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The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch, situated between the
Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected to commemorate Constantine
I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312.
Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the existing triumphal arches in Rome, from
which it differs by spolia, the extensive re-use of parts of earlier buildings.
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.
Campo dei Fiori is a rectangular piazza near Piazza Navona ,on the border
of rione Parione and rione Regola. Campo dei Fiori, translated literally from
Italian, means "field of flowers." The name was first given during the Middle
Ages when the area was actually a meadow. In Ancient Rome the area was
unused space between Pompey's Theatre and the flood-prone Tiber. Capital
punishments used to be held publicly in Campo dei Fiori.
Palazzo Farnese is a prominent High Renaissance palace in Rome, which
currently houses the French Embassy in Italy. “The most imposing Italian
palace of the sixteenth century", according to Sir Banister Fletcher, this palace
was designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546), one of
Bramante's assistants in the design of St. Peter's.
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. Taming of the waters is the
theme of the gigantic scheme that tumbles forward, mixing water and rockwork,
and filling the small square. Tritons guide Oceanus' shell chariot, taming
seahorses (hippocamps).
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.
Venice square takes its name from the adjacent Palazzo Venezia. The piazza
is at the foot of the Capitoline Hill and near the Roman Forum. It is dominated
by the imposing Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, a monument to honour
Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. The monument holds the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame, built under the statue of Italy
after World War I following an idea of General Giulio Douhet.
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. During the middle ages
and the renaissance this monumental area degenerated into a heap of ruins
gradually becoming buried under the soil. When the excavations begun in
1924, fragments of the temples scattered in the area came to light.
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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