S.Giovanni,S.Paolo,S.Maria Maggiore,S.Pietro.
A special tour not only for pilgrimes but for all the art lovers.
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A place for trade,barter and public ceremonies.
In the forum the magistrates were elected,the traditional
religios holidays were kept. On the Palatine the first groups of hunts were built.Later the hill become the residence of the emperors of Rome.At last the largest amphiteater ever built in Rome.
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Trevi fontain,Spanish steep,Piazza Navona.
The most famous roman fontain ended in 1732 by Nicola Salvi and shoted in the "Sweet life" and of the most characteristic of Roman squares.
The famous Spanish steps,whose theatrical effect and powerful evocative quality is part of the history of the city.
At the last the most famous square of Baroque Rome with
Bernini's Fontana dei Fiumi (Fontain of the Four Rivers 1651).
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The Roman Jewish area enclosed in 1556 by Pope Paul IV Carafa,the Synagogue and the small island in the Tiber with the
ruins of the temple of Esculapio.
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Vatican Museum the result of a long process of trasformation that hosted splendid collection of art assembled by the various Popes.
Sistine Chapel with the marvelous Michelangelo's frescoes.
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A very characteristic roman area with the Church of Sante Cecilie
built on the remains of a Roman hause said by some to be that of Saint Valerian.
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Villa built for Cardinal Scipione Borghese in 1605,now is one of the most celebrated art collections in the world,thanks to the masters of
Gian Lorenzo Bernini that created for the Cardinal the absolute masterpieces of Baroque art.
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The BIGGEST EUROPEAN MUSEUM.
The Sistina Chapel totally restored two years ago,the Raffaello's Stanze(private Pope Giulio II flat painted by Raffaello Sanzio)Michelangelo's Pieta'.
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A tour throught private houses,churches,pagan temples hidden by time.
THE TOUR IS UNDERGROUND.
- First tour:Domus Aurea,Nero's palace totally painted with fresco belonget to the second style of roman picture.
S.Clemente,an underground town of II century b.c.,covered by the paleo-cristian church builted in IV century a.c.,painted with
first history cartoons.
- Second tour:S.Cecilia,underground ruins of a tannery,of I century covered by an "insula" and by cristian "titulus".
Everything was covered by modern church.
In the sacristy it's possible to see a wanderful fresco printed by Cavallini at the beginning of XIII century.
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