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... palaces of Ancient Rome , the popes made Rome great again . It was at this time that the great early Christian basilicas were con- structed : Old St Peter's ( according to legend on the site of St Peter's grave ) , Santa Maria Maggiore ...
... palaces of Ancient Rome , the popes made Rome great again . It was at this time that the great early Christian basilicas were con- structed : Old St Peter's ( according to legend on the site of St Peter's grave ) , Santa Maria Maggiore ...
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... palaces on either side of the Palace of the Senators house the Capitoline Museums , founded in 1471 when Sixtus IV gave the Roman people a collection of bronzes which were exhibited in the Palazzo dei Conservatori . The Capitoline ...
... palaces on either side of the Palace of the Senators house the Capitoline Museums , founded in 1471 when Sixtus IV gave the Roman people a collection of bronzes which were exhibited in the Palazzo dei Conservatori . The Capitoline ...
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... Palace , Santa Maria Maggiore , San Paolo fuori le Mura , the Catacombs , and a number of palaces which enjoy extra- territorial rights , including the pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo . As a sovereign state , the Vatican is ...
... Palace , Santa Maria Maggiore , San Paolo fuori le Mura , the Catacombs , and a number of palaces which enjoy extra- territorial rights , including the pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo . As a sovereign state , the Vatican is ...
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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