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If “The City of Lights” glows by his cultural amplitude, and Athens impresses through the multitude of antique carry-overs, Italy’s capital is a fascinating conglomerate of antic and modern constructions ennobled by the number and the value of the works of art that could themselves write a true history of painting and sculpture.
Located on one side and the other of the Tiber, spreading itself over its famous seven hillocks, Rome emerges in the middle of the distance between the North and the South of Italy being positioned at about 20 kilometers away from the Tyrrhenian See.
The Eternal City gathers around between its geographical borders its antique, medieval, renaissance, classic and modern monuments. Their simple enumeration spreads over many pages and in what concerns a selection of them it cannot be made without being subjectivity. We could start with the Coliseum, the famous stage on which slave’s dramas were unrolling themselves as they were being turned up into gladiators, this whole circus together with a piece of bread being given as a gift for the plebeians. Circus Maxim’s, where horse and fighting carts raises were accommodated, Constantine’s Arch, Titus’s Arch, Terme di Caracalla, the Roman Aqueduct, the Forum, the Pantheon, Via Appia…and we should carry on with the Adrian’s crypts, the palaces of Vittorio Emmanuele, Quirinale, the Palace of Justice from Cavour Market, The churches San Pietro and San Bartolomeo (the tip of an iceberg that counts tens of cathedrals and churches of an authentic architectural value), Fontana di Trevi, the first one among 40 gushing fountains admired by the millions of tourists who annually visit Rome.
A special place, in the middle of the City is taken by the City of Vatican (Citta del Vaticano), a territorial, administrative and political enclave. This enclave constitutes the state of Vatican. Basilica San Pietro (‘Saint Peter’s Church), The Sixtine Chapel (painted by Michelangelo), the gardens and the famous library represent as much attractions as the Pope’s residence. |
