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COLOSSEO
It is the biggest amphitheatre ever built in the antiquity. It was started in 72 AD, by the emperor Vespasiano of the Flavia family, that is why it is also known as the "Amphiteatrum Flavium". Some big tournaments of gladiators were used to take place inside the edifice, venationes (flight with wild animals) and fantastical navals battles. With its 50 metres high and its elegant architecture, it had a capacity of 55000 spectators.
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BASILICA DI SAN PIETRO
The biggest church of the world stands on the area where the tomb of the martyrised Apostle Peter is supposed to be. It took much time to obtain this masterpiece, and several architects of the Renaissance decorated the place in such a rich way, that it can be considered a unique religious art reliquary. The edifice has titanic dimensions: the 1614 facade by Carlo Maderno is 114 metres wide and 45 metres high. The basilica has a capacity of 60000 persons and the famous dome planned by Michelangelo, affectionately called by the Romans "cupolone", is 43 metres in diameter and the cross on the top is 136 metres high from groundlevel.
PIAZZA NAVONA
The most famous square of Baroque Rome was ordered by Pope Innocenze X to glorify his family. The square is situated upon the ancient Stadium of Domitiano whose exact shape it has preserved up to the present day.
PIAZZA DI SPAGNA
The most famous square of the city is characterized by a strange butterfly layout whose ideal centre is occupied by one of the less ostentatious Baroque fountains, the Barcaccia Fountain. The square owes its name to the palace of the Spanish Embassy, situated in front of the "Colonna dell'Immacolata".
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CASTEL SANT'ANGELO
St. Angel Castle was erected in 139 AD by the emperor Adriano who built this mausoleum from himself and his successors. It has a rectangular shape and is topped by a cylindrical construction, surmonted by a circular temple. In the Middle Ages it became a military citadel. In 590, during a papal procession to fight the plague, the Archangel Michael was seen gliding above the castle while sheathing his sword, the simble of the plague. On that occasion a chapel was built on the top of the fortress, wich was then called Sancti Angeli.
ARCO DI COSTANTINO
Built in 315 AD this triumphal arch celebrates the victory of Costantino on Massenzio, three years before. The friezes and the statues come from other monuments, among them the statues taken from the forum of Traiano, which represent Dacia prisoners.
PIAZZA DEL POPOLO
According to tradition, it was built with Roman people's money. Hence the name of the place. In fact the square is the result of a long process of stratification of successive constructions. The present layout dates from the beginning of the 19th century, and it was designed by the architect Giuseppe Valadier. It is composed of two hemicycles where two exedras are adorned with sculptures. The opening onto the square better known as Trindent, where the Via del Babuino, Via del Corso and Via di Ripetta begin, goes back to 16th century.
FONTANA DI TREVI
Trevi Fountain is the most beautiful fountain of Rome, a symbol of the Baroque era. Commissioned by Pope Clemente XII, the monument was finisched in 1762 and inaugurated by Pope Clemente XIII. The scenographical effect is guaranteed from the restricted space of the surrounding square, which presents itself as a theatre. The central statue represents Neptune.
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