Rome - Monuments Colosseo The Colosseum, originally known as Amphitheatrum, is the most famous Roman amphitheater. Capable of holding up to 50,000 spectators, is the largest and most important Roman amphitheater and most impressive monument of Antique Rome.
Rome - Monuments Pantheon The Pantheon ( "Temple of all the gods") is a building of ancient Rome, built as a temple dedicated to the gods of all religions. The Romans call it a friendly Rotonna ( "la Rotonda"), named after the square.
Rome - Monuments Bocca della Verità The Mouth of Truth is an ancient mask in marble pavonazzetto, immured in the wall of the porch of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin of Rome from 1632.
Viterbo - Monuments Rocca Albornoz The Rocca Albornoz or National Etruscan Museum is located in the city of Viterbo. It was built in 1354 by Cardinal Gil Alvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, from whom it takes its name. Its structure is very simple and linear, embedded in a complex of ancient buildings, in excellent condition. There is also a fountain in front of the museum. Overall it is a beautiful structure that best represents the architecture of the time in which it was built. It is currently open to the public at set times.
Tarquinia - Monuments Necropoli Etrusca An element of exceptional archaeological interest is the vast necropolis, which enclose a large number of mound tombs with rooms carved into the rock, in which an extraordinary series of paintings of Etruscan art.
Sabaudia - Monuments Villa di Domiziano On the shores of Lake Sabaudia (Lake Paola), inside the Nature Reserve “Ruins of Circe” in the territory of the Circeo National Park, rise the remains of the Villa of the Emperor Domitian. This Reserve includes the main part of the numerous archaeological evidence of this territory which, in Roman times, was intensely woven by villas, roads, marine docks.
Gaeta - Monuments Mausoleo di Lucio Munazio Planco Roman personality who at the time of Caesar founded the colonies of Lyon and Basel. The mausoleum and the promontory are home, especially in the summer, of events that recall the ancient Roman origins.
Anagni - Monuments Casa Barnekow The Barnekow House was built in the 12th century and is named after the painter Alberto of Barnekow. The painter purchased the building in the 19th century. For a time the house hosted the exhibition of the sculptor Tommaso Gismondi. He himself designed the house with decorations, religious tombstones, frescoes and writings of different languages.
Frosinone - Monuments Fontanelle In the area called the Fontanelle it was decided by the municipal administration to build a public park. The land is all communal property.
Rome - Monuments Piazza del Popolo Located towards Porta Flaminia, you can see the Church Santa Maria del Popolo that houses some of sculpture and painting masterpieces by Caravaggio, Raffaello, Bramante, Bernini. Opposite the door, is the Tridente, a complex of three streets. In the middle of the square is the Flaminian Obelisk, granite Egyptian monolith.
Rome - Monuments Altare della Patria The monument was built in honour of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the unified Italy. Placed in Piazza Venezia, the structure in white marble was designed by the sculptor Angelo Zanelli and realized by the architect Giuseppe Sacconi. The main element of the altar is the neo-classical porch with Corinthian columns. The two fountains represent the Adriatic coast with San Marco lion and the Tyrrhenian coast, with the wolf of Rome and the siren Partenope. Inside is the famous Milite Ignoto, the body of an Italian soldier died during the First World War.
Rome - Monuments Colonna di Marco Aurelio The Column of Marcus Aurelius is a monument located in Rome and was built between 176 and 192 as a celebration of the victories of the homonymous emperor during the Marcomannic battles. The column has a height of 29.6 meters and consists of a spiral of 19 rocks with a diameter of 3.7 meters entirely covered by bas-reliefs that present scenes of battles won during the wars indicated above .
Rome - Monuments Obelisco di Axum The Obelisk of Axum comes from the homonymous city and was built between the first and fourth century AD by Egyptian artists. It was placed in Rome in October 1937 after a long journey, where hundreds of Italian soldiers had been hired for transport. For its construction, metal wedges were used that strengthened the obelisk from the inside. Despite the fact that the Obelisk was returned to Ethiopia in 2005, only in 2008, a construction site was started to rebuild the stele, and this thanks to Italian funds.
Rome - Monuments Arco di Trionfo di Constantino The Arch of Constantine is the largest triumphal arch (6.5 meters long and 11.45 meters high) and is located near the Colosseum, in Rome. The monument was erected to celebrate the victory of Constantine I in the battle of Ponte Milvio against Maxentius, which took place on 28 October 312 AD and possesses considerable historical and artistic importance. The construction of the arch was made with marble for the pylons, while the attic was made of masonry, also covered in marble.
Rome - Monuments Arco di Tito The Arch of Titus is dedicated to Emperor Titus in memory of the Jewish war made by himself in Galilee. The Arch has only one arch located in the western part of the Forum of Rome. The monument not only presents a detachment from the Hellenic architectural model, but is characterized by important innovations both from a structural and artistic point of view.
Rome - Monuments Arco di Settimio Severo The Arch of Septimius Severus, was built in 203. The bow is dedicated to the Emperor Septimius and his children, Caracalla and Geta. The style of the reliefs, is rather of a narrative character. The story includes war scenes, victories, gods, Roman soldiers with prisoners etc. the exterior of the arch is clad in marble. It is the oldest arch in Rome that has columns free and not leaning against the pylons.
Rome - Monuments Colonna Traiana The Trajan Column is a monument consisting of 19 colossal blocks weighing almost 40 tons each, has a diameter of 3.83 meters and is 29.78 meters high. A bronze statue of Trajan was placed on the top. It has been a novelty in ancient art and is the point of arrival for the historical Roman relief.
Rome - Monuments Quirinale The Quirinale Palace, since 1946 is the official residence of the President of the Republic. The building is located on the homonymous hill of Rome and several Italian artists contributed to its realization, among them also Pietro da Cortona. For a long time it was the summer residence of the pontiff and from 1870 it became the royal palace of the Savoy and then later moved to the service of the Head of the Italian Republic.
Rome - Monuments Fosse Ardeatine March 1944, German troops shot 335 Italian soldiers and civilians in the Fosse Ardeatine. This massacre took place as a retaliation to an attack that had struck and killed 33 German soldiers by the partisans and members of the Italian Patriotic Action Group. After World War II, in memory of the Italian military killed in this massacre, a monument was inaugurated in 1949.
Rome - Monuments Monumento Naturale Galeria Antica The Galeria Antica Natural Monument is part of the history of the ancient city of Galeria, which had its thriving development from the Middle Ages until the 17th century. The city was uninhabited for more than two centuries, but we know it was built on a tuff spur and surrounded by the waters of the Arrone River. Between greenery and lush vegetation there are some monuments such as the church of Sant'Andrea, the grinding wheel and the ancient fortress.
Rome - Monuments Orologio ad acqua The Water Clock is a monument dating back to the end of the 18th century. This monument was designed by Father Giovanni Battista Embriaco. It is located in Viale dell'Orologio, next to a pond, and consists of four dials. The water under the structure allows the pendulum to be set in motion, also loading the ringer through the filling of two basins.
Rome - Monuments Monumento a San Francesco d'assisi The Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi was inaugurated in 1927 on the occasion of the seventh century since the death of the Saint. The monument was designed by the sculptor Giuseppe Tonnini. The statue represents the saint with his arms facing up and his hands straight towards the Basilica of St. John. Behind the statue are also noted the followers who accompanied him to the meeting with Pope Innocent lll. You can also read on the monument the verses of the song of the Paradise of the Divine Comedy through which the description of the figure of the Saint was made.
Rome - Monuments Arco di Gallieno The Arch of Gallieno was built by Tarquinio Prisco in the 6th century. It is located inside the Rione Esquilino district of Rome and is also known as Porta Esquilino. According to history, during the time of Emperor Augustus, the neighborhood around the Arch of Gallieno was among the most lively and populous in the city of Rome.
Rome - Monuments Castel Fusano Vicus Augustanus Laurentium Castel Fusano dates back to the second century BC. At that time it was in vogue to erect luxurious residences for the Roman elite resembling those of the Hellenistic tradition. The “out of town” residences became an instrument of ostentation of political power and symbol of social prestige, built on the outskirts of the city, in very beautiful and evocative places.
Rome - Monuments Gianicolo The Gianicolo is part of one of the hills of Rome whose height is eighty-eight meters. The name comes from the god Janus who would have founded a town known as Ianiculum. It was connected to the city of Rome in the era of Anco Marzio, through the Sublicio Bridge from where the ancient road coming from ancient Etruria passed. Particularity of the Gianicolo is a singular cannon that shoots hello at noon.
Rome - Monuments Piramide Cestia The Pyramid Cestia is part of one of the funerary monuments present in the first century BC in Rome and is located along the Via Ostiense. Politician Caio Cestio had arranged in his will to have his own tomb built in pyramidal form within 330 days of the arrangement. The structure of the monument, which we can still observe even today, is more than 36 meters high and has a base of 29 meters. The core is composed of a brick curtain and on the outside we can see that the pyramid is covered with marble slabs.
Rome - Monuments Arco di Giano The Arch of Janus is an arch with four arches located in the city of Rome. The square-plan building dates back to the fourth century, has a height of 16 m and is built on four pillars. The meaning of the name of this bow is covered passage. In Roman times it was used as shelter by merchants who crowded the Forum.
Rieti - Monuments Monumento alla Lira The Lira Monument was inaugurated on 1 March 2003 and the choice fell on the city of Rieti, which represents the geographical center of Italy. The work was built with the use of 2,200,000 coins of 200 Lire on the project and design by the artist Daniela Fusco.
Tarquinia - Monuments Madonnina di Civitavecchia The statue was initially located in Medjugorje but from 17 June 1995 it was taken to Civitavecchia in the local parish of Saint Augustine. The statue is said to have produced fourteen times tears of blood. Despite this, the Catholic Church has not yet confirmed or acknowledged anything. Today it is exhibited in a display case, which tourists and believers can admire.
Tivoli - Monuments Tempio della Sibilla The Temple of the Sibyl was built around the 2nd century BC on an artificial construction near Tivoli. The building was accessible through stairs and there was also a 1.76 metre high travertine podium. Today of the construction remains only the lower part of the two columns of the facade and the walls of the cell decorated by semi-columns on the outside. The temple in 978 was a place of assistance and distribution of alms to the poor.
Cassino - Monuments Carro Armato The Tank is a symbol of the battles carried out in Cassino. It is considered a memorial monument that is located at the center of the Historical Memorial. It reflects the battles of World War II.
Civitavecchia - Monuments Statua Madonna The Madonna of Civitavecchia is a small statue depicting the Madonna, 42 cm tall, of Bosnian origin, exhibited since 1995. The statue is located in the Gregori family's garden and is said to have produced tears of blood 14 times. For this reason, it has often been the subject of scientific studies but in any case the phenomenon has not been made official by the Catholic Church.
Civitavecchia - Monuments Monumento ai Caduti The War Memorial of Civitavecchia was wanted by King Vittorio Emmanuel III to honor the fallen in World War I. The work was performed by the artist Riva who composed a sculptural complex in bronze specifically to remember the fallen in the war.
Bracciano - Monuments Terme di Vicarello The thermal waters of Vicarello were known and frequented since antiquity as evidenced by the Etruscan and Greek coins dating back to the 7th century BC found in 1852. From the spring, located about 500 m upstream of the Borgo, the water comes out at a temperature of about 45-50 °C. Its bicarbonate-sulfate-alkaline-earthy composition makes it suitable for sludge and aereosol for the treatment of rheumatism and arthrosis.
Lido di Ostia - Monuments Monumento a Pier Paolo Pasolini The Monument to the artist Pier Paolo Pasolini is located in the homonymous park of Idroscalo, in Ostia, where he was murdered. The sculptor Mario Rosati created a work in honor of the great Italian artist: a monk Greek column, synonymous with a broken life, with around two doves spreading their wings as a sign of freedom and with a full moon, an element of poetry, that overlooks the group. The sculpture is in Michelangiolese style, and some quotes of the works of the great Friuli artist surround the stone path that leads to the monument.
Monuments Casa del Combattente Characterized by a facade of tuff while the three visible sides of the building are decorated with medals on the themes of war. Inside there is the original spire of the obelisk, an eagle, of the Town Park Arnaldo Mussolini.