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... covered the seven hills : the Palatine , Capitoline , Aventine , Esquiline , Viminal , Quirinal , and Caelian . In 510 BC Rome became a Republic . It was razed to the ground by the Gauls in 387 BC and severely defeated by Han- nibal's ...
... covered the seven hills : the Palatine , Capitoline , Aventine , Esquiline , Viminal , Quirinal , and Caelian . In 510 BC Rome became a Republic . It was razed to the ground by the Gauls in 387 BC and severely defeated by Han- nibal's ...
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... covered with bronze tiles . 42 41. TOMB OF RAPHAEL . The artist was buried here after his death in 1520 ; the statue of the Madonna and Child by Lorenzetti was based on Raphael's design . 42. VIEW OF THE INTERIOR . The walls , 6 metres ...
... covered with bronze tiles . 42 41. TOMB OF RAPHAEL . The artist was buried here after his death in 1520 ; the statue of the Madonna and Child by Lorenzetti was based on Raphael's design . 42. VIEW OF THE INTERIOR . The walls , 6 metres ...
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... covered mound , culminated in a colossal statue of Hadrian . At the same time as the construction of the mausoleum , it was decided to build a bridge to connect the tomb and the rest of the city directly . This bridge , now known as the ...
... covered mound , culminated in a colossal statue of Hadrian . At the same time as the construction of the mausoleum , it was decided to build a bridge to connect the tomb and the rest of the city directly . This bridge , now known as the ...
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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