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      • The Stuarts
    • Portico >
      • Door of Death
      • Door of Good and Evil
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      • 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
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    • San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
    • San Clemente
    • 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
    • San Marco
    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro in Vincoli
    • San Saba
    • 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 Cosmedin
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maddalena
    • Santa Maria Maggiore
    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
    • Santa Prassede
    • Santa Sabina
    • Santi Apostoli
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Santi Luca e Martina
    • 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 Saturn
    • 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. 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. 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

Rome's Smallest Bell Tower

31/8/2019

 
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Bell tower, San Benedetto in Piscinula, Rome
San Benedetto in Piscinula

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A Late Masterpiece by Bernini

30/8/2019

 
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Blessed Ludovica Albertoni by Bernini, San Francesco a Ripa, Rome
Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, Altieri Chapel, San Francesco a Ripa

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Madame Lucrezia

29/8/2019

 
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Madame Lucrezia, Piazza San Marco, Rome
Madame Lucrezia

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The Original Angel of Grief

28/8/2019

 
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Angel of Grief by William Wetmore Story, 'Protestant' Cemetery, Rome
Angel of Grief by William Wetmore Story

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The Best Views in Town

27/8/2019

 
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View-from-the dome-of-St-Peters-Basilica, Rome
A view from the dome of St. Peter's Basilica

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Borromini: Genius of the Baroque

26/8/2019

 
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Commemorative inscription to Francesco Borromini, San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, RomePicture
Commemorative inscription to Francesco Borromini, San Giovanni dei Fiorentini

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The Tomb of the First King of Italy

25/8/2019

 
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Tomb of Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of Italy, Pantheon, Rome
Tomb of King Vittorio Emanuele II, Pantheon

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Rome's Oldest Apse Mosaic

24/8/2019

 
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Apse Mosaic, church of Santa Pudenziana, Rome
Apse mosaic, Santa Pudenziana

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The Triumph of Divine Providence

23/8/2019

 
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Triumph of Divine Providence (det.) by Pietro da Cortona, Palazzo Barberini, Rome
Triumph of Divine Providence (det.) by Pietro da Cortona

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Mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore

22/8/2019

 
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Sant' Andrea al Quirinale

21/8/2019

 
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Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, Rome
Sant' Andrea al Quirinale

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The Monument to Pope Clement XIV

20/8/2019

 
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Funerary monument to Pope Clement XIV by Canova, Santi Apostoli, Rome
Funerary monument to Pope Clement XIV

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The Many Lives of the Mausoleum of Augustus

19/8/2019

 
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Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome
Mausoleum of Augustus

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Temple of Hercules Victor

18/8/2019

 
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Temple of Hercules Victor, Rome
Temple of Hercules Victor

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Fountain of the Lateran Obelisk

17/8/2019

 
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Fountain of the Lateran Obelisk, Rome
Fountain of the Lateran Obelisk

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The Oldest Baptistery in the World

16/8/2019

 
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Vault of the Lateran Baptistery, Rome
Vault of the Lateran Baptistery

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St John Lateran: 16th Century Ceiling

15/8/2019

 
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Wooden ceiling, San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome
Gilded and painted wooden ceiling

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St John Lateran: The Twelve Apostles

14/8/2019

 
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Statue of St Peter by Pierre-Etienne Monnot, San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome
St Peter by Pierre-Etienne Monnot

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Facade by Ferdinando Fuga

13/8/2019

 
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Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Santa Maria Maggiore

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AUC: From the Founding of the City

12/8/2019

 
Via delle Colonnette/Via Antonio Canova
Plaque and bust to Antonio Canova, Rome
Plaque to Antonio Canova

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The 'Garden of Paradise'

11/8/2019

 
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Entrance to chapel of San Zenone, Santa Prassede, Rome
Entrance to the Chapel of St Zeno

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San Carlo al Corso

10/8/2019

 
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Dome of the church of Ss Ambrogio e Carlo, Rome
San Carlo al Corso

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One of Rome's Most Attractive Parks

9/8/2019

 
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Terrace of the Pincio, Rome
View of St Peter's Basilica from the terrace of the Pincio

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Rome's Largest Cemetery

8/8/2019

 
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Chapel, Cemetery of Verano, Rome
Chapel, Cemetery of Verano

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St Peter's Square

7/8/2019

 
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Aerial view of St Peter's Basilica and St Peter's Square, Rome
Aerial view of St Peter's Square

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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 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
    • San Marco
    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro in Vincoli
    • San Saba
    • 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 Cosmedin
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maddalena
    • Santa Maria Maggiore
    • Santa Maria sopra Minerva
    • Santa Prassede
    • Santa Sabina
    • Santi Apostoli
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Santi Luca e Martina
    • 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 Saturn
    • 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. 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. 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