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Cappella Cornaro
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Cappella Bufalini
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Baptistery
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Cappella Carafa
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Chapel of St Catherine
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S. Salvatore in Lauro
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S. Sebastiano fuori le Mura
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Cappella Albani
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A Calendar of Saints
A Literary Tour
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Babington's Tea Rooms
Barberini Bees
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Column of the Immaculate Conception
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On This Day in Italy
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Pierre Le Gros
Giuseppe Mazzuoli
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Filippo della Valle
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A Literary Tour
Anna Maria Luisa: Last of the Medici
Canons' Palace
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Column of Justice
Column of St Zenobius
Cosimo I de' Medici
Cosimo II de' Medici
Costanza Bonarelli
David With Fig Leaf
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Equestrian Statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici
Festina Lente
Flood Plaques
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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
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'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: 2021
29.12
:
St Peter’s Basilica: Statue of Christ the Redeemer by Cristoforo Stati
28.12:
Feast of the Holy Innocents
27.12:
Ancient Rome: Marking the Pomerium
26.12:
Feast Day of St Stephen: The First Christian Martyr
25.12:
Nativity Scenes
24.12:
Coat of arms of Pope St Pius X
22.12:
Pope Urban VIII by Bernini
21.12:
Pope Paul V and the Theft of Raphael’s Painting of the Deposition
20.12: Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II
19.12:
Church of Sant’ Ignazio: Angel by Bernardino Ludovisi
18.12:
Church of Sant’ Apollinare alle Terme
17.12:
Musei Capitolini: Bronze Colossus of Constantine
16.12:
Coat of arms of Pope Innocent X
15.12:
Galleria Borghese: Sleep by Alessandro Algardi
14.12:
Colonna dell' Immacolata: King David by Adamo Tadolini
13.12:
Galleria Borghese: David by Bernini
12.12:
Capitoline Museums: Pope Innocent X by Algardi
11.12:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Hail, the Queen of Peace by Guido Galli
10.12:
San Giovanni in Laterano: Wooden 15th century Statue of the Virgin and Child
09.12:
Santa Maria Maggiore: King Philip IV of Spain
08.12:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Holy Door
07.12:
Piazza Navona: Fountain of Neptune
06.12:
San Carlo al Corso: Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
05.12:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Reliquary of the Holy Crib
04.12:
Feast Day of St Barbara: Patron Saint of Mathematicians
03.12:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Statue of Pope Clement VIII by Silla Longhi
02.12:
Church of San Nicola in Carcere
01.12:
Santa Maria del Popolo: Funerary monument to G. B. Gisleni
30.11
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Feast Day of St Andrew
28.11:
‘Protestant’ Cemetery: Grave of Devereux Plantagenet Cockburn
27.11:
Lateran Baptistery: St John the Baptist by Luigi Valadier
25.11:
Santi Apostoli: Ancient bas-relief of an eagle from Trajan’s Forum
23.11:
Bust of Giuseppe Valadier
22.11:
Feast Day of St Cecilia: Patron Saints of Musicians
19.11:
Ancient Rome: Arch of Gallienus
17.11:
Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo: Bell Tower
15.11:
Church of Santa Maria del Carmine
08.11:
Church of Santa Sabina: Tomb of Fra' Muñoz de Zamora
01.11:
The Pantheon & the Origin of the Feast of All Saints
31.10
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Coat of arms of Pope Paul V
07.10:
Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli: Ceiling: In Memory of the Battle of Lepanto
06.10:
Casino dell’ Aurora di Villa Ludovisi: Dawn
29.09
:
Michaelmas day: Feast Day of St Michael
27.09:
Via Campania: Bust of Belisarius
17.09:
Vatican City Railway Station
14.09:
700th anniversary of the Death of Dante
12.09:
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria: Organ and Cantoria
06.09:
Fountain: Fontana Sallustiana
01.09:
Palazzo Parlante: The Talking Palazzo
10.08
:
Feast Day of St Lawrence: The Patron Saint of Cooks & Comedians
05.08:
Casa Vaca: Moving House
31.07
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Feast Day of St Ignatius of Loyola
20.07:
Mussolini & Piazza Augusto Imperatore
19.07:
Church of Santa Maria dell’ Anima: A Strikingly Modern Altar
04.07:
The Crab & the Crucifix
01.07:
Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina: Baptistery Vault: Squaring the Circle
29.06
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Feast Day of St Peter & St Paul
28.06:
The ‘Sugar' Church
24.06:
San Lorenzo in Lucina: Cappella Fonseca
22.06:
Chiesa dell’ Annunziatella
20.06:
St Peter’s Basilica: A List of Popes Buried in the Basilica
18.06:
Palazzo Mancini Salviati: Fasces & Fishes
17.06:
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini: Capponi monument
13.06:
Feast Day of St Anthony of Padua; Patron Saint of Lost Things
26.05
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Feast Day of St Philip Neri
08.05
:
Church of San Michele a Ripa: Roman Charity
06.05:
Church of Santa Maria in Via: Monogram of the Servites
04.05:
Why is Rome known as the Eternal City?
02.05:
Church of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
30.04
:
A Cat & the Annunciation
26.04:
San Gioacchino ai Prati. The Popes’ Church
23.04:
Equestrian Statues
22.04:
Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Funerary Monuments to Pope Leo X and Clement VII
21.04:
Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Funerary monument to Pope Benedict XIII
19.04:
Equestrian statue of King Carlo Alberto of Savoy
16.04:
A Little-Known Work by Bernini
15.04:
Porta San Pancrazio: A Gate Without Walls
12.04:
Piazza del Campidoglio: ‘Bridge of Sighs’
11.04:
Ancient Rome: Villa dei Quintili
09.04:
Church of Santo Stefano Rotondo
08.04:
The ‘Owl’ & the End of the World
05.04:
Meta Sudans: An Ancient Roman Fountain
03.04:
Equestrian statue of Giorgio Castriota ‘Scanderbeg’
02.04:
Santa Maria in Aracoeli: Coat of Arms of Pope Urban VIII
01.04:
Church of the Holy Shroud
26.03
:
Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli: Wooden ceiling
24.03:
Coat of Arms of the Camera Apostolica: A Parasol & a Pair of Crossed Keys
22.03:
Oratorio di Sant’ Andrea dei Pescivendoli: Oratory of the Fishmongers
19.03:
Coat of Arms of Pope Pius XI
17.03:
The Angels of Santa Maria in Campitelli
15.03:
Assassination of Julius Caesar: Beware the Ides of March
12.03: Casa dei Cavalieri di Rodi: House of the Knights of Rhodes
09.03:
Cola di Rienzo: A Medieval Populist?
08.03:
San Paolo fuori le Mura: Facade mosaics
03.03:
The Tale of an Emperor & a Public Urinal
02.03:
From Jewish Cemetery to Rose Garden
01.03:
Church of San Sisto Vecchio
28.02
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Palazzo Ruspoli: Frescoes by Jacopo Zucchi
27.02:
Abbey of Sant’ Anselmo
26.02:
Piazza of the Knights of Malta
25.02:
Trajan’s Column: Statue of St Peter
24.02:
Why Does the Pope Always Wear White?
23.02:
Bicentenary Anniversary of the Death of John Keats
21.02:
Palazzo Farnese: Sala dei Fasti Farnesiani: Glories of the Farnese Family
19.02:
Santa Maria dell’ Anima: Funerary Monument: ‘Live Remembering You Will Die’
18.02:
Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Tomb of Fra Angelico
18.02:
Michelangelo, Vasari & the Hall of a Hundred Days
17.02:
Santa Maria in Campitelli: Madonna del Portico
16.02:
Vatican: Sala Regia
15.02:
Coat of Arms of Pope Pius VI
14.02:
Oratory of San Giovanni Decollato
13.02:
Villa Farnesina: Frescoes by Sodoma
12.02:
Palazzo Colonna: Rome & the Rococo
11.02:
Palazzo Ricci-Sacchetti: Frescoes by Salviati
10.02:
Ancient Rome: Statue of Tiberinus: God of the River Tiber
09.02:
Church of San Silvestro in Capite: The Mandylion
07.02:
Pius IX: Longest-Reigning Pope
06.02:
San Giovanni Decollato: Confraternity of St John the Beheaded
05.02:
Church of Sant’ Agnese in Agone: St Agnes Among the Flames by Ercole Ferrata
03.02:
A Tale of Michelangelo, the Master of Ceremonies & Minos
01.02:
Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina
30.01
:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Funerary Monument to Pope Clement VIII
29.01:
Santa Maria Maggiore: Cappella Sistina: Tabernacle by Ludovico del Duca
28.01:
Vatican Museums: Raphael’s Transfiguration
27.01:
Ponte Matteotti
25.01:
Funerary Monument to Pope Urban VIII: Death Writes the Inscription
24.01:
Santa Maria della Vittoria: Fresco by Cerrini: Art as Propaganda
23.01:
San Sebastiano fuori le Mura: Salvator Mundi: Bernini’s Final Work
22.01:
Old Planetarium: ‘The Love That Moves the Sun and the Other Stars’
21.01:
Christians & the Colosseum: The Myth of Martyrdom
20.01:
Feast Day of St Sebastian
19.01:
Church of St Peter & St Paul
18.01:
Bramante’s Tempietto
17.01:
Church of Sant’ Anastasia al Palatino
16.01:
Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi
15.01:
Ancient Rome: Arch of Drusus
14.01:
Ponte Sant’ Angelo: Gateway to St Peter’s Basilica
13.01:
Church of Jesus and Mary
12.01:
Castel Sant’ Angelo: Statue of St Michael
11.01:
St Peter’s Basilica: Vision of Constantine
10.01:
Temple of Jupiter: Caput Mundi: Head of the World
09.01:
Church of San Marcello al Corso
08.01:
Vatican: Portone di Bronzo
06.01:
Church of Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori: One of Rome’s Better-Kept Secrets
05.01:
Vatican: Scala Regia: The Royal Staircase
04.01:
Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary
02.01:
Palazzo Altemps: The Goat and the Altana
01.01:
Vatican City Flag
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Sistine Chapel
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Last Judgement
Fountains
A Miscellany of Fountains
Trevi Fountain
Fontana della Barcaccia
Fontana della Peschiera
Fontana Sallustiana
Fountain in Piazza Colonna
Fountain in Piazza delle Cinque Scole
Fountain in Piazza dell' Aracoeli
Fountain in Piazza Nicosia
Fountain in Piazza di S.M. in Trastevere
Fountain of Moses
Fountain of Neptune
Fountains of Piazza Farnese
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
Fountains of St Peter's Square
Fountains of the Two Seas
Fountains of Valle Giulia
Four Fountains
Rioni Fountains
Street Fountains
Venice Marries the Sea
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Domine Quo Vadis
Lateran Baptistery
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S. Agata dei Goti
S. Agata in Trastevere
S. Agnese fuori le Mura
S. Agnese in Agone
S. Agostino
S. Alessio
S. Anastasia al Palatino
S. Andrea al Quirinale
S. Andrea della Valle
S. Andrea delle Fratte
S. Angelo in Pescheria
S. Anna dei Palafrenieri
S. Antonio dei Portoghesi
S. Apollinare
Ss. Apostoli
S. Balbina
S. Barbara dei Librai
S. Bartolomeo all' Isola
S. Benedetto in Piscinula
S. Bernardo alle Terme
S. Bibiana
S. Brigida
S. Carlo ai Catinari
S. Carlo al Corso
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
S. Caterina a Magnanopoli
S. Caterina dei Funari
S. Caterina da Siena
S. Cecilia in Trastevere
Ss. Celso e Giuliano
S. M. in Monticelli
Ss. Claudio e Andrea
S. Clemente
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Cappella Castiglione
Ss. Cosma e Damiano
S. Crisogono
S. Costanza
S. Croce in Gerusalemme
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Chapel of St Helen
Ss. Domenico e Sisto
S. Dorotea
S. Eusebio
S. Eustachio
S. Francesco a Ripa
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Cappella Altieri
Cappella Rospigliosi-Pallavicini
S. Francesca Romana
S. Giacomo degli Spagnoli
S. Giorgio in Velabro
S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
S. Giovanni Decollato
S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini
S. Giovanni della Pigna
Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
S. Giovanni in Laterano
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Cappella Corsini
Cappella Lancellotti
S. Girolamo dei Croati
S. Girolamo della Carità
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Cappella Antamoro
Cappella Spada
S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi
S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami
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
Ss. Marcellino e Pietro
S. Marcello al Corso
S. Marco
S. Maria ad Martyres
S. Maria ai Monti
S. Maria Annunziata
S. Maria degli Angeli
S. Maria dei Miracoli
S. Maria della Concezione
S. Maria del Popolo
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Cappella Cerasi
Cappella Chigi
S. Maria dei Sette Dolori
S. Maria del Priorato
S. Maria della Consolazione
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
S. Pancrazio
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
S. Prassede
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
Ss. Trinità di Monti
Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio
Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio
S. Vitale
Cloisters
Palatine
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 Vespasian and Titus
Temple of Vesta
Ancient Monuments
Aqueducts
Ara Pacis
Arch of Constantine
Arch of Drusus
Arch of Gallienus
Arch of Janus
Arch of the Money-Changers
Aurelian Walls
Baths of Caracalla
Baths of Diocletian
Castel Sant' Angelo
Catacombs of Domitilla
Circus Maxentius
Circus Maximus
Colosseum
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Column of Trajan
Forum of Augustus
Forum of Trajan
Mausoleum of Augustus
Nymphaeum
Pantheon
Ponte Fabricio
Ponte Milvio
Ponte Rotto
Ponte Sant' Angelo
Porta Maggiore
Porta San Paolo
Porta San Sebastiano
Portico of Octavia
Pyramid of Cestius
Temple of Hadrian
Temple of Hercules
Temple of Jupiter
Temple of Portunus
Theatre of Balbus
Theatre of Marcellus
Theatre of Pompey
Tomb of Caecilia Metella
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
Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
San Clemente
Santa Costanza
Santa Francesca Romana
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
San Marco
Santa Maria in Domnica
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria Maggiore
Santa Prassede
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San Zenone
Santa Pudenziana
Santo Stefano Rotondo
San Teodoro
San Venanzio
Santi Cosma e Damiano
Santi Nereo e Achilleo
Palaces
Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo dei Conservatori
Palazzo del Quirinale
Palazzo della Cancelleria
Palazzo della Consulta
Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Palazzo Farnese
Palazzo Farnesina
Palazzo Laterano
Palazzo Madama
Palazzo Spada
Palazzo Venezia
Palazzo Zuccari
Villa Giulia
Villa Farnesina
Villa Medici
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Baths of Diocletian
Capitoline Museums
Etruscan Museum
Galleria Borghese
Galleria Colonna
Galleria Doria-Pamphilj
Palazzo Altemps
Palazzo Massimo
Piazzas
Campo de' Fiori
Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
Piazza del Campidoglio
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Quirinale
Piazza della Repubblica
Piazza Farnese
Piazza Navona
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
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Babington's Tea Rooms
Barberini Bees
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Column of the Immaculate Conception
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Flood Plaques
Galleria Sciarra
House of the Owls
Jewish Ghetto
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Ponte Sisto
Porta Pia
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Equestrian Statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici
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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'
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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