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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. 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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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. 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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