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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rome
By Richard E. Miller, May 31, 2011
Piazza del Colosseo, south.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Piazza del Colosseo just east of Via di San Gregorio, on the right when traveling east. |
| | L’Anfiteatro Flavio, grande edificio pubblico destinato a spettacoli di enorme popolarita, quali le cacce e I combattimenti gladiatori, fu edificato, in luogo del lago atificiale dela Domus Aurea neronicana, dagli imperatori della dinastia . . . — — Map (db m47676) HM |
| | Tabernae at the Front of the Basilica Aemilia
The Basilica Aemilia faces the Forum with a double order portico: the three granite columns were raised during reconstruction work in the late empire. Behind the portico is a row of . . . — — Map (db m84409) HM |
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Cross-stone, XIII c., Armenia, Lori Region,
St. Gregory Monastery
Gift of the Republic of Armenia to the city of Rome symbolizing the eternal friendship between the Armenian and Italian people.
13 December 2011, Rome — — Map (db m86202) HM |
| | Ara di Cesare
...deposero (là spoglia di Cesare) nel Foro, la dove è l'antica reggia dei Romani, e vi accumularono sopra tavole, sedili e quanto altro legname era lì...accesero il fuoco e tutto il popolo assistette al rogo durante la notte. . . . — — Map (db m84379) HM |
| On Piazza del Colosseo 0.3 kilometers south of Via Sacra, on the right when traveling west. |
| | IMP • CAES • FL • CONSTANTINO • MAXIMO • P • F • AVGUSTO • S • P • Q • R • QVOD • INSTINCTV • DIVINITATIS • MENTIS • MAGNITVDINE • CVM • EXERCITV • SVO • TAM • DE • TYRANNO • QVAM • DE • OMNI • EIVS • FACTIONE • VNO • TEMPORE • IVSTIS • . . . — — Map (db m47768) HM |
| | Arch of Titus
The inscription records the dedication of this arch by the Senate and people of Rome to the emperor after his victory over Judea (AD 70). Scenes from the conquest are sculpted on the inside: one panel shows the procession with . . . — — Map (db m84024) HM |
| | Archaic Burial Ground
Numerous tombs dating to between the 9th and 7th centuries BC were excavated in this area in 1902, with two types of burials: cremations and inhumations. The former, the oldest tombs, usually contained a funerary urn in . . . — — Map (db m84349) HM |
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The lower order
entablature
of Basilica Aemilia
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Trabeazione
dell'ordine inferiore
della basilica emilia — — Map (db m84456) HM |
| | Buildings Opening Onto The Via Nova
The buildings that fronted the imperial Via Nova date from the Flavian to the Severan period. They were mostly shops and service structures, but there were also two-storey homes with traces remaining of . . . — — Map (db m84269) HM |
| On Via 20 Settembre at Largo di Santa Susanna, on the left when traveling east on Via 20 Settembre. |
| | Church of Our Lady of Victory
The Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria stands in the former Via Pia (now Via XX Settembre); its name comes from an image of the Madonna found among the remains of the Castello di Pilsen, thought to have . . . — — Map (db m84465) HM |
| On Piazza della Trinità dei Monti, on the left when traveling north. |
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Church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Mountains
The SS. Trinità dei Monti with its monastery annex was commissioned in 1502 by Louis XIIth as a church for the French Royal Family. The idea of a church on the Pincio had been promoted by . . . — — Map (db m84548) HM |
| | Domus Augustana. Upper Peristyle
The ground floor of the “private” sector of the palace was arranged around a porticoed courtyard with coloured marble columns, identical to that in the “public” sector; at the centre . . . — — Map (db m84197) HM |
| | Domus Flavia. So-called, Lararium
The smaller room next to the so-called Audience Chamber is known as the Lararium because when it was discovered it had a podium at the back – accessible from two small staircases and clad in . . . — — Map (db m84111) HM |
| | Domus Flavia. Peristyle
At the centre of the "public" sector of the palace was a porticoed courtyard (peristyle) with columns in pink marble and capitals in white marble. At its sides were living and dining rooms, some of which have the . . . — — Map (db m84247) HM |
| | Domus Flavia. So-called Basilica
The so-called Basilica takes its name from the architecture of its interior, typical of basilicas: it was divided into three halls by coloured marble columns with an apse at the end closed by a balustrade. . . . — — Map (db m84255) HM |
| | Domus Flavia. So-called. Audience Chamber
The largest room, probably reserved for audiences with the emperor, is traditionally known as the Audience Chamber. It was of exceptional size (1280 sq m.) and had a complex architectural decoration of . . . — — Map (db m84249) HM |
| On Via Venti Settembre at Via Firenza, on the right when traveling east on Via Venti Settembre. |
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Al Methodisti Caduti in Guerra
MCMXV - MCMXVIII
[Roll of Honored Dead] — — Map (db m84590) WM |
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The large paved square at the centre of the Forum, the main space used for public assemblies, remained almost empty of buildings throughout the Republican period (5th-1st centuries BC). During the empire, as its importance decreased with the . . . — — Map (db m84411) HM |
| On Via Vittoria just east of Via Bocca di Leone, on the right when traveling east. |
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Above the late Renaissance brick valuts [sic - vaults] of an old wine cellar, in 1678, the "Scuderie" of Palazzo GOMEZ [Gomez Palace Stables] were built by the architect G.A. De Rossi, one of the main exponent[s] of the Roman Baroque [style].
The . . . — — Map (db m86222) HM |
| On Corso Vittorio Emanuele II at Via Monterone, on the right when traveling east on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. |
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The building hosting the Hotel Tiziano was reconstructed in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II between the years 1886 and 1888 by an architect native of the Ticino region but Roman of birth and culture, Gaetano Koch (1849-1910). The elegant building . . . — — Map (db m89063) HM |
| | House of the Griffins
A steep staircase, part of which is ancient, leads from the back of the so-called Lararium to the underground floor of a house dating to the 2nd-1st century BC. Though partly destroyed by the foundations of the palace . . . — — Map (db m84245) HM |
| | Imperial Palace
The imperial palace stands on the summit of the Palatine and extends to its slopes, occupying much of the hill. It was built by the architect Rabirius on the orders of Domitian (AD 81-96) and inaugurated in AD 92; it was the . . . — — Map (db m84136) HM |
| | Neronian Cryptoporticus
The Cryptoporticus is one of the most distinctive monuments of the Palatine. It is an underground corridor, 130 metres in length, illuminated by basement windows. It connects the south side of the Domus Tiberiana to the . . . — — Map (db m84256) HM |
| | Neronian Foundations
The concrete foundations that run from the Forum around the corner towards the Palatine, alongside the Arch of Titus, probably pertain to the enormous portico that, according to the ancient sources, Nero had constructed as . . . — — Map (db m84161) HM |
| | Neronian Foundations
The concrete foundations that run from the Forum around the corner towards the Palatine, alongside the Arch of Titus, probably pertain to the enormous portico that, according to the ancient sources, Nero had constructed as . . . — — Map (db m84324) HM |
| | North Facade of the Domus Tiberiana
The high multi-storey arcades that look out over the Roman Forum were constructed by the emperor Hadrian in order to extend the facade of the Domus Tiberiana to the Via Nova in an architecturally splendid . . . — — Map (db m84294) HM |
| | Nymphaeum and Adjoining Cisterns
The short northern side of the "Stadium" - above some service rooms - ended in a square room with niches decorated with statues and fountains fed by a complex system of water pipes. Some large cisterns in the . . . — — Map (db m84163) HM |
| | Palatine Museum
The Palatine Museum displays precious finds from excavations on the hill from the 19th century until the present. It was opened in around 1930, re-adapting the 19th-century Convent of the Sisters of the Visitation, in turn . . . — — Map (db m84230) HM |
| On Piazza Navona at Piazza di Pasquino, on the left when traveling north on Piazza Navona. |
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Architetti [Architects]: F. Borromini (1599-1667) G. Rainaldi (1570-1655) C. Rainaldi (1611-1690)
Affreschi [Frescoes]: P. da Cortona (1596-1669) G. Brandi (1621-1691) F. Allegrini (1615/20-post 1679) G. Gimignani (1606-1681) A. Camassei . . . — — Map (db m86173) HM |
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Located near the temple of Vesta, the Regia is believed to have been built by king Numa Pompilius as the place where the kings of Rome exercised their political and religious power. The plan resembles that of archaic houses and its royal nature is . . . — — Map (db m84370) HM |
| On Via dei Fori Imperiale at Via della Salara Vecchi, on the right when traveling east on Via dei Fori Imperiale. |
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The zone, which is named after the Piazza Campitelli, holds the sites which witnessed the birth of Rome: the municipal castle on the Campidoglio Hill (Arx), formerly the seat of the government, of the civil institutions and of the State . . . — — Map (db m84523) HM |
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The Roman Forum lies in the valley surrounded by the Palatine, Capitoline and Esquiline hills. In the Republican period (5th-1st centuries BC) this was the political, economic, religious and commercial heart of ancient Rome. In the 9th-8th . . . — — Map (db m84375) HM |
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The Roman Forum retained its importance especially during the Republican period (5th-1st centuries BC), when the valley gradually filled with public buildings whose remains are still preserved. These buildings, which almost always originally had a . . . — — Map (db m84377) HM |
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Although the Forum was "rediscovered" in the Renaissance, scientific interest in the area only began in the late 18th century. This led in the 19th century to systematic explorations by illustrious archaeologists, including Carlo Fea, Antonio . . . — — Map (db m84407) HM |
| | Shrine of Venus Cloacina
The circular base is placed above a tuff structure set into the ground, located where the Cloaca Maxima enters the Forum. This is the shrine dedicated to Venus Cloacina, containing two statues with the . . . — — Map (db m84449) HM |
| | So-Called Carcer
The three small rooms opening onto a corridor with walls made of large tufa blocks and travertine door and window frames are generally ascribed to a Carcer; this is an error as tradition attests the existence of . . . — — Map (db m84347) HM |
| | So-Called Temple of Romulus
On the basis of a depiction on a coin this building - unusual in shape for Roman architecture - is identified as the temple built by the emperor Maxentius in AD 307 in honour of his son who died in childhood. The . . . — — Map (db m84332) HM |
| On Via Vittorio Emanuele Orlando just south of Piazza di San Bernardo, on the left when traveling south. |
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The Grand Hotel of Rome has recently been bought and refurbished by a multinational company which has named it the St. Regis Grand. Conceived by the renowned hotelier César Ritz at the suggestion of the then Italian Prime Minister, Marquis . . . — — Map (db m85951) HM |
| | Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
The temple - as indicated by the inscription - was dedicated by the Senate to Faustina in AD 141 and, when he died, to her husband the emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). The long walls of the cella, in . . . — — Map (db m84366) HM |
| | The Octagonal Fountain of the Domus Flavia
The great peristyle of the Domus Flavia – the public part of the structure – had at its centre an octagonal fountain taking the form of a labyrinth, a very ancient motif.
The Gardens . . . — — Map (db m84251) HM |
| | The Palatine "Stadium"
This area provides a view from above of the “Stadium”, an important sector of the Flavian Palace which is never given this name in the ancient sources. In fact it was a garden, more specifically a . . . — — Map (db m84195) HM |
| On Piazza di Spagna at Via dei Condotti, on the right when traveling north on Piazza di Spagna. |
| | The Spanish Steps
Built between 1723 and 1726 following the project of the architect Francesco De Sanctis (1693-1740), the Spanish Steps (Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) link the Church of Trinità dei Monti located on the slopes of Pincian . . . — — Map (db m84492) HM |
| | The 'Stadium'
The so-called Stadium, another important area of the Flavian Palace, was in fact a huge rectangular garden area with a hemicycle at one end.
The Garden was enclosed by a portico and its perimeter was marked out by a track . . . — — Map (db m84166) HM |
| On Piazza della Rotonda at Via del Pastini, on the right when traveling west on Piazza della Rotonda. |
| | [Text in Italian: …]
Text in English:
The Trevi-Pantheon Route forms part of a narrow and winding itinerary which begins in Piazza Farnese and arrives at the slopes of the Quirinale, the route includes the open spaces and the . . . — — Map (db m46858) HM |
| | The Upper Peristyle of the Domus Augustana
Set within the great rectangular basin, with its complex articulated edges, was a miniature temple on a podium. This could be accessed by means of a small bridge supported on small arches, probably . . . — — Map (db m84198) HM |
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The name Via Nova is generally applied to the stretch of road that runs in a straight line along the north-west slope of the Palatine, almost parallel to the Via Sacra. All the literary sources that mention the Via Nova date to the Republican and . . . — — Map (db m84268) HM |
| On Piazza Venezia at Via di San Marco when traveling east on Piazza Venezia. |
| | Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
secc. XIX-XX
Architetti: G. Sacconi, P. Piacentini, G. Koch, M. Manfredi
Renderings of the Monument:
Pianta * Sezione longitudianle * Prospeto
[Left column - Text in . . . — — Map (db m47437) HM |
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