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A Miscellany of Fountains
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Fountain of Moses
Fountain of Neptune
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Fountain of Ponte Sisto
Fountain of the Acqua Paola
Fountain of the Bees
Fountain of the Cannonball
Fountain of the Frogs
Fountain of the Four Rivers
Fountain of the Goddess Roma
Fountain of the Lateran Obelisk
Fountain of the Little Barrel
Fountain of the Mask
Fountain of the Moor
Fountain of the Naiads
Fountain of the Pantheon
Fountains of Piazza del Popolo
Fountain of Ponte Sisto
Fountain of the Porter
Fountain of the Tritons
Fountain of the Seahorses
Fountain of the Triton
Fountain of the Tureen
Fountain of the Turtles
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Chapel of St Helen
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S. Eustachio
S. Francesco a Ripa
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Cappella Altieri
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S. Giorgio in Velabro
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Cappella Corsini
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Cappella Antamoro
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S. Gregorio Magno
S. Ignazio di Loyola
S. Ivo alla Sapienza
S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
S. Lorenzo in Damaso
S. Lorenzo in Lucina
S. Lorenzo in Miranda
S. Lucia del Gonfalone
S. Luigi dei Francesi
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Cappella Contarelli
Ss. Luca e Martina
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S. Marcello al Corso
S. Marco
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S. Maria dei Miracoli
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Cappella Cerasi
Cappella Chigi
S. Maria dei Sette Dolori
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S. Maria della Pace
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Chigi Chapel
Cloister of Bramante
S. Maria della Scala
S. Maria della Vittoria
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Cappella Cornaro
S. Maria delle Grazie
S. Maria dell' Anima
S. Maria dell' Orazione e Morte
S. Maria dell' Orto
S. Maria di Loreto
S. Maria in Aracoeli
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Cappella Bufalini
S. Maria in Aquiro
S. Maria in Campitelli
S. Maria in Cosmedin
S. Maria in Domnica
S. Maria in Monserrato
S. Maria in Montesanto
S. Maria in Traspontina
S. Maria in Trastevere
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Cappella Altemps
S. Maria in Trivio
S. Maria in Via
S. Maria in Via Lata
S. Maria Maddalena
S. Maria Maggiore
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Baptistery
Cappella Paolina
Cappella Sistina
S. Maria sopra Minerva
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Cappella Carafa
Chapel of the Annunciation
S. Maria Scala Coeli
S. Martino ai Monti
Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
S. Nicola da Tolentino
S. Nicola dei Lorenesi
S. Nicola in Carcere
Ss. Nome di Maria
S. Onofrio al Gianicolo
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S. Pantaleo
S. Paolo alla Regola
S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane
S. Paolo fuori le Mura
S. Pasquale Baylon
S. Pietro in Montorio
S. Pietro in Vincoli
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S. Prisca
S. Pudenziana
Ss. Quattro Coronati
S. Rita da Cascia
S. Rocco
S. Saba
S. Sabina
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Chapel of St Catherine
Chapel of St Hyacinth
S. Salvatore in Lauro
S. Salvatore in Onda
S. Sebastiano fuori le Mura
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Cappella Albani
S. Silvestro in Capite
S. Sisto Vecchio
S. Spirito in Sassia
S. Stanislao dei Polacchi
S. Stefano Rotondo
Ss Stimmate di San Francesco
Ss. Sudario dei Piemontesi
S. Susanna
Ss. Trinità degli Spagnoli
Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini
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Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio
Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio
S. Vitale
Cloisters
Palatine
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Arch of Septimius Severus
Arch of Titus
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Curia Julia
Temple of Antoninus Pius
Temple of Castor and Pollux
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Temple of Venus and Rome
Temple of Vespasian and Titus
Temple of Vesta
Ancient Monuments
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Ara Pacis
Arch of Constantine
Arch of Drusus
Arch of Gallienus
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Arch of the Money-Changers
Aurelian Walls
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Castel Sant' Angelo
Catacombs of Domitilla
Circus Maxentius
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Portico of Octavia
Pyramid of Cestius
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Theatre of Marcellus
Theatre of Pompey
Tomb of Caecilia Metella
Via Appia
Obelisks
'Minerveo' Obelisk
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'Matteiano' Obelisk
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'Vatican' Obelisk
'Agonalis' Obelisk
'Sallustiano' Obelisk
'Quirinale' Obelisk
'Esquiline' Obelisk
'Pinciano' Obelisk
'Mediceo' Obelisk
'Torlonia' Obelisks
'Mussolini' Obelisk
'Marconi' Obelisk
Mosaics
Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
San Clemente
Santa Costanza
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San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
San Marco
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Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria Maggiore
Santa Prassede
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San Zenone
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Santi Cosma e Damiano
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Palaces
Palazzo Barberini
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Palazzo del Quirinale
Palazzo della Cancelleria
Palazzo della Consulta
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Miscellaneous
A Calendar of Saints
A Literary Tour
Antico Caffè Greco
Babington's Tea Rooms
Barberini Bees
Borromini & the Baroque
Catacombs
Column of the Immaculate Conception
Domes
Equestrian Statues
EUR
Fasces
Flood Plaques
Galleria Sciarra
House of the Owls
Jewish Ghetto
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Mithraism
Monumental Complex of S. Spirito in Sassia
Ponte Sisto
Porta Pia
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On This Day in Italy
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The Bernini Trail
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Alessandro Algardi
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Domenico Guidi
Pierre Le Gros
Giuseppe Mazzuoli
Antonio Raggi
Camillo Rusconi
Filippo della Valle
Pictures from Italy
Florence
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A Literary Tour
Anna Maria Luisa: Last of the Medici
Canons' Palace
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
Flood Plaques
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
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
Caffè Florian
Daniele Manin
Flagpoles
Giustina Rossi
Gondolas
Harry's Bar
Henry James
House of Three Eyes
Island of Lace
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
Blog Posts: 2020
27.12
:
Feast Day of St John the Evangelist
26.12:
Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini
25.12:
Plaque to Mozart
24.12:
Ponte Settimia Spizzichino: Marking the Memory of a Holocaust Survivor
23.12:
Changing Faces of the Piazza Barberini
22.12:
Palazzo Spada: Borromini & the Art of Illusion
21.12:
Baths of Nero
20.12:
House of Flaminio Ponzio: Recycling Facades
19.12:
Palazzo Carpegna & Borromini
17.12:
Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo: Moving Churches!
16.12:
Ponte Cestio
15.12:
Trajan’s Forum
14.12:
Palazzo dei Marescialli: The Many Heads of Mussolini
10.12:
Santa Maria della Scala: Madonna of the Staircase
07.12:
Monte di Pieta: A 500-Year-Old Pawn Shop
02.12:
Trajan’s Market
01.12:
Ss. Stimmate di San Francesco: St Francis and the Stigmata
30.11
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Ponte Palatino: The ‘English' Bridge
26.11:
Why is a Speaker’s Platform called a Rostrum?
18.11:
Madonna dell’ Archetto: Smallest Church in Rome
16.11:
Plaque to Cellini: Goldsmith, Sculptor & Writer
15.11:
Ponte dei Fiorentini: Penny Bridge
14.11:
Palazzetto di Tizio da Spoleto: Painted Facades
12.11:
A Caged Wolf in the Heart of Rome!
11.11:
Church of Santa Maria Liberatrice
10.11:
Fountain of Palazzo Spada: Fountain of the Breasts
07.11:
Church of San Girolamo dei Croati
05.11:
Coat of arms of Pope Pius XII: The Last Roman Pope
04.11:
Roman Palazzi: Courtyard Fountains
02.11:
Palazzo Rondanini: Pieta by Michelangelo
21.10
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Temple of Romulus
14.10:
Palazzo Senatorio: Bell Tower
12.10:
The Saint & the Origin of the Word ‘Pants’
11.10:
Fascist Origins of Stazione Ostiense
10.10:
The Balzana: A Touch of Siena in Rome
02.10:
San Girolamo della Carità: Antamoro Chapel
30.09
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Palazzo dei Conservatori
28.09:
Colossus of Constantine: ‘Behold This Foot’
25.09:
Sant’ Eligio degli Orefici: The Goldsmiths' Church
23.09:
Piazza dell’ Aracoeli: One of the Oldest Fountains in Rome
22.09:
Curia: From Senate House to Church
21.09:
Villa Borghese: Monument to King Umberto I
20.09:
150th anniversary of the ‘Capture of Rome’
18.09:
Church of Santa Maria ai Monti
17.09:
Fountain of Ponte Sisto
16.09:
Theatre of Pompey
14.09:
Decoding Roman Numerals
12.09:
Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II
11.09:
Twin Towers Memorial
10.09:
Fountain of the Dog
08.09:
Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
06.09:
Fountain of the Barrel
04.09:
Church of Santa Prisca & the Mithraeum
03.09:
Stadio dei Marmi: Sport in the Time of Fascism
02.09:
Church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami & the Mamertine Prison
01.09:
Vatican Museums: Double-helix staircase by Giuseppe Momo
28.08
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Vatican Museums: Sphere Within a Sphere
26.08:
Fascism & the Fountain in Piazza Mazzini
24.08:
Palazzo della Farnesina: Fountain of the World
22.08:
Fountain: ‘Novecento’ by Arnaldo Pomodoro
18.08:
Church of Sant’ Ignazio: Two Monumental Matching Altars
15.08:
Ferragosto: Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
14.08:
Ancient Rome: Forum of Nerva
12.08:
San Lorenzo in Lucina: Chateaubriand’s Monument to Poussin
11.08:
San Tommaso in Formis: Mosaic of Christ Freeing Two Slaves
10.08:
The ‘Tears’ of St Lawrence
09.08:
Santa Caterina dei Funari: ‘From the Jaws of the Devil’
08.08:
The Spada Chapel: A Baroque Gem
08.08:
Church of Domine Quo Vadis
07.08:
Sant’ Agostino: Madonna del Parto
03.08:
Church of San Macuto
30.07
:
Monument to Giuseppe Mazzini
29.07:
Palazzo Chigi: Official Residence of Italy’s P. M.
28.07:
Coat of Arms of Pope Sixtus V: Lions and Pears
26.07:
Santa Maria della Pace: Chigi Chapel: Raphael’s Four Sibyls
25.07:
Monument to St Francis
24.07:
St John Lateran: Cappella Clementina: Exquisite Art of the Blacksmith
23.07:
Villa Borghese: Casino Nobile
22.07:
Santa Maria in Via: Miracle of the Madonna of the Well
20.07:
Knights of Malta
19.07:
Mystery of Mithraism
18.07:
Palazzo Barberini
17.07:
Monument to Cavour, Italy’s First Prime Minister
16.07:
Via del Corso: Plaque to Pope Alexander VII: Racing & Rome’s Carnival
15.07:
River Tiber: Building the Embankments
14.07:
Fountain of Cupid
12.07:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Relic of the Holy Crib
11.07:
Fountain of the Caryatids
10.07:
Ancient Rome: Park of the Aqueducts
08.07:
Birth of Artemisia Gentileschi
01.07:
Torre delle Milizie: Nero’s Tower!
29.06
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St Peter’s Basilica: Statue of St Peter: Marking the Feast of St Peter & St Paul
29.05
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St Peter’s Basilica: Cathedra Petri: Chair of St Peter
22.05:
Oratorio dei Filippini: Borromini’s Clock Tower
15.05:
Coat of Arms of Pope Francis
08.05:
Doria-Pamphilj Gallery: Olimpia Maidalchini by Algardi: Rome’s ‘She-Pope’
01.05:
Ponte Milvio: St John of Nepomuk by Cornacchini: My Lips are Sealed!
29.04
:
Galleria Borghese: Rape of Proserpina by Bernini
28.04:
St John Lateran: Funerary monument to Pope Leo XIII
22.04:
Chapel of the Three Magi by Borromini
15.04:
Springtime at the Spanish Steps
06.04:
Pantheon: Tomb of Raphael
31.03
:
Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli: Freeing Christian Captives & Slaves
30.03:
Galleria Borghese: Aeneas, Anchises & Ascanius by Bernini
25.03:
Images of the Annunciation in Rome
22.03:
St Peter’s Basilica: Equestrian statue of Charlemagne
20.03:
Ancient Rome: Temple of Portunus
19.03:
Model of Imperial Rome
18.03:
Views of 18th century Rome by Canaletto
17.03:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Cappella Paolina: Galileo’s Moon
14.03:
Villa Sciarra
12.03:
Ancient Rome: Ponte Nomentano
10.03:
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini: A Foot of Mary Magdalene
09.03:
Centrale Montemartini: Goddess of Today’s Fortune
08.03:
Marking the Meridian
06.03:
Villa Borghese: Temple of Aesculapius
03.03:
Fountain of Pope Pius IX
02.03:
Vatican: Sarcophagus of St Helena
01.03:
Villa Borghese: Fountain of Joy
29.02
:
Vatican: River Nile
28.02:
Capitoline Museums
27.02:
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
23.02:
Statue of Lord Byron: ‘Oh Rome! My Country! City of the Soul’
22.02:
Villino Ximenes: Trinacria: Sicily’s Three-Legged Lady
21.02:
Fountain of the Senate
20.02:
Past & Present: Fountain of the Cannonball
18.02:
Botanical Garden
17.02:
Fontana del Pianto
16.02:
The Garden of the Oranges
14.02:
Palazzo delle Esposizioni: Palace of Exhibitions
13.02:
San Francesco a Ripa: Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel
12.02:
San Gregorio della Divina Pietà: From Riches to Rags
11.02:
Via Margutta: Street of the Artists
10.02:
St Stanislaus Kostka by Legros: A Saint on His Deathbed
09.02:
Church of San Bernardo alle Terme
08.02:
Museo Nazionale Romano: ‘Know Thyself’ Mosaic
06.02:
A Curious Image of a Carthusian Monk
05.02:
Acquario Romanum: Roman Aquarium
04.02:
Sant’ Ignazio: Funerary Monument of Pope Gregory XV
03.02:
Coat of Arms of Pope Alexander VII
02.02:
Palazzo della Sapienza: Palace of Wisdom
01.02:
Santa Maria degli Angeli: Bronze doors by Mitoraj
31.01
:
Anglican Church of All Saints
30.01:
Stazione Termini
29.01:
Pietro Canonica Museum
28.01:
The Baths of Diocletian
27.01:
Palazzo Koch
26.01: Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II
25.01:
St Paul Within the Walls: Rome’s First Protestant Church
24.01:
Santa Maria degli Angeli: Michelangelo’s Last Architectural Work
22.01:
The Walls of the Roman Republic
21.01:
Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni: Church of the Burgundians
20.01:
The Nolli Map (1748): Mapping the Eternal City
19.01:
Shelley’s Grave: ‘Nothing of him that doth fade…’
18.01:
Vatican Museums: Room of the Immaculate Conception
17.01:
Palazzo delle Finanze
16.01:
Protestant Cemetery: ‘So Sweet a Place’
15.01:
Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum: One of Rome’s Quirkier Museums
14.01:
Torre dei Conti: Tower of the Counts
13.01:
Royal Rowing Club
12.01:
Art Nouveau & the Villino Cagiati
09.01:
Lake Nemi: Discovery and Loss of Caligula's Boats
08.01:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Virgin Mary on the Cross
07.01:
Fountain of the Goddess Roma
06.01:
Images of the Adoration of the Magi
05.01:
San Luigi dei Francesi: The King and the Salamander
04.01:
The Hidden 'Cat' of Palazzo Grazioli
03.01:
Via Ostiense: Plaque Marking Final Meeting of St Peter and St Paul
02.01:
Villino Ximenes: First Flowering of Art Nouveau
01.01:
Teatro Argentina: The Barber of Seville by Rossini: First Night Fiasco
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Fountain of the Porter
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Fountain of the Turtles
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King Victor Emmanuel II
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