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... four entrances : four had elaborate- ly carved marble porticoes surmounted by statuary , the rest were plain . It is still possible to read the numbers of the en- trances inscribed in Roman numerals . The maximum capacity of the ...
... four entrances : four had elaborate- ly carved marble porticoes surmounted by statuary , the rest were plain . It is still possible to read the numbers of the en- trances inscribed in Roman numerals . The maximum capacity of the ...
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... FOUR RIVERS . Designed. Piazza Navona is undoubtedly the most attractive piazza in Rome , quite unlike any other in ... Four Rivers , with its statues of the Danube , the Ganges , the Nile , and the Plate , represent- ing the four ...
... FOUR RIVERS . Designed. Piazza Navona is undoubtedly the most attractive piazza in Rome , quite unlike any other in ... Four Rivers , with its statues of the Danube , the Ganges , the Nile , and the Plate , represent- ing the four ...
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E. Mansione, L. Pazienti. 72 72. THE FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR RIVERS . Designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini , the four gigantic figures represent the Rivers of the Danube , Ganges , Nile and the Plate ; the fountain is surmounted by an ...
E. Mansione, L. Pazienti. 72 72. THE FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR RIVERS . Designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini , the four gigantic figures represent the Rivers of the Danube , Ganges , Nile and the Plate ; the fountain is surmounted by an ...
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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