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... situated between the hills overlooking the Tiber , from which it was possible to control all the surround- ing region . Although the area was marshy and unhealthy , it was chosen by the founders of the city because the Tiber , as well ...
... situated between the hills overlooking the Tiber , from which it was possible to control all the surround- ing region . Although the area was marshy and unhealthy , it was chosen by the founders of the city because the Tiber , as well ...
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... Situated on the summit of the Sacra Via , this arch was erected in memory of the Emperor Titus after his death in 81 AD . The reliefs inside the arch depict his triumphal procession . 15. THE TRIUMPH OF TITUS ( freize from the Arch of ...
... Situated on the summit of the Sacra Via , this arch was erected in memory of the Emperor Titus after his death in 81 AD . The reliefs inside the arch depict his triumphal procession . 15. THE TRIUMPH OF TITUS ( freize from the Arch of ...
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... Situated under the papal altar , above the tomb of St Peter ; it is here that the palliums were consecrated for the newly - elected bishops . 154. THE PAPAL ALTAR AND THE BALDACHIN OF BERNINI . The bronze used for this baldachin was ...
... Situated under the papal altar , above the tomb of St Peter ; it is here that the palliums were consecrated for the newly - elected bishops . 154. THE PAPAL ALTAR AND THE BALDACHIN OF BERNINI . The bronze used for this baldachin was ...
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1st century BC 2nd century 4th century BC altar ancient Apollo apse artist Augustus Baroque basilica Borghese bronze building built Capitol Caravaggio Cardinal CASTEL SANT'ANGELO Castor and Pollux catacombs ceiling centre Christ Christian church Circus Maximus COLOSSEUM columns constructed decorated designed Emperor Empire entrance Etruscan excavations facade fountains fresco Gallery Gian Lorenzo Bernini Hadrian Holy Imperial interior Italy Jacopo Torriti Julius Caesar Last Judgement later Madonna and Child marble masterpiece mausoleum metres Michelangelo monumental mosaic Moses Museum of Roman nave obelisk Old St Peter's painted palaces Palatine Palazzo dei Conservatori Pantheon papacy Paul Perugino Piazza Pietro Pinacoteca pope Porta portrait Raphael reconstructed Renaissance represents Revine Roma Roman Civilisation Roman copy ROMAN FORUM Rome saints Santa Maria Maggiore scene seven hills Sistine Chapel Sixtus St John Lateran ST PETER'S SQUARE statue Temple of Vesta Tiber Island Titus tomb Trajan's vault victory Villa Virgin wall