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      • Altar of St Joseph
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      • 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 >
      • 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 >
      • 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 >
      • Baldacchino
      • Confessio
      • Dome
      • St Longinus
      • St Helena
      • St Veronica
      • St Andrew
    • St Peter
    • Chapel of the Choir
    • Chapel of the Baptistery
    • Nave
  • Sistine Chapel
    • North Wall
    • South Wall
    • East Wall
    • Ceiling: Part One >
      • Ceiling: Part Two
      • Ceiling: Part Three
    • The Last Judgement
    • The 'Raphael' Tapestries
  • Fountains
    • Trevi Fountain
    • Fontana della Barcaccia
    • Fountain of the Triton
    • Fountain of the Bees
    • Fountain of Moses
    • Fountain of the Four Rivers
    • Fountain of the Acqua Paola
    • Fountain of the Turtles
    • Fountain of the Naiads
    • Fountain of the Cannonball
    • Fountain of the Four Lions
    • Fountain of the Pantheon
    • Fountains of Piazza Farnese
    • Fountain of the Goddess Roma
    • Rioni Fountains
    • Street Fountains
    • Venice Marries the Sea
    • Fountains of St Peter's Square
    • Fountain of the Moor
    • Fountain of Neptune
    • Fountain of the Porter
    • Fountain of the Seahorses
  • Churches
    • Chiesa Nuova
    • Chiesa del Gesù
    • Lateran Baptistery
    • San Bartolomeo all' Isola
    • San Carlo al Corso
    • San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
    • San Clemente
    • San Crisogono
    • San Francesco a Ripa
    • San Giorgio in Velabro
    • San Giovanni a Porta Latina
    • San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
    • San Giovanni in Laterano
    • San Girolamo della Carità
    • San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • San Lorenzo in Lucina
    • San Luigi dei Francesi >
      • Cappella Contarelli
    • San Marco
    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro in Vincoli
    • San Saba
    • San Sebastiano fuori le Mura
    • San Vitale
    • Sant' Agostino
    • Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura
    • Sant' Agnese in Agone
    • Sant' Andrea del Quirinale
    • Sant' Andrea della Valle
    • Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
    • Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
    • Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza
    • Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
    • Santa Costanza
    • Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
    • Santa Francesca Romana
    • Santa Maria degli Angeli
    • Santa Maria del Popolo >
      • Cappella Cerasi
      • Cappella Chigi
    • Santa Maria della Pace
    • Santa Maria della Vittoria
    • Santa Maria dell' Anima
    • Santa Maria in Aracoeli
    • Santa Maria in Campitelli
    • Santa Maria in Cosmedin
    • Santa Maria in Domnica
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maddalena
    • Santa Maria Maggiore >
      • Cappella Paolina
      • Cappella Sistina
    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
    • Santa Prassede
    • Santa Sabina
    • Santa Susanna
    • Santi Apostoli
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Santi Luca e Martina
    • Santi Quattro Coronati
    • Santissima Trinità di Monti
  • 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
    • Arch of Constantine
    • Arch of Janus
    • Aurelian Walls
    • Baths of Caracalla
    • Castel Sant' Angelo
    • Circus Maxentius
    • Circus Maximus
    • Colosseum
    • Column of Marcus Aurelius
    • Forum of Trajan
    • Pantheon
    • Porta Maggiore
    • Porta San Paolo
    • Porta San Sebastiano
    • Pyramid of Cestius
    • Temple of Hercules
    • Temple of Mars Ultor
    • Temple of Portunus
    • Theatre of Marcellus
    • Tomb of Caecilia Metella
    • Trajan's Column
    • 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. Francesca Romana
    • S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • S. Marco
    • S. Maria in Domnica
    • S. Maria in Trastevere
    • S. Maria Maggiore
    • S. Prassede
    • S. Pudenziana
    • S. Venanzio
    • S. Zenone
    • Ss. Cosma e Damiano
    • Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
  • Gallery
    • Ancient Rome
    • Borromini & the Baroque
    • Churches
    • Domes
    • Fountains
    • Old Photographs
    • Palaces
    • Papal Coats of Arms
    • Street Shrines
  • Miscellaneous
    • EUR
    • Palazzo Farnese
    • Piazza del Campidglio
    • Piazza del Popolo
    • Piazza Navona
    • Piazza San Pietro
    • Ponte Sant' Angelo
    • 'Protestant' Cemetery
    • Quartiere Coppedè
    • Spanish Steps
    • 'Talking' Statues
    • Vittoriano
WALKING TOURS OF ROME

MP ΘY: Mother of God

31/1/2021

 
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MPΘY (Mother of God), Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
MPΘY (Mother of God), Santa Maria in Trastevere

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Funerary Monument to Clement VIII

30/1/2021

 
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Statue of Pope Clement VIII by Silla Longhi, Borghese Chapel, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Pope Clement VIII by Silla Longhi

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Tabernacle by Ludovico del Duca

29/1/2021

 
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Tabernacle by Ludovico del Duca, Cappella Sistina, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Tabernacle by Ludovico Del Duca

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Raphael's Last Work

28/1/2021

 
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The Transfiguration by Raphael, Vatican Museums, Rome
The Transfiguration by Raphael, Vatican Museums

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Ponte Matteotti

27/1/2021

 
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Ponte Matteotti (formerly Ponte del Littorio), Rome
Ponte Matteotti (formerly Ponte del Littorio)

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San Pietro in Montorio

26/1/2021

 
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Church of San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
San Pietro in Montorio

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Death Writes the Inscription

25/1/2021

 
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Funerary monument to Pope Urban VIII, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
A detail of the funerary monument to Pope Urban VIII, St Peter's Basilica

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Art as Propaganda

24/1/2021

 
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Fresco by G.D. Cerrini, vault of church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
The Virgin Mary in Heaven and the Casting Out of the Fallen Angels

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Salavator Mundi: Bernini's Final Work

23/1/2021

 
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Salvator Mundi by Bernini, San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Rome
Salvator Mundi by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, San Sebastiano fuori le Mura

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'The Love that Moves the Sun and the Other Stars'

22/1/2021

 
Via Giuseppe Romita
Entrance to the Planetarium, Rome
Entrance to the Planetarium

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Christians & the Colosseum: The Myth of Martyrdom

21/1/2021

 
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Plaque to Pope Benedict XIV (r. 1740-58), Colosseum, Rome
Plaque to Pope Benedict XIV (r. 1740-58), Colosseum

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The Feast Day of St Sebastian

20/1/2021

 
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Saint Sebastian by Giuseppe Giorgetti, church of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Rome
Saint Sebastian by Giuseppe Giorgetti, San Sebastiano fuori le Mura

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The Church of St Peter & St Paul

19/1/2021

 
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Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostienze, EUR, Rome
Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostienze

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Bramante's Tempietto

18/1/2021

 
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Tempietto by Bramante, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
The Tempietto by Bramante

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Sant' Anastasia al Palatino

17/1/2021

 
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Church of Sant' Anastasia, Rome
Sant' Anastasia al Palatino

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The Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi

16/1/2021

 
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Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi, Janiculum Hill, Rome
Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi

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The Arch of Drusus

15/1/2021

 
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The Arch of Drusus, Rome
The Arch of Drusus

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Ponte Sant' Angelo: the Gateway to St Peter's Basilica

14/1/2021

 
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Ponte Sant' Angelo & Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome
Ponte Sant' Angelo & Castel Sant' Angelo

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The Church of Jesus & Mary

13/1/2021

 
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Interior of the church of Gesù e Maria, Rome
Interior of the church of Gesù e Maria

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St Michael the Archangel

12/1/2021

 
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Picture

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The Vision of Constantine

11/1/2021

 
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Equestrian Statue of Constantine the Great by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
The Vision of Constantine

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Caput Mundi: Head of the World

10/1/2021

 
Capitoline Hill
Temple of Jupiter, Model of Rome
Temple of Jupiter, Model of Rome

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San Marcello al Corso

9/1/2021

 
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Church of San Marcello al Corso, Rome
San Marcello al Corso

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The Portone di Bronzo

8/1/2021

 
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The Portone di Bronzo, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
The Portone di Bronzo

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One of Rome's Better-Kept Secrets

6/1/2021

 
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Church of Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori, Rome
Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori

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  • Home
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  • Slideshow
  • Rome
  • St Peter's Basilica
    • Altars >
      • Altar of St Joseph
      • Altar of St Gregory the Great
      • 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 >
      • 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 >
      • 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 >
      • Baldacchino
      • Confessio
      • Dome
      • St Longinus
      • St Helena
      • St Veronica
      • St Andrew
    • St Peter
    • Chapel of the Choir
    • Chapel of the Baptistery
    • Nave
  • Sistine Chapel
    • North Wall
    • South Wall
    • East Wall
    • Ceiling: Part One >
      • Ceiling: Part Two
      • Ceiling: Part Three
    • The Last Judgement
    • The 'Raphael' Tapestries
  • Fountains
    • Trevi Fountain
    • Fontana della Barcaccia
    • Fountain of the Triton
    • Fountain of the Bees
    • Fountain of Moses
    • Fountain of the Four Rivers
    • Fountain of the Acqua Paola
    • Fountain of the Turtles
    • Fountain of the Naiads
    • Fountain of the Cannonball
    • Fountain of the Four Lions
    • Fountain of the Pantheon
    • Fountains of Piazza Farnese
    • Fountain of the Goddess Roma
    • Rioni Fountains
    • Street Fountains
    • Venice Marries the Sea
    • Fountains of St Peter's Square
    • Fountain of the Moor
    • Fountain of Neptune
    • Fountain of the Porter
    • Fountain of the Seahorses
  • Churches
    • Chiesa Nuova
    • Chiesa del Gesù
    • Lateran Baptistery
    • San Bartolomeo all' Isola
    • San Carlo al Corso
    • San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
    • San Clemente
    • San Crisogono
    • San Francesco a Ripa
    • San Giorgio in Velabro
    • San Giovanni a Porta Latina
    • San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
    • San Giovanni in Laterano
    • San Girolamo della Carità
    • San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • San Lorenzo in Lucina
    • San Luigi dei Francesi >
      • Cappella Contarelli
    • San Marco
    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro in Vincoli
    • San Saba
    • San Sebastiano fuori le Mura
    • San Vitale
    • Sant' Agostino
    • Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura
    • Sant' Agnese in Agone
    • Sant' Andrea del Quirinale
    • Sant' Andrea della Valle
    • Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
    • Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
    • Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza
    • Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
    • Santa Costanza
    • Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
    • Santa Francesca Romana
    • Santa Maria degli Angeli
    • Santa Maria del Popolo >
      • Cappella Cerasi
      • Cappella Chigi
    • Santa Maria della Pace
    • Santa Maria della Vittoria
    • Santa Maria dell' Anima
    • Santa Maria in Aracoeli
    • Santa Maria in Campitelli
    • Santa Maria in Cosmedin
    • Santa Maria in Domnica
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maddalena
    • Santa Maria Maggiore >
      • Cappella Paolina
      • Cappella Sistina
    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
    • Santa Prassede
    • Santa Sabina
    • Santa Susanna
    • Santi Apostoli
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Santi Luca e Martina
    • Santi Quattro Coronati
    • Santissima Trinità di Monti
  • 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
    • Arch of Constantine
    • Arch of Janus
    • Aurelian Walls
    • Baths of Caracalla
    • Castel Sant' Angelo
    • Circus Maxentius
    • Circus Maximus
    • Colosseum
    • Column of Marcus Aurelius
    • Forum of Trajan
    • Pantheon
    • Porta Maggiore
    • Porta San Paolo
    • Porta San Sebastiano
    • Pyramid of Cestius
    • Temple of Hercules
    • Temple of Mars Ultor
    • Temple of Portunus
    • Theatre of Marcellus
    • Tomb of Caecilia Metella
    • Trajan's Column
    • 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. Francesca Romana
    • S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • S. Marco
    • S. Maria in Domnica
    • S. Maria in Trastevere
    • S. Maria Maggiore
    • S. Prassede
    • S. Pudenziana
    • S. Venanzio
    • S. Zenone
    • Ss. Cosma e Damiano
    • Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
  • Gallery
    • Ancient Rome
    • Borromini & the Baroque
    • Churches
    • Domes
    • Fountains
    • Old Photographs
    • Palaces
    • Papal Coats of Arms
    • Street Shrines
  • Miscellaneous
    • EUR
    • Palazzo Farnese
    • Piazza del Campidglio
    • Piazza del Popolo
    • Piazza Navona
    • Piazza San Pietro
    • Ponte Sant' Angelo
    • 'Protestant' Cemetery
    • Quartiere Coppedè
    • Spanish Steps
    • 'Talking' Statues
    • Vittoriano