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      • The Stuarts
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    • Ceiling: Part One >
      • Ceiling: Part Two
      • Ceiling: Part Three
    • The Last Judgement
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    • Fountain of the Triton
    • Fountain of the Bees
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    • Fountain of the Four Rivers
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    • Fountain of the Turtles
    • Fountain of the Naiads
    • Fountain of the Cannonball
    • Piazza del Popolo
    • Fountain of the Pantheon
    • Fountains of Piazza Farnese
    • Fountain of Goddess Roma
    • Rioni Fountains
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    • Fountain of Neptune
    • Fountain of the Porter
    • Fountain of the Seahorses
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WALKING TOURS OF ROME

A Monument to Giuseppe Mazzini

30/7/2020

 
Piazzale Ugo la Malfa
Monument to Mazzini by Ettore Ferrari, Rome
Monument to Mazzini by Ettore Ferrari

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The Official Residence of Italy's P.M.

29/7/2020

 
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Palazzo Chigi, Rome
Palazzo Chigi

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Lions and Pears

28/7/2020

 
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Heraldic arms of Pope Sixtus V atop the Lateran Obelisk, Rome
Heraldic arms of Pope Sixtus V atop the Lateran Obelisk

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Raphael's Four Sibyls

26/7/2020

 
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Frescoes by Raphael, Chigi Chapel, Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
Frescoes by Raphael & Timoteo Viti

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A Monument to St Francis of Assisi

25/7/2020

 
Piazza di San Giovanni
Monument to St Francis of Assisi (1927) by Giuseppe Tonnini, Rome
Monument to St Francis of Assisi (1927) by Giuseppe Tonnini

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The Exquisite Art of the Blacksmith

24/7/2020

 
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Wrought-iron gates of the Clementine Chapel, St John Lateran, Rome
Wrought-iron gates of the Cappella Clementina, St John Lateran

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One of the Finest Galleries in Rome

23/7/2020

 
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Casino Nobile di Villa Borghese, Rome
Casino Nobile di Villa Borghese

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The Miracle of the Madonna of the Well

22/7/2020

 
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Church of Santa Maria in Via, Rome
Santa Maria in Via

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The Knights of Malta

20/7/2020

 
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Palazzo Magistrale, Via dei Condotti, Rome
Palazzo Magistrale

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The Mystery of Mithras

19/7/2020

 
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Sculpture of Mithras Slaying the Bull, Vatican museums, Rome
Mithras (Vatican Museums)

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Palazzo Barberini

18/7/2020

 
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Palazzo Barberini, Rome
Palazzo Barberini

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Monument to Italy's First Prime Minister

17/7/2020

 
Piazza Cavour
Monument to Camillo Cavour, Piazza Cavour, Rome
Monument to Camillo Cavour

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Racing & Rome's Carnival

16/7/2020

 
Via del Corso
Street shrine, Via del Corso, Rome
Street shrine, Via del Corso

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Taming the Tiber

15/7/2020

 
Embankments of the River Tiber, Rome
River Tiber

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The Fountain of Cupid

14/7/2020

 
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Cupid Fountain (Fontana del Cupido) by Andrea Busiri Vici, Villa Doria Pamphilj, Rome
Fountain of Cupid

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Relic of the Holy Crib

12/7/2020

 
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Reliquary of Holy Crib, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Reliquary of the Holy Crib

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Fountain of the Caryatids

11/7/2020

 
Piazza dei Quiriti
Fountain of the Caryatids, Piazza dei Quiriti, Rome
Fountain of the Caryatids

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The Park of the Aqueducts

10/7/2020

 
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Park of the Aqueducts (Parco degli Acquedotti), Rome.
Park of the Aqueducts (Parco degli Acquedotti)

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Happy Birthday, Artemisia!

8/7/2020

 
'Self-portrait as St Catherine of Alexandria' by Artemisia Gentileschi, National Gallery, London
'Self-portrait as St Catherine of Alexandria' by Artemisia Gentileschi

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Church of Santa Francesca Romana

6/7/2020

 
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Church of Santa Francesca Romana, Rome
Church of Santa Francesca Romana

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St Lawrence Outside the Walls: Mosaics

5/7/2020

 
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Mosaic, church of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome
6th century mosaic, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura

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"Nero's Tower"!

1/7/2020

 
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Tower of the Militia (Torre delle Milizie), Rome
Tower of the Militia (Torre delle Milizie)

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  • 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
  • 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
    • Piazza del Popolo
    • Fountain of the Pantheon
    • Fountains of Piazza Farnese
    • Fountain of Goddess Roma
    • Rioni Fountains
    • Street Fountains
    • Venice Marries the Sea
    • St Peter's Square
    • Fountain of the Moor
    • Fountain of Neptune
    • Fountain of the Porter
    • Fountain of the Seahorses
  • Gallery
    • Piazzas >
      • Piazza del Campidglio
      • Piazza del Quirinale
      • Piazza del Popolo
      • Piazza di Spagna
      • Piazza Navona
      • Piazza S. M. in Trastevere
      • Piazza San Pietro
    • Mosaics
    • Fountains
    • Churches
    • Ancient Rome
    • Palaces
    • Domes
    • Papal Coats of Arms
    • Street Shrines
    • Old Photographs
    • Borromini & the Baroque