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Monuments
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CAMPIDOGLIO
The Capitol was from ancient times a nerve-centre for the... |
PIAZZA NAVONA
It rises on the ancient Domitian Stadium, whose elliptic... |
CIRCO MASSIMO
Circo Massimo was a structure built for people's fun and... |
COLOSSEO
Its true name is Anfiteatro Flavio, everybody knows it by... |
FORI IMPERIALI
The Imperial Forums are composed with: Caesar's Forum,... |
FORO ROMANO
The forum was, for the roman culture, the aggregation point... |
PANTHEON
Pantheon is one of the greatest, the most majestic and best... |
PIAZZA COLONNA
In the middle of Via del Corso is Marco Aurelio's Column,... |
PIAZZA ESEDRA
Piazza della Repubblica, better known as Piazza Esedra,... |
PIAZZA VENEZIA
This famous square stands at the foot of the Capitol and... |
SAN PIETRO
San Peter's Basilica is situated in Città del Vaticano, the... |
SINAGOGA
It's the biggest synagogue in Rome, focal point of the most... |
VIA VENETO
One of the most famous and celebrated streets existing in... |
VIALLA BORGHESE
One of the most beautiful villas in Rome, whose project was... |
CAMPO DE' FIORI
This square is famous to have been for a long time the place... |
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PIAZZA NAVONA
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Description
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It rises on the ancient Domitian Stadium, whose elliptic shape it maintains. It is of one of the most beautiful and most famous squares in Rome, in which you can admire masterpieces by artists like Bernini, Borromini e Giacomo Della Porta, who were among the most important exponents of Baroque Art.
In the square there are three magnificent fountains: the central one, the Rivers' Fountain made by Bernini who built it as a base for the Egyptian obelisk here transferred from Maxentius Circus; the lateral ones, Moor's Fountain and Calderoni's Fountain, that were designed by Giacomo Della Porta before Bernini built the memorable central fountain. In the center of the square, in front of the berninian fountain, the Church of St. Agnes in Agone stands, made by G. Rainaldi and Borromini; it represents a magnificent example of Baroque building. Within the church you can see in the basements the ruins of the original church and of Domitian's Stadium.
The place, one of the most frequented in Rome, both by tourists and Romans, is a meeting-place that welcomes thousands of people till very late at night, offering, in the neighborhoods, night-clubs and restaurants of all sorts; the wine shops of the area are quite famous. |
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