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St Peter's Basilica
Altars
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Altar of St Joseph
Altar of St Gregory the Great in St Peter's Basilica in Rome
Altar of the Madonna of Succour
Altar of St Sebastian
Altar of the Lie
Altar of the Presentation of the Virgin
Altar of St Jerome
Altar of the Transfiguration
Altar of Pope Leo the Great
Monuments
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Countess Matilda of Canossa
Maria Clementina Sobieska
Queen Christina of Sweden
Pope Innocent VIII
Pope Paul III
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIV
Pope Leo XI
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Alexander VII
Pope Clement X
Pope Innocent XI
Pope Alexander VIII
Pope Innocent XII
Pope Benedict XIV
Pope Clement XIII
Pope Pius VII
Pope Leo XII
Pope Pius VIII
Pope Gregory XVI
Pope Pius X
Pope Benedict XV
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XII
Pope John XXIII
The Stuarts
Portico
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Door of Death
Door of Good and Evil
Central Door
Door of the Sacraments
Holy Door
Pieta
Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
Cathedra Petri
Crossing
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Baldacchino
Confessio
Dome
St Longinus
St Helena
St Veronica
St Andrew
St Peter
Chapel of the Choir
Chapel of the Baptistery
Nave
Vatican Museums
Borgia Apartment
Cappella Niccolina
Gallery of the Candelabras
Gallery of the Maps
Gallery of the Tapestries
'Raphael' Tapestries
Sala di Costantino
Sala dei Chiaroscuri
Stanza della Segnatura
Stanza di Eliodoro
Stanza dell' Incendio
Sistine Chapel
North Wall
South Wall
East Wall
Ceiling: Part One
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Ceiling: Part Two
Ceiling: Part Three
The Last Judgement
Fountains
Fontana della Barcaccia
Fontana di Piazza delle Scole
Fountain of Moses
Fountain of Neptune
Fountains of Piazza Farnese
Fountain of the Acqua Paola
Fountain of the Bees
Fountain of the Cannonball
Fountain of the Four Rivers
Fountain of the Goddess Roma
Fountain of the Moor
Fountain of the Naiads
Fountain of the Pantheon
Fountains of Piazza del Popolo
Fountain of the Porter
Fountains of St Peter's Square
Fountain of the Seahorses
Fountain of the Triton
Fountain of the Turtles
Four Fountains
Rioni Fountains
Street Fountains
Trevi Fountain
Venice Marries the Sea
Churches
Chiesa del Gesù
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Cappella di Sant' Ignazio
Chiesa Nuova
Lateran Baptistery
San Bartolomeo all' Isola
San Benedetto in Piscinula
San Carlo ai Catinari
San Carlo al Corso
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
San Clemente
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Cappella Castiglione
San Crisogono
San Francesco a Ripa
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Cappella Altieri
Cappella Rospigliosi-Pallavicini
San Giorgio in Velabro
San Giovanni a Porta Latina
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
San Giovanni in Laterano
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Cappella Corsini
San Girolamo della Carità
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Cappella Antamoro
Cappella Spada
San Gregorio Magno
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
San Lorenzo in Damaso
San Lorenzo in Lucina
San Luigi dei Francesi
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Cappella Contarelli
San Marco
San Pancrazio
San Paolo fuori le Mura
San Pietro in Montorio
San Pietro in Vincoli
San Saba
San Sebastiano fuori le Mura
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Cappella Albani
San Silvestro in Capite
San Vitale
Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura
Sant' Agnese in Agone
Sant' Agostino
Sant' Anastasia
Sant' Andrea al Quirinale
Sant' Andrea della Valle
Sant' Andrea delle Fratte
Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
Sant' Eustachio
Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza
Santa Caterina dei Funari
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
Santa Costanza
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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Chapel of St Helen
Santa Francesca Romana
Santa Maria degli Angeli
Santa Maria del Popolo
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Cappella Cerasi
Cappella Chigi
Santa Maria del Priorato
Santa Maria della Pace
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Chigi Chapel
Cloister of Bramante
Santa Maria della Vittoria
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Cappella Cornaro
Santa Maria dell' Anima
Santa Maria dell' Orazione e Morte
Santa Maria dell' Orto
Santa Maria di Loreto
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
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Cappella Bufalini
Santa Maria in Campitelli
Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Santa Maria in Domnica
Santa Maria in Trastevere
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Cappella Altemps
Santa Maria in Via
Santa Maria Maddalena
Santa Maria Maggiore
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Baptistery
Cappella Paolina
Cappella Sistina
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
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Cappella Carafa
Cappella dell' Annunziata
Santa Prassede
Santa Pudenziana
Santa Sabina
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Chapel of St Catherine
Chapel of St Hyacinth
Santa Susanna
Santi Apostoli
Santi Cosma e Damiano
Santi Domenico e Sisto
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Santi Luca e Martina
Santi Nereo e Achilleo
Santi Quattro Coronati
Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio
Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli
Santissima Trinità di Monti
Santissimo Nome di Maria
Palatine
Forum
Arch of Septimius Severus
Arch of Titus
Basilica of Maxentius
Curia Julia
Temple of Antoninus Pius
Temple of Castor and Pollux
Temple of Saturn
Temple of Venus and Rome
Temple of Vesta
Ancient Monuments
Aqueducts
Ara Pacis
Arch of Constantine
Arch of the Money-Changers
Arch of Janus
Aurelian Walls
Baths of Caracalla
Baths of Diocletian
Castel Sant' Angelo
Catacombs of Domitilla
Circus Maxentius
Circus Maximus
Colosseum
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Column of Trajan
Forum of Augustus
Forum of Trajan
Mausoleum of Augustus
Nymphaeum
Pantheon
Ponte Fabricio
Ponte Milvio
Ponte Rotto
Ponte Sant' Angelo
Porta Maggiore
Porta San Paolo
Porta San Sebastiano
Portico of Octavia
Pyramid of Cestius
Temple of Hadrian
Temple of Hercules
Temple of Portunus
Theatre of Balbus
Theatre of Marcellus
Theatre of Pompey
Tomb of Caecilia Metella
Via Appia
Obelisks
'Minerveo' Obelisk
'Flaminio' Obelisk
'Matteiano' Obelisk
'Lateran' Obelisk
'Dogali' Obelisk
'Macuteo' Obelisk
'Solare' Obelisk
'Vatican' Obelisk
'Agonalis' Obelisk
'Sallustiano' Obelisk
'Quirinale' Obelisk
'Esquiline' Obelisk
'Pinciano' Obelisk
'Mediceo' Obelisk
'Torlonia' Obelisks
'Mussolini' Obelisk
'Marconi' Obelisk
Mosaics
S. Agnese fuori le Mura
S. Cecilia in Trastevere
S. Clemente
S. Costanza
S. Francesca Romana
S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
S. Marco
S. Maria in Domnica
S. Maria in Trastevere
S. Maria Maggiore
S. Prassede
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S. Zenone
S. Pudenziana
S. Stefano
S. Teodoro
S. Venanzio
Ss. Cosma e Damiano
Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
Gallery
Ancient Rome
Churches
Domes
Fountains
Old Photographs
Palaces
Street Shrines
Palazzi
Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo del Quirinale
Palazzo della Cancelleria
Palazzo della Consulta
Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Palazzo Farnese
Palazzo Farnesina
Palazzo Laterano
Palazzo Madama
Palazzo Spada
Palazzo Venezia
Villa Giulia
Villa Farnesina
Villa Medici
Galleries & Museums
Galleria Borghese
Galleria Colonna
Galleria Doria-Pamphilj
Musei Capitolini
Piazzas
Campo de' Fiori
Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
Piazza del Campidoglio
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Quirinale
Piazza della Repubblica
Piazza Farnese
Piazza Navona
Piazza San Pietro
Piazza Vittorio
Miscellaneous
A Calendar of Saints
A Literary Tour
Antico Caffè Greco
Art of the Cosmati
Babington's Tea Rooms
Borromini & the Baroque
Catacombs
Cloisters
Column of the Immaculate Conception
Domes
EUR
Fascism
House of the Owls
Jewish Ghetto
Jubilee Years
Knights of Malta
Mithraism
Monumental Complex of S. Spirito in Sassia
Ponte Sisto
'Protestant' Cemetery
Quartiere Coppedè
Spanish Steps
'Talking' Statues
Tiber Island
Villa Borghese
Vittoriano
Rioni
Rione I - Monti
Rione II - Trevi
Rione III - Colonna
Rione IV - Campo Marzio
Rione V - Ponte
Rione VI - Parione
Rione VII - Regola
Rione VIII - Sant' Eustachio
Rione IX - Pigna
Rione X - Campitelli
Rione XI - Sant' Angelo
Rione XII - Ripa
Rione XIII - Trastevere
Rione XIV - Borgo
On This Day in Italy
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Pictures from Italy
Florence
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A Literary Tour
Anna Maria Luisa: Last of the Medici
Casa-Galleria Vichi
Column of Justice
Column of St Zenobius
Cosimo I de' Medici
Cosimo II de' Medici
Costanza Bonarelli
David With Fig Leaf
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Equestrian Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici
Equestrian Statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici
Festina Lente
Floods
Fontana del Bacchino
Fontana dei Puttini
Fountain of Neptune
Fountains of the Marine Monsters
Gian Gastone de' Medici
Girolamo Savonarola
Images of the Annunciation
Little Devil
Monument to Cellini
Palazzo Bartolini-Salimbeni
Palazzo Bianca Cappello
Palazzo Fenzi
Palazzo Viviani
Perseus and Medusa
Piazza Santa Maria Novella
Pope Leo XI
Porta della Mandorla
Rape of the Sabine Woman
Santa Maria Novella
Canons' Palace
Statue of Dante
Theft of the Century
Torre del Arnolfo
Twelve Good Men
Villa Gamberaia
Wheel of the Innocents
'Wine Windows'
Lazio
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Bomarzo: Parco dei Mostri
Viterbo: Santa Rosa
Tuscany
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Arezzo: Giorgio Vasari
Lucca: Puccini
Pistoia: Ospedale del Ceppo
Siena: The Balzana
Siena: The Palio
Venice
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Ab Urbe Condita
Acqua Alta
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Barque of Dante
Burano
Caffè Florian
Daniele Manin
Flagpoles
Giustina Rossi
Gondolas
Harry's Bar
Henry James
House of Three Eyes
King Victor Emmanuel II
Map of Venice
Martinmas
Master of the House
Palazzo Contarini Fasan
Ponte Borgoloco
Ponte Chiodo
Punta del Dogana
Scacciadiavoli
Shrine of St Lucia
Sior Antonio Rioba
The 'Book Shitter'
The Lion's Mouth
Tommaso Rangone
Torcello
Venus
'Viennese Oranges'
Wellheads
Winged Lions
Popes: 1417-Present
Papal Coats of Arms
Blog Posts: 2019
31.12
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Pantheon: Plaque to Arcangelo Corelli
30.12:
Coat of Arms of the House of Savoy
29.12:
Church of Santa Rita da Cascia in Campitelli
27.12:
Villa Torlonia and Gardens
24.12:
St Peter’s Basilica: The Thirty-Nine Statues of Founder Saints
23.12:
San Giovanni in Laterano: Bronze Doors of Senate: From Curia to Cathedral
22.12:
Triclinium of Pope Leo III
21.12:
Lateran Palace
20.12:
St Peter’s Basilica: Dome Mosaics
19.12:
EUR: Palazzo degli Uffici: Disguising the Face of Fascism
18.12:
EUR: Palazzo dell’ INPS & Palazzo dell’ INA: Four Maritime Republics
16.12:
St Peter’s Basilica: Statues Atop the Facade
15.12:
St Peter’s Square: The Embrace of Mother Church
14.12:
St Peter’s Square: Statues of St Peter & St Paul
13.12:
St John Lateran: Porta Santa (Holy Door) by Floriano Bodini
11.12:
Museum of the Souls of Purgatory
09.12:
Palazzo della Consulta
08.12:
Roman Time & the Six-Hour Clock
06.12:
Popes, Portraits & the End of the World
05.12:
Russian Orthodox Church of St Catherine Martyr: From Russia with Love
04.12:
Vatican Museums: Fountain of the Pinecone
02.12:
Palazzo Nuovo: Marforio: One of the Six Talking Statues
30.11
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Hotel Minerva: Plaque to Stendhal
29.11:
Santi Apostoli: Bessarion Chapel: Unearthing a Lost Chapel
28.11:
Villa Doria Pamphilj: Casino del Bel Respiro
27.11:
St Peter’s Basilica: Holy-Water Stoups
26.11:
Pantheon: Bees, Barbarians & the Barberini
25.11:
Pantheon: Largest Concrete Dome in the World
24.11:
The Dome of St Peter’s Basilica and the Optical Illusion
23.11:
St Catherine of Siena by Francesco Messina
22.11:
Pharmacy of the Popes
21.11:
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj: Doves and Lilies
20.11:
Santa Maria del Popolo: Funerary Monument to a Young Princess
19.11:
The Crypt of the Capuchins
17.11:
Piazza Bocca della Verita:
Fountain of the Tritons
16.11:
Palazzo Venezia: Madonnella di San Marco
15.11:
Via Margutta: Plaque to Pablo Picasso
14.11:
Porta San Paolo
13.11:
Sant’ Atanasio dei Greci: Clock face: The Pope’s Dragon
12.11:
Church: Santa Barbara dei Librai
11.11:
Fountain in Piazza Colonna
10.11:
Sant’ Andrea delle Fratte: Borromini’s Bell Tower
09.11:
Fountain of the ‘Soup Tureen’
08.11:
Palazzo di Propaganda di Fide: Bernini Versus Borromini
07.11:
Sant’ Andrea delle Fratte: Bernini’s Two Angels
05.11:
Twin Fountains of Valle Giulia
04.11:
Via dei Fori Imperiali: Maps & Mussolini
03.11:
Santi Apostoli: Monument to Michelangelo
02.11:
Sant’ Agnese fuori le Mura: Blessing of the Lambs
01.11:
Ponte Sisto: First Bridge Since Antiquity
30.10
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Via della Conciliazione: Road of Conciliation
28.10:
Fountain of the Frogs
27.10:
Santa Bibiana
26.10:
Coffered Ceilings in Roman Churches
25.10:
Jubilee Church
24.10:
Portico of Octavia
23.10:
Church of Sant’ Angelo in Pescheria
22.10:
View of St Peter’s from Monte Mario
21.10:
Palace of Justice
20.10:
St Peter’s Basilica by Candlelight
19.10:
Casa dei Crescenzi: Oldest Medieval House in Rome
18.10:
Fountains of the Egyptian Lions: Turning Water into Wine
17.10:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Column of Peace
16.10:
Great Synagogue
15.10:
Santa Maria in Aracoeli: Bufalini Chapel & Frescoes by Pinturicchio
14.10:
The Domes of Rome
13.10:
Rooms of St Ignatius Loyola: Frescoes by Pozzo & the Art of Anamorphosis
12.10:
The Curious Tale of Michelangelo’s House
11.10:
Santa Maria in Aracoeli: Altar to Heaven
10.10:
Baths of Nero & the Italian Constitution
09.10:
Santa Maria dell’ Anima: Bell Tower
08.10:
Palazzo dei Pupazzi: Palace of the Puppets
06.10:
Stolpersteine: Stumbling-Stones
04.10:
Fountain of the Amphorae
02.10:
House of Lorenzo Manilio
01.10:
Oratorio dei Filippini: Oratory of St Philip Neri by Borromini
30.09
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Monument to Pietro Metastasio, Poet & Librettist
28.09:
Sant’ Andrea della Valle: Second Highest Dome in Rome
27.09:
IHS: Seal of the Society of Jesus
26.09:
Santa Maria della Scala: Caravaggio’s Death of the Virgin
25.09:
Art Nouveau & the Galleria Sciarra
23.09:
The Cannonball & the Galleria Colonna
22.09:
San Marco: National Church of Venice
21.09:
Monument to the Roman Poet Trilussa
16.09:
Cannone del Mezzogiorno: Marking Midday With a Bang
13.09:
Porta del Popolo
11.09:
Santi Quattro Coronati: Cloister: One of the Most Secluded Spots in Rome
10.09:
Palazzo Spada
09.09:
Santa Maria in Monserrato: The Madonna of Montserrat
08.09:
Pope John Paul ll by Oliviero Rainaldi: Rome’s Tribute to its Polish Pope
06.09:
San Salvatore in Lauro: The Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto
05.09:
Santi Quattro Coronati: Medieval Frescoes in the Aula Gotica
04.09:
St Paul Outside the Walls: Apse Mosaic
02.09:
Mosaics by Ferrazzi: A Modern Take on an Ancient Myth
01.09:
Santa Maria in Campitelli: Altieri Chapel
31.08
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San Benedetto in Piscinula: Rome’s Smallest Bell Tower
30.08:
San Francesco a Ripa: Blessed Ludovica Albertoni: Late Masterpiece by Bernini
29.08:
Madame Lucrezia
28.08:
Protestant Cemetery: The Angel of Grief
27.08:
St Peter’s Basilica: One of the Best Views in Rome
26.08:
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini: Tomb of Borromini
25.08:
Pantheon: Tombs of the First Two Kings of Italy
24.08:
Santa Pudenziana: Oldest Apse Mosaic
23.08:
Palazzo Barberini: Ceiling Fresco by Pietro da Cortona
20.08:
Santi Apostoli: Funerary monument to Pope Clement XIV
19.08:
Many Lives of the Mausoleum of Augustus
18.08:
Temple of Hercules Victor
17.08:
Fountain of the Lateran Obelisk
15.08:
St John Lateran: 16th Century Wooden Ceiling
14.08:
St John Lateran: Twelve Apostles
13.08:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Facade by Ferdinando Fuga
12.08:
Ab Urbe Condita (A.U.C): From the Founding of the City
09.08:
The Pincio: One of Rome’s Most Attractive Parks
08.08:
Campo Verano: Rome’s Largest Cemetery
03.08:
Santi Luca e Martina: The Barberini Bees
02.08:
San Clemente: Castiglione Chapel: Frescoes by Masolino
01.08:
Fountain of the Baboon (Fontana del Babuino)
29.07
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Temple of Vesta
28.07:
Swiss Guards: World’s Smallest Army
26.07:
Cistercian church of San Nicola Castrum Caetani
25.07:
San Sebastiano fuori le Mura: St Sebastian by Giuseppe Giorgetti
24.07:
Pantheon: 14 Stations of the Cross by Severino
23.07:
Porta San Sebastiano
20.07:
Church of Sant' Urbano alla Caffarella
17.07:
Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Carafa Chapel
16.07:
Santa Maria della Pace: Cloister of Bramante
15.07:
Water-clocks
14.07:
Equestrian Statue of Anita Garibaldi
13.07:
Santi Apostoli: Decoding a Rather Unusual Inscription
12.07:
Etruscan Museum: Sarcophagus of the Spouses
11.07:
Chiesa del Gesu: Triumph of Religion Over Heresy
10.07:
The Lovers’ Fountain
09.07:
Street Shrines: Madonnelle
08.07:
San Battista Giovanni dei Genovesi: One of the Finest Renaissance Cloisters
07.07:
Forma Urbis Romae: A Monumental Map of Ancient Rome
05.07:
The 'Square' Colosseum
04.07:
St Peter’s Square: Plaque Marking the Shooting of Pope John Paul II
03.07:
Mouth of Truth: Rome’s Very Own Lie Detector
02.07:
Ponte Rotto: Rome’s Broken Bridge
01.07:
Castel Sant’ Angelo: Castle of the Archangel
30.06
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Palazzo Senatorio
29.06:
St Peter and St Paul: Patron Saints of Rome
28.06:
Temple of Venus and Roma: Largest Temple Ever Built in Rome
27.06:
Palatine: Farnese Gardens
26.06:
San Giovanni in Laterano: Cloister
25.06:
Villa Borghese Gardens
23.06:
Twin fountains in Piazza Farnese
22.06:
Santa Maria in Aracoeli: Stairway to Heaven
19.06:
Palazzo della Cancelleria: The Renaissance Arrives in Rome
18.06:
The Year 1582 and the Missing Ten Days!
17.06:
Museo Napoleonico: A Museum to Napoleon and His Family
16.06:
Canova Tadolini Museum: Coffee and Cake Amidst the Casts
14.06:
Grattachecca: A Very Roman Tradition
13.06:
Villa Medici
12.06:
Circus Maximus: The Oldest and Largest Stadium in Rome
10.06:
Villa Borghese: Monument to Goethe
09.06:
Pentecost at the Pantheon
08.06:
Secret Cloisters of San Cosimato
07.06:
Romulus and Remus: The Most Famous Twins in History
06.06:
Santa Maria Annunziata ai Monti
05.06:
Palazzo Borghese: Bath of Venus
04.06:
The Monument to Mussolini
03.06:
Courtyard of Palazzo Venezia: An Oasis of Peace and Tranquillity
02.06:
Street of the Marble Foot
01.06:
Casino dell’ Aurora
27.05
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Two Plaques to Bernini
26.05: San Pietro in Vincoli: Moses by Michelangelo
25.05:
Palazzo Madama: Seat of the Senate
24.05:
Oratorio del Gonfalone
22.05:
Galleria Borghese: Apollo and Daphne by Bernini
21.05:
Villa Farnesina
19.05:
Monument to Pope Urban VII, the Shortest-Reigning Pope
18.05:
Sant’ Ignazio: A Masterpiece of Baroque Art
17.05:
San Luigi dei Francesi: Contarelli Chapel: Caravaggio’s Rejected Masterpiece
16.05:
Santa Maria dell’ Orazione e Morte: The Church of Death
15.05:
Chiesa del Gesu: Fresco by il Baciccio: Triumph of the Name of Jesus
11.05:
Santa Maria della Vittoria: Ecstasy of St. Teresa
07.05:
The Most Famous Keyhole in Rome
05.05:
Plaque to James Joyce: ‘Let the ruins rot’
04.05:
The ‘Twin’ Churches
02.05:
Sant’ Andrea della Valle: Case of the Missing Angel
01.05:
Capitoline Museums: Colossus of Constantine
30.04
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Centrale Montemartini: One of the Most Fascinating Museums in Rome
29.04:
Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Tomb of St Catherine of Siena
28.04:
Plaques to Fellini
24.04:
Campo de’ Fiori: Monument to Giordano Bruno
22.04:
Piazza del Popolo: Once a Place For Public Executions
21.04:
Happy Birthday, Rome
18.04:
Santa Maria Maggiore: The Other Sistine Chapel
17.04:
San Giovanni in Laterano: Mother of All Churches
16.04:
Palazzo del Quirinale: From Popes to Presidents
15.04:
Palazzo Bonaparte: Home to Napoleon’s Mother
14.04:
Vatican Museums: Crossing the Threshold
11.04:
The Tale of the Tower of the Monkey
10.04:
Santa Maria in Trastevere: An Eye-Catching Memorial
08.04:
Vatican: The Galleon Fountain
07.04:
Galleria Doria Pamphilj: Pope Innocent X by Velazquez
06.04:
Museo Barracco: A Charming, but Little-Visited Museum
04.04:
Galleria Farnese: Loves of the Gods
03.04:
Statues of Castor and Pollux
02.04:
Massacre of Rome
01.04:
The Six ‘Talking’ Statues
30.03
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The Church & the Stag’s Head
29.03:
Flood Plaques
28.03:
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere: Last Judgement by Cavallini
27.03:
Preserving the Popes’ Praecordia
25.03:
Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Providing Dowries for Poor Girls
24.03:
Ruota degli Esposti (Wheel of the Exposed): Abandoned Babies
23.03:
Ara Pacis: Altar of Peace
21.03:
Papal Coats of Arms
18.03:
Piazza del Quirinale: Fountain of the Dioscuri
15.03:
Area Sacra di Largo Argentina: Assassination of Julius Caesar
15.03:
Santa Francesca Romana: Patron Saint of Car Drivers
14.03:
Hunting Pollution: Europe’s Largest Eco-Friendly Mural
13.03:
Keats-Shelley House: Plaque to Keats
11.03:
Casina delle Civette: House of the Owls
09.03:
Art of the Cosmati
08.03:
Surviving Signs of the Fascist Era
06.03:
Quartiere Coppedè: One of Rome’s Quirkiest Quarters
05.03:
Ponte Sant’ Angelo: The 'Fallen' Angel
03.03:
The ‘Boxer at Rest’
02.03:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Bernini’s Tomb
01.03:
Santi Quattro Coronati: Chapel of St Sylvester: A Hidden Gem of Medieval Art
26.02
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Ponte Milvio: The Bridge and the Battle that Changed the Course of History
25.02:
Borghese Gallery: Paolina Borghese by Canova
24.02:
St Paul Outside the Walls: One of Rome’s Most Beautiful Cloisters
22.02:
Palazzo Montecitorio: Time Flies
21.02:
Barberini Bees
20.02:
Villa Giulia: Museo Etrusco Nazionale
19.02:
Isola Tiberina: Healing and the Rod of Aesculapius
15.02:
Fountain of the Porter
14.02:
Vatican Museums: The ‘Braschi’ Antinous
13.02:
Michelangelo’s Pieta: The Only Work of Art Michelangelo Ever Signed
12.02:
Fountain of the Four Rivers: Why Does the River Nile Hide its Face?
10.02:
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius: A Fortunate Case of Mistaken Identity
09.02:
The Emperor Who Never Aged!
07.02:
Sant’ Agnese in Agone: St Agnes, Patron Saint of Chastity
06.02:
A Queen, a Fountain and a Cannonball
05.02:
Antico Caffè Greco: Oldest Cafe in Rome
04.02:
Palazzo Zuccari: House of the Monsters
03.02:
Trevi Fountain & La Dolce Vita
02.02:
Babington’s Tea Rooms
01.02:
Street Fountains
30.01
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Chiesa del Gesù: Macchina Barocca: A 300-Year-Old Baroque Spectacle
29.01:
Rome's Lighthouse!
28.01:
Gammarelli: Tailor to the Popes
27.01:
The Largest Statue in Rome
26.01:
Lago di Piazza Navona
25.01:
Protestant Cemetery: Keats’ Grave
24.01:
How the Colosseum Gained its Name
23.01:
The Cardinal’s Clock
22.01:
S.P.Q.R.
18.01:
The ‘Keyhole’ View of St Peter’s Basilica
17.01:
Santa Sabina: Relief of the Crucifixion
16.01:
Porta Pia and the End of Papal Rule
13.01:
Monument to Belli: The People’s Poet
12.01:
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs)
08.01:
The Pope’s Elephant
07.01:
Santa Maria Maggiore: A Modern Stained Glass Window
06.01:
Ostia Antica: The Castle of Pope Julius II
05.01:
Ostia Antica
04.01:
Via Appia: The Queen of Roads
02.01:
Santa Maria in Trastevere: Cupola of the Avila Chapel
01.01:
Images of Death in Roman Churches
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The Stuarts
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Crossing
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St Peter
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Nave
Vatican Museums
Borgia Apartment
Cappella Niccolina
Gallery of the Candelabras
Gallery of the Maps
Gallery of the Tapestries
'Raphael' Tapestries
Sala di Costantino
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Stanza della Segnatura
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North Wall
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East Wall
Ceiling: Part One
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Ceiling: Part Two
Ceiling: Part Three
The Last Judgement
Fountains
Fontana della Barcaccia
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Fountain of Moses
Fountain of Neptune
Fountains of Piazza Farnese
Fountain of the Acqua Paola
Fountain of the Bees
Fountain of the Cannonball
Fountain of the Four Rivers
Fountain of the Goddess Roma
Fountain of the Moor
Fountain of the Naiads
Fountain of the Pantheon
Fountains of Piazza del Popolo
Fountain of the Porter
Fountains of St Peter's Square
Fountain of the Seahorses
Fountain of the Triton
Fountain of the Turtles
Four Fountains
Rioni Fountains
Street Fountains
Trevi Fountain
Venice Marries the Sea
Churches
Chiesa del Gesù
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Cappella di Sant' Ignazio
Chiesa Nuova
Lateran Baptistery
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San Clemente
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Cappella Castiglione
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Cappella Corsini
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Cappella Antamoro
Cappella Spada
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San Lorenzo in Lucina
San Luigi dei Francesi
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Cappella Contarelli
San Marco
San Pancrazio
San Paolo fuori le Mura
San Pietro in Montorio
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San Saba
San Sebastiano fuori le Mura
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Cappella Albani
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Sant' Agostino
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Sant' Andrea delle Fratte
Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
Sant' Eustachio
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Santa Caterina dei Funari
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
Santa Costanza
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Chapel of St Helen
Santa Francesca Romana
Santa Maria degli Angeli
Santa Maria del Popolo
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Cappella Cerasi
Cappella Chigi
Santa Maria del Priorato
Santa Maria della Pace
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Chigi Chapel
Cloister of Bramante
Santa Maria della Vittoria
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Cappella Cornaro
Santa Maria dell' Anima
Santa Maria dell' Orazione e Morte
Santa Maria dell' Orto
Santa Maria di Loreto
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
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Cappella Bufalini
Santa Maria in Campitelli
Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Santa Maria in Domnica
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Cappella Altemps
Santa Maria in Via
Santa Maria Maddalena
Santa Maria Maggiore
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Baptistery
Cappella Paolina
Cappella Sistina
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
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Cappella Carafa
Cappella dell' Annunziata
Santa Prassede
Santa Pudenziana
Santa Sabina
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Chapel of St Catherine
Chapel of St Hyacinth
Santa Susanna
Santi Apostoli
Santi Cosma e Damiano
Santi Domenico e Sisto
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Santi Luca e Martina
Santi Nereo e Achilleo
Santi Quattro Coronati
Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio
Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli
Santissima Trinità di Monti
Santissimo Nome di Maria
Palatine
Forum
Arch of Septimius Severus
Arch of Titus
Basilica of Maxentius
Curia Julia
Temple of Antoninus Pius
Temple of Castor and Pollux
Temple of Saturn
Temple of Venus and Rome
Temple of Vesta
Ancient Monuments
Aqueducts
Ara Pacis
Arch of Constantine
Arch of the Money-Changers
Arch of Janus
Aurelian Walls
Baths of Caracalla
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Castel Sant' Angelo
Catacombs of Domitilla
Circus Maxentius
Circus Maximus
Colosseum
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Column of Trajan
Forum of Augustus
Forum of Trajan
Mausoleum of Augustus
Nymphaeum
Pantheon
Ponte Fabricio
Ponte Milvio
Ponte Rotto
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Porta Maggiore
Porta San Paolo
Porta San Sebastiano
Portico of Octavia
Pyramid of Cestius
Temple of Hadrian
Temple of Hercules
Temple of Portunus
Theatre of Balbus
Theatre of Marcellus
Theatre of Pompey
Tomb of Caecilia Metella
Via Appia
Obelisks
'Minerveo' Obelisk
'Flaminio' Obelisk
'Matteiano' Obelisk
'Lateran' Obelisk
'Dogali' Obelisk
'Macuteo' Obelisk
'Solare' Obelisk
'Vatican' Obelisk
'Agonalis' Obelisk
'Sallustiano' Obelisk
'Quirinale' Obelisk
'Esquiline' Obelisk
'Pinciano' Obelisk
'Mediceo' Obelisk
'Torlonia' Obelisks
'Mussolini' Obelisk
'Marconi' Obelisk
Mosaics
S. Agnese fuori le Mura
S. Cecilia in Trastevere
S. Clemente
S. Costanza
S. Francesca Romana
S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
S. Marco
S. Maria in Domnica
S. Maria in Trastevere
S. Maria Maggiore
S. Prassede
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Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Quirinale
Piazza della Repubblica
Piazza Farnese
Piazza Navona
Piazza San Pietro
Piazza Vittorio
Miscellaneous
A Calendar of Saints
A Literary Tour
Antico Caffè Greco
Art of the Cosmati
Babington's Tea Rooms
Borromini & the Baroque
Catacombs
Cloisters
Column of the Immaculate Conception
Domes
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Fascism
House of the Owls
Jewish Ghetto
Jubilee Years
Knights of Malta
Mithraism
Monumental Complex of S. Spirito in Sassia
Ponte Sisto
'Protestant' Cemetery
Quartiere Coppedè
Spanish Steps
'Talking' Statues
Tiber Island
Villa Borghese
Vittoriano
Rioni
Rione I - Monti
Rione II - Trevi
Rione III - Colonna
Rione IV - Campo Marzio
Rione V - Ponte
Rione VI - Parione
Rione VII - Regola
Rione VIII - Sant' Eustachio
Rione IX - Pigna
Rione X - Campitelli
Rione XI - Sant' Angelo
Rione XII - Ripa
Rione XIII - Trastevere
Rione XIV - Borgo
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A Literary Tour
Anna Maria Luisa: Last of the Medici
Casa-Galleria Vichi
Column of Justice
Column of St Zenobius
Cosimo I de' Medici
Cosimo II de' Medici
Costanza Bonarelli
David With Fig Leaf
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Equestrian Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici
Equestrian Statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici
Festina Lente
Floods
Fontana del Bacchino
Fontana dei Puttini
Fountain of Neptune
Fountains of the Marine Monsters
Gian Gastone de' Medici
Girolamo Savonarola
Images of the Annunciation
Little Devil
Monument to Cellini
Palazzo Bartolini-Salimbeni
Palazzo Bianca Cappello
Palazzo Fenzi
Palazzo Viviani
Perseus and Medusa
Piazza Santa Maria Novella
Pope Leo XI
Porta della Mandorla
Rape of the Sabine Woman
Santa Maria Novella
Canons' Palace
Statue of Dante
Theft of the Century
Torre del Arnolfo
Twelve Good Men
Villa Gamberaia
Wheel of the Innocents
'Wine Windows'
Lazio
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Bomarzo: Parco dei Mostri
Viterbo: Santa Rosa
Tuscany
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Arezzo: Giorgio Vasari
Lucca: Puccini
Pistoia: Ospedale del Ceppo
Siena: The Balzana
Siena: The Palio
Venice
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Ab Urbe Condita
Acqua Alta
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Barque of Dante
Burano
Caffè Florian
Daniele Manin
Flagpoles
Giustina Rossi
Gondolas
Harry's Bar
Henry James
House of Three Eyes
King Victor Emmanuel II
Map of Venice
Martinmas
Master of the House
Palazzo Contarini Fasan
Ponte Borgoloco
Ponte Chiodo
Punta del Dogana
Scacciadiavoli
Shrine of St Lucia
Sior Antonio Rioba
The 'Book Shitter'
The Lion's Mouth
Tommaso Rangone
Torcello
Venus
'Viennese Oranges'
Wellheads
Winged Lions
Popes: 1417-Present
Papal Coats of Arms