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      • 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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      • Pope Innocent XII
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      • 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
    • San Sebastiano fuori le Mura
    • San Carlo al Corso
    • San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
    • San Clemente
    • San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
    • San Giovanni in Laterano
    • San Girolamo della Carità
    • San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • San Luigi dei Francesi
    • San Marco
    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro in Vincoli
    • Sant' Agostino
    • 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 Croce in Gerusalemme
    • Santa Francesca Romana
    • Santa Maria del Popolo
    • Santa Maria della Pace
    • Santa Maria della Vittoria
    • Santa Maria dell' Anima
    • Santa Maria in Aracoeli
    • Santa Maria in Campitelli
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maddalena
    • Santa Maria Maggiore
    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
    • Santa Prassede
    • Santa Sabina
    • Santi Apostoli
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Trinità di Monti
  • Ancient Monuments
    • Arch of Constantine
    • Arch of Septimius Severus
    • Arch of Titus
    • Castel Sant' Angelo
    • Colosseum
    • Column of Marcus Aurelius
    • Pantheon
    • Pyramid of Cestius
    • Temple of Venus and Rome
    • Theatre of Marcellus
    • Trajan's Column
  • 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. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • S. Marco
    • S. Maria in Domnica
    • S. Prassede
    • S. Pudenziana
    • S. Zenone
    • Ss. Cosma e Damiano
    • Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
  • EUR
  • Gallery
    • Piazzas >
      • Piazza del Campidglio
      • Piazza del Quirinale
      • Piazza del Popolo
      • Piazza di Spagna
      • Piazza Navona
      • Piazza S. M. in Trastevere
      • Piazza San Pietro
    • Fountains
    • Churches
    • Ancient Rome
    • Palaces
    • Domes
    • Papal Coats of Arms
    • Street Shrines
    • Old Photographs
    • Borromini & the Baroque
WALKING TOURS OF ROME

Church of Santa Francesca Romana

31/7/2019

 
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Church of Santa Francesca Romana, Rome
Santa Francesca Romana

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Piazza del Campidoglio

30/7/2019

 
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Aerial view of Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome
Aerial view of Piazza del Campidoglio

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The Vestal Virgins

29/7/2019

 
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Temple of Vesta, Forum, Rome
Temple of Vesta

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The World's Smallest Army

28/7/2019

 
Two Swiss Guards, Vatican City, Rome
Two Swiss Guards

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Rome's First African Emperor

27/7/2019

 
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Arch of Septimius Severus, Forum, Rome
Arch of Septimius Severus

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The Cistercians in Rome

26/7/2019

 
Via Appia
Cistercian church of San Nicola Castrum Caetani, Via Appia, Rome
San Nicola Castrum Caetani

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St Sebastian Outside the Walls

25/7/2019

 
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St Sebastian by Giorgetti, Church of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Rome
St Sebastian (det.) by Giuseppe Giorgetti

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Pantheon: The 14 Stations of the Cross

24/7/2019

 
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Jesus is condemned to death. by Federico Severino, Stations of the Cross, Pantheon, Rome
1: Jesus is condemned to death.

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Porta San Sebastiano

23/7/2019

 
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The Porta San Sebastiano, Rome
Porta San Sebastiano

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Church of the Trinità dei Monti

22/7/2019

 
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Spanish Steps and the church of Santissima Trinita dei Monti, Rome
The Spanish Steps leading up to the Trinita dei Monti

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The Theatre of Marcellus

21/7/2019

 
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Theatre of Marcellus, Rome
Theatre of Marcellus

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Sant' Urbano alla Caffarella

20/7/2019

 
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Church of Sant' Urbano alla Caffarella, Rome
Sant' Urbano alla Caffarella

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Tomb of Cecilia Metella

19/7/2019

 
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Tomb of Cecilia Metella, Via Appia, Rome
Tomb of Cecilia Metella

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Temple of Castor and Pollux

18/7/2019

 
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Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome
Temple of Castor and Pollux

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The Carafa Chapel

17/7/2019

 
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The Carafa Chapel, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
The Carafa Chapel

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The Café in the Cloister

16/7/2019

 
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Cloister by Donato Bramante, Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace

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Rome's Two Water-Clocks

15/7/2019

 
Water-clock, courtyard of Palazzo Muto Berardi Cesi, Rome,
Water-clock, courtyard of Palazzo Muto Berardi Cesi

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The First Mrs Garibaldi

14/7/2019

 
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Equestrian statue of Anita Garibaldi by Mario Rutelli, Gianicolo, Rome
Equestrian statue of Anita Garibaldi by Mario Rutelli

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Decoding An Unusual Inscription!

13/7/2019

 
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Statues on the facade of the church of Santi Apostoli, Rome
Christ and Two Apostles, Facade of Santi Apostoli

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Love, Etruscan Style

12/7/2019

 
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Sarcophagus of the Spouses, National Etruscan Museum, Rome
Sarcophagus of the Spouses (det.)

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The Triumph of Religion Over Heresy

11/7/2019

 
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The Triumph of Religion Over Heresy by Pierre Legros, Chiesa del Gesu, Rome
The Triumph of Religion Over Heresy by Pierre Legros the Younger

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The Lovers' Fountain

10/7/2019

 
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The Trevi Fountain, Rome
The Trevi Fountain

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The Street Shrines of Rome

9/7/2019

 
Madonna del Buon Consiglio, Via di Monserrato, Rome
Madonna del Buon Consiglio, Via di Monserrato

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Hidden Away in the Heart of Trastevere

8/7/2019

 
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15th century cloister, San Giovanni Battista dei Genovesi, Roma
15th century cloister, San Giovanni Battista dei Genovesi

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A Monumental Map of Ancient Rome

7/7/2019

 
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Reconstruction of the Forma Urbis Romae (Severan Marble Plan of Rome)
Reconstruction of the Forma Urbis Romae (Severan Marble Plan of Rome)

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  • Home
  • Private Tours
  • Contact
  • Slideshow
  • Notes on 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
    • San Sebastiano fuori le Mura
    • San Carlo al Corso
    • San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
    • San Clemente
    • San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
    • San Giovanni in Laterano
    • San Girolamo della Carità
    • San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • San Luigi dei Francesi
    • San Marco
    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro in Vincoli
    • Sant' Agostino
    • 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 Croce in Gerusalemme
    • Santa Francesca Romana
    • Santa Maria del Popolo
    • Santa Maria della Pace
    • Santa Maria della Vittoria
    • Santa Maria dell' Anima
    • Santa Maria in Aracoeli
    • Santa Maria in Campitelli
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maddalena
    • Santa Maria Maggiore
    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
    • Santa Prassede
    • Santa Sabina
    • Santi Apostoli
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Trinità di Monti
  • Ancient Monuments
    • Arch of Constantine
    • Arch of Septimius Severus
    • Arch of Titus
    • Castel Sant' Angelo
    • Colosseum
    • Column of Marcus Aurelius
    • Pantheon
    • Pyramid of Cestius
    • Temple of Venus and Rome
    • Theatre of Marcellus
    • Trajan's Column
  • 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. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • S. Marco
    • S. Maria in Domnica
    • S. Prassede
    • S. Pudenziana
    • S. Zenone
    • Ss. Cosma e Damiano
    • Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
  • EUR
  • Gallery
    • Piazzas >
      • Piazza del Campidglio
      • Piazza del Quirinale
      • Piazza del Popolo
      • Piazza di Spagna
      • Piazza Navona
      • Piazza S. M. in Trastevere
      • Piazza San Pietro
    • Fountains
    • Churches
    • Ancient Rome
    • Palaces
    • Domes
    • Papal Coats of Arms
    • Street Shrines
    • Old Photographs
    • Borromini & the Baroque