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... famous fountain in Rome . Seventeen and a half million gallons of water pour through it each day . It is said that a traveller who throws a coin into the fountain will return to Rome . 76. THE FOUNTAIN OF TREVI . Detail . PASY CLEMENTIS ...
... famous fountain in Rome . Seventeen and a half million gallons of water pour through it each day . It is said that a traveller who throws a coin into the fountain will return to Rome . 76. THE FOUNTAIN OF TREVI . Detail . PASY CLEMENTIS ...
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... famous as the location of Michelangelo's statue of Moses . This is the centrepiece of the tomb of Julius II , a pale shadow of the monument with over forty figures which Michelangelo had intended to make the central focus of St Peter's ...
... famous as the location of Michelangelo's statue of Moses . This is the centrepiece of the tomb of Julius II , a pale shadow of the monument with over forty figures which Michelangelo had intended to make the central focus of St Peter's ...
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... famous poets of all ages . To the right of the Dispute is the Parnassus , the mountain of Apollo and the nine Muses , a scene which celebrates the triumph of poetry . Using the window embrasure to create the mountain , Raphael arranges ...
... famous poets of all ages . To the right of the Dispute is the Parnassus , the mountain of Apollo and the nine Muses , a scene which celebrates the triumph of poetry . Using the window embrasure to create the mountain , Raphael arranges ...
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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