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... fire , a fact recorded in an inscription on the frieze . To its right , below the slope of the Capitoline Hill , are the re- mains of three temples . From left to right they are : The Por- tico of the Dii Consentes , built under the ...
... fire , a fact recorded in an inscription on the frieze . To its right , below the slope of the Capitoline Hill , are the re- mains of three temples . From left to right they are : The Por- tico of the Dii Consentes , built under the ...
Page 73
... fire , and earthquake , but has always been recon- structed . Its main facade is one of the most impressive achievements of the Roman 18th century , and the most notable work of Ales- sandro Galilei ( 1734 ) . The atrium has five doors ...
... fire , and earthquake , but has always been recon- structed . Its main facade is one of the most impressive achievements of the Roman 18th century , and the most notable work of Ales- sandro Galilei ( 1734 ) . The atrium has five doors ...
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... Fire in the Borgo , which is probably entirely by Raphael . It represents an incident which occurred in 847 : fire broke out in the Borgo of St Peter's , but was extin- guished when Leo IV made the sign of the Cross . The Pope is shown ...
... Fire in the Borgo , which is probably entirely by Raphael . It represents an incident which occurred in 847 : fire broke out in the Borgo of St Peter's , but was extin- guished when Leo IV made the sign of the Cross . The Pope is shown ...
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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