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Arriving in the "Eternal City", full of charm and impressive monuments, we have to admire a great number of works of art and corners filled with history.
We list below some: Via dei Fori Imperiali, one of the most beautiful streets of Rome, separates the Fori Imperiali from the Roman Forum. Along the way meet the basilica of Santissimi Cosma e Damiano and the church of Santa Francesca Romana, and finally meets one of the most famous monuments of the city, perhaps symbol of the city itself the eye of the world: the Colosseum. The original name is Flavian Amphitheater in antiquity and was the seat of shows with fighting between gladiators and wild beasts, which could accommodate about 45,000 spectators. Its construction was begun by Vespasian but Tito was to open , with the famous games that lasted for 100 days. The Coliseum was severely damaged by earthquakes, fires and lightning, and especially tampered with by man, for centuries becoming a real quarry travertine with which to build other monuments.

Recall again: Via del Corso, very important way of historical Rome, which overlooks the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, the splendid Steps Spanish Steps in Piazza di Spagna; Palazzo della Borsa, the Montecitorio Palace, the seat of the Chamber of Deputies; Palazzo Borghese, Via Condotti, street of Via del Corso, full of wonderful shops.

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Do not forget: the Complesso del Vittoriano, dedicated to the first king of Italy, was started in 1885 and completed in 1911, to which was added in 1925 the Altar of the Fatherland, which is home to the Statue of Rome, and two bas The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the equestrian bronze statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, placed above a basis which represents the Italian regions.

Again: the Capitol, which was the religious center and the necropolis of ancient city, consisting of the Piazza del Campidoglio, which hosts the three palaces (Senatorio, Conservative and New palace) and the pedestal that hosts the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius.

The palaces are home to the Capitoline Museums, 1471, within which are the apartment Conservative, with some important works such as statues of Urban VIII, those of Innocent X Algardi, the Spinario, a portrait of Brutus and the famous Lupa Capitolina, a symbol of the city.

In the Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori other important works such as Venus Esquilina, Busto Comodo and the crater Aristonothos, which depicts the legend of Ulysses and Polyphemus.

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Inside the Pinacoteca Capitolina are paintings of various schools including: The Holy Family Dossi, Maddalena by Tintoretto, the baptism of Jesus, some works of the seventeenth-century European painting, the Umbrian and Tuscan Emilian the'300 and'400 , And Italian painting of'600. In the gallery are exposed Cini refined porcelains of the'700.

Also visit the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, which are important works of art of Roman XIII and eighteenth centuries, Piazza Venezia, geometric center of the city and a union of the most important roads in the city, has its origins in ' 400 and on it are some works of considerable importance as Palazzo Venezia and the Basilica of San Marco. Inside the Museum of Palazzo Venezia, are important paintings, jewellery and precious ivories.

Alongside is the Arch of Constantine, which was built in 315 AD to celebrate's victory against Maxentius. Inside there are also the friezes of the victory of Trajan on the Dacians. In the park del Colle Oppio is the Domus Aurea, the famous villa Nero became building after the fire of Rome in'64.

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Let us remember: the Forum of Augustus, inaugurated in 2 a.C., contains the Temple of Mars Ultor and the star which rose in'400 home of the Knights of Rhodes, the Forum of Trajan is the largest of the Fori Imperiali and was designed by Apollodorus Damascus in 107, the Markets of Trajan, also by Apollodorus of Damascus.

Lovely visit archaeological character is to be done in the Roman Forum in which there are: the Basilica Emilia, the Curia, the Tomb of Romulus and the Temple of Saturn (497 BC), the Arch of Septimius Severus (203), the Piazza del Forum, the Basilica Julia, the Temple of Castori (484), that of Caesar, of Vesta, of Antoninus and Faustina, Cybele, the Basilica of Maxentius, the Arch of Titus, the House of Livia; Palazzo dei Flavi; Domus Augustana and the Stadium.

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We can not forget: Castel Sant'Angelo on lungotevere; Fountain of Flowers; Fountain of Della Porta, the Church of St. Paul between the Walls in the District Ostiense, the Pantheon, Roman temple built by Agrippa in 27 AD dedicated to all the gods and the mouth of the truth about lungotevere, the Pyramid of Cestius in District Ostiense, the church of Santa Maria Maggiore on the Esquiline Hill, Trevi Fountain, construction of Baroque style, attributed to Nicholas Salvi, with niches containing statues and allegorical a central complex in which, among tritons and sea horses, stands the statue the ocean, the Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's famous fresco "The Last Judgement", and Piazza Navona, a famous square arranged by Bernini granting the fountain of rivers and 'Obelisk in front of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone.


Finally, remember that every year more than one million people come from every continent to visit St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican palaces, which constitute a monumental artistic and unique.
Not to be missed in the most absolute are the famous Vatican Museums.
Precisely on the hill Vatican Peter died a martyr during the first persecution against Christians ordered by Nero. Here, at the end of persecution, the faithful erected a basilica.
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