidence of its former use. Chariot racing was the most
important event at the Circus.
The Tiber Island is a boat-shaped island which has long been associated with
healing. It is an ait, and the only island in the Tiber river which runs through
Rome. The island is located in the southern bend of the river and is
approximately 270 m. long and 67 m. wide. It has been linked to the rest of
Rome by two bridges since antiquity, and was once called Insula
Inter-Duos-Pontes which means "the island between the two bridges".
The Roman (Jewish) Ghetto was located in the rione Sant'Angelo, in the area
surrounded by today's Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del
Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto close to the Tiber and the Theater
of Marcellus. Papal bull Cum nimis absurdum, promulgated by Pope Paul IV in
1555 segregated the Jews, who had lived freely in Rome since Antiquity, in a
walled quarter with three gates that were locked at night, and subjected them to
various restrictions on their personal freedoms such as limits to allowed
professions and compulsory Catholic sermons on the Jewish shabbat.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, officially known in Italian as the Basilica
Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica,
is located within the Vatican City. In Catholic tradition, it is the burial site of its
namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and,
according to tradition, first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line of the
papal succession.
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a
towering cylindrical building, initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor
Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The fortress was the refuge
of Pope Clement VII from the siege of Charles V's Landsknecht during the Sack
of Rome (1527), in which Benvenuto Cellini describes strolling the ramparts and
shooting enemy soldiers.
Piazza Navona is a city square .It follows the plan of an ancient Roman circus,
the 1st century Stadium of Domitian, where the Romans came to watch the
agones ("games"): It was known as 'Circus Agonalis' (competition arena). It
is believed that over time the name changed to 'in agone' to 'navone' and
eventually to 'navona'.
The Pantheon, originally built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of
Ancient Rome, and rebuilt in the early 2nd century AD. The building is circular
with a portico of three ranks of huge granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first
rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment opening into the rotunda,
under a coffered, concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) open to the
sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the
world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.
The Trevi Fountain is at the junction of three roads (tre vie) and marks the
terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revivified Aqua Virgo, one of
the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. The backdrop for
the fountain is the Palazzo Poli, given a new facade with a giant order of
Corinthian pilasters that link the two main stories.
Spanish Steps. Climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the
base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the church of Trinità dei Monti,
the Scalinata is the longest and widest staircase in Europe. 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.
Imperial Forums built in the last days of the Republic, when the roman Forum
became inadequate to accommodate the growing population, these forums
added to the magnificence of the city ( which now was the capital of the world ) .
Following Caesar, Augustus (32 bc), Vespasian ( 69 -75 ad ) , Domitian ( 97
ad), Trajan (113 ad) and Hadrian added new forums.
The Colosseum, originally called Flavian Amphitheatre, it is an elliptical
amphitheatre, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. One of the greatest
works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering. The building ceased to
be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such
purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a
quarry, manure deposite, stables and a Christian shrine.It has been estimated
that about 500,000 people and over a million wild animals died in the
Colosseum games.
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