Thursday, September 2, 2010

Exploring Rome Italy

Rome is one of the most popular destinations for travelers to the EU is the capital of Italy and has visited Italy and largest city with over 2 million inhabitants. E 'in central-western part of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber.

s history 'Rome as the city stretches for about two and a half thousand years ago, as a city of the founding members of Western civilization. Rome has a significant place inChristianity and is now the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the site of the Vatican, a sovereign city-state run by the Catholic Church as an enclave within Rome.

These are the top places to go to 10, while in Rome:

The Colosseum

The building is immense oval, measuring 188m 156m m, reaching a height of more than 48 meters (159). The Colosseum could hold 55,000 spectators, the building of not less than 80 were in forceInputs.

Four stories above the ground, the upper floors contained seats for the lower classes and women. The story has been kept lower for prominent citizens. Below ground, the room and cages with wild animals and mechanical devices. The cages can be raised so that the animals appear in the center of the arena.

Forum

The forum was the center of political, judicial and commercial life in ancient Rome. The main buildings wereBasilicas, which were heard in the court cases. For many it was the center of the universe.

The Pantheon

The Pantheon is the oldest still standing domed structure in Rome, Rome, originally built as a temple to all gods of antiquity. It 's the best preserved of all Roman buildings, and perhaps the best preserved building of its time in the world. E 'in continuous use throughout its history has been, from the 7th century, the Pantheon has been used as a Roman CatholicChurch.

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

St. Peter's Basilica (Italian San Pietro in Vaticano) is a large basilica in the Vatican, an enclave of Rome. S. Peter was until recently the largest church in general. The Emperor Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome ordered a basilica built on Vatican Hill. The site was symbolic: this was the place where they are buried S. Peter the Apostle in 64 AD Other popes and below the buriedBasilica.

The Trevi Fountain

The Trevi Fountain, probably the most famous and spectacular fountain in Rome. The fountain is the terminal part of the aqueduct built by Agrippa virgin BC, a general of Augustus, in 19 to Rome to bring water from the Salone springs, 19 km away, too. Approximately 3,000 Euros are thrown into the well every day. The money was used to finance "a supermarket for Rome's needy. However, there are periodic attempts to steal coinsfrom the well.

Villa Borghese

Villa Borghese is as important as the city's green space. Paintings by famous artists, the muse and inspiration of writers and musicians famous Villa Borghese in Rome is perhaps the most famous or Villa Park. Exclusively represented in the world for the concentration of cultural institutions, museums, parks and five is a number of foreign academies, Romania, Egypt, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and ringedIn the United Kingdom.

Spanish Steps

Originally the square was divided into two parts, the national French and Spanish. The scale consists of 138 steps, Francesco de Sanctis have designed and built by the French diplomat Étienne Gueffier in 1627-1629. During a Christmas nativity scene from 19th Century is the first landing, and in May, part of the measures are shown covered pots of azaleas.

Capitoline Museums

The Capitoline Museums areconsists of three main buildings, the Senatorial Palace, Palace curator and Palazzo Nuovo, Piazza del Campidoglio in turn, connected by an underground passage beneath the square. Were built in the Capitol as part of the design of the square painted by Michelangelo.

Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums are one of the largest museums in the world, as great works from the collection of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the built-in displayCenturies has been created as a group of sculptures collected by Julius II in what is now the "Octagonal Courtyard" in the Museum Complex

Arch of Constantine

The arch was built in the early fourth century in honor of Constantine after his victory over Maxentius. And 'one of the last great monuments as the Romans built. Situated near the Colosseum, the Piazza Grande, summer is the place for one of the proceduresEstate Romana

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