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... river . In addition , the Palatine occupied a com- manding strategic position , naturally protected by the Tiber Island and dominating the two routes that connected the Etruscan region with Campania . The spot was securely pro- tected ...
... river . In addition , the Palatine occupied a com- manding strategic position , naturally protected by the Tiber Island and dominating the two routes that connected the Etruscan region with Campania . The spot was securely pro- tected ...
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... RIVERS . Designed. Piazza Navona is undoubtedly the most attractive piazza in Rome , quite unlike any other in the city , or elsewhere . It is the centre of the quarter of the city known since antiquity as the Campus Martius , an area ...
... RIVERS . Designed. Piazza Navona is undoubtedly the most attractive piazza in Rome , quite unlike any other in the city , or elsewhere . It is the centre of the quarter of the city known since antiquity as the Campus Martius , an area ...
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... river Aniene , which together with the statues , mosaics , stuccoes and polychrome marbles , con- stitute one of the principal decorative motifs of this whole complex . After Hadrian's death the villa was used only rarely by his ...
... river Aniene , which together with the statues , mosaics , stuccoes and polychrome marbles , con- stitute one of the principal decorative motifs of this whole complex . After Hadrian's death the villa was used only rarely by his ...
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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