It is very scenic and the chosen location for The Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita and There coins in the Fountain. It has many famous sites, rich in architecture and paintings – Pantheon, RoRome is known as the Eternal City because of its long history. man Forum, Colosseum, castel sant’ Angelo, Vatican, Basilica of St Peter, Trevi Fountain, If Gensu, the Spanish steps, Piazza Navona. Rome is shaped by two important artists Michelangelo and Bernini. This slideshow sketch the development of architecture from the Ancient, to the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern age.
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1. Rome
The Eternal City
First created 8 Aug 2018. Version 2.0 - 10 Dec 2021. Daperro. London.
The Fiumi Fountain, Rome
2. Ancient Roman sculpture
A replica of the Roman equestrian statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius of 176 AD. The original is kept in the museum.
Ancient Rome
3. Pantheon
The Pantheon is the oldest building still in used in the world today. Built by Emperor Hadrian between 118-125 AD.
4. Pantheon
The ceiling of the Pantheon with a hole to led in the light, as well as rain). The ceiling was built with concrete and to reduce its weight, each of the
patterned ceiling was partially hollowed out.
5. Forum
The Forum was once the political, commercial and judicial life centre ancient Rome.
7. Roman Bridge
An ancient bridge ruin built during the reign of the emperors Caligula or Nero. Pons Neronianus. Isola Teberiana.
8. Isola Teberiana
This is the oldest part of Rome still being habited, the island of Teberiana, on the River Tiber. The first settlement in Rome was likely to be here.
9. Pantheon
The Colosseum was built in 70-80 AD, amphitheatre for the Roman. It can hold between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators.
10. The original it has a wooden floor covered with sand. It was partially covered for a performance here. Underneath are two subterranean levels.
Pantheon
11. Castel Sant Angelo
Castel Sant’Angelo was first constructed in 135 AD. It was initially commissioned as a mausoleum.
13. Medieval Rome
Santa Maria in Cosmedin
The was built in the 8C during the Byzantine Papacy but completed in the 11C.
14. Santa Maria in Cosmedin
This is the Bocca della Verita (the Mouth of Truth). It was a cover for a drainage in Ancient Rome.
15. Renaissance Rome
Renaissance Painting
The School of Athens (Detail. Plato and Aristotle). 1509. Fresco. Sanzio Raffaello. Italian. Stanza della Segnatura. Vatican museum
16. Michelangelo’s Vatican Dome
One of the biggest dome in the world designed by Michelangelo, in 1547. The dome is ovoid in shape and rising steeply similar to the Florence’s dome.
22. Baroque Rome
Baroque ceiling fresco
Allegory of the Jesuits’ Missionary Work. 1691-94. Fresco. Andrea Pozzo. Italian. Ceiling of Sant Ignazio di Loyola.
23. Piazza San Pietro
St Peter Basilica, the centre of the Roman Catholic faith. The basilica was consecrated in 1626.
24. St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican
St Peter Basilica, every inch of the interior is covered with marble, decorated with carvings, reliefs and sculptures
34. Piazza Navona
At the centre of the square is the Fiumi fountain, designed by Berini (1651). The four figures at each corner represented the four great rivers of the world
(Ganges, Danube, Nile and River Plate). This is one is Nile, as its source was unknown at the time, so the head is covered.
35. Galleria Borghese
The construction of the Galleria Borghese was started in 1613. It holds some of the most important pieces art and paintings in Europe.
36. The Sleeping Hermaphrodite was a 1C Roman copy of the 150 BC original sculpture by Polycles. The first Hermaphrodite sculpture belonged to the
gallery was ‘sold’ to the Louvre. This current Hermaphrodite was found in 1781 and reworked by Pacetti.
Galleria Borghese Collection
Rome is known as the Eternal City because of its long history. It is very scenic and the chosen location for The Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita and There coins in the Fountain. It has many famous sites, rich in architecture and paintings – Pantheon, Roman Forum, Colosseum, castel sant’ Angelo, Vatican, Basilica of St Peter, Trevi Fountain, If Gensu, the Spanish steps, Piazza Navona. Rome is shaped by two important artists Michelangelo and Bernini. This slideshow sketch the development of architecture from the Ancient, to the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern age.
Rome is known as the Eternal City because of its long history. It is very scenic and the chosen location for The Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita and There coins in the Fountain. It has many famous sites, rich in architecture and paintings – Pantheon, Roman Forum, Colosseum, castel sant’ Angelo, Vatican,Basilica of St Peter, Trevi Fountain, If Gensu, the Spanish steps, Piazza Navona. Rome is shaped by two important artists Michelangelo and Bernini. This slideshow sketch the development of architecture from the Ancient, to the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern age.
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