Piazza del Quirinale

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Quirinale

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Church in front of Mercati Trayani

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Church in front of Mercati Trayani

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Rome seen from Quirinale Museum

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Rome seen from Quirinale Museum

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Central Rome view

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Italian pine on a rooftop

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Spanish steps crowded by tourists

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Winding streets of Rome amid the palaces

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Vatican beyond the Tiber

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Vatican beyond the Tiber

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St Peter's in the Vatican

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Sunset over Vatican

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Via delle Conziliazione and St. Peter's

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San Clemente -one of the oldest churches

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Ceiling of San Giovanni in Laterano

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The twisting columns in the cloister of

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...san Giovanni in Laterano

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San Giovanni in Laterano cloister

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San Giovanni collonnade

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San Giovanni collonnade

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Medieval church decorations

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San Giovanni in Laterano cloister

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In San Giovanni the pope serves the mess

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Piazza of San Giovanni

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Baptistry ceiling in San Giovanni

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inside St Peter's in Vatican

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The scale of St Peter's dominates humans

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Tourists gaping at St Peter's

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The great altar of St Peter's

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A roman park on the southern outskirts

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Ruins of an aqueduct from the mountains

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Via Appia Antica - far from the center

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Ruins of an old Villa on Appia Antica

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tombs lining Via Appia Antica

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Pina Antica along Appia Antica

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Ancient shade sources

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tomb of an ancient Roman nobleman

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the shaft (for pigeons?), tomb of Cecili

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the walls of the tomb of Cecilia Metella

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Bas-relief on tomb of Cecilia Metella

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the walls of the tomb of Cecilia Metella

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4th century church, Via Appia Antica

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4th century church, Via Appia Antica

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ruins along Via Appia Antica

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ruins along Via Appia Antica

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ruins along Via Appia Antica

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Rome old and New

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Rome San Sebastiano gate

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A church near Terme di Caracalla

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A church near Terme di Caracalla

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A church near Terme di Caracalla

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A church near Terme di Caracalla

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Mosaics used to decorate Terme Caracalla

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The baths were high, and were...

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...heated by fires burning under floors

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Thousands could bath at the same time

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Church on Isola Tiberina

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A pleasant house on a secluded street

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Fori Troiani where the processions went

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Temples and Basilicas (meeting houses)

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Basilica of Ancient Rome -later a church

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Fori

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Columns reminding of the imperal beauty

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Palaces on the Palatine Hill

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Exquisite waterworks on Palatine

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Italy: pines and ruins

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Vatican chests hold history and show art

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Vatican chests hold history and show art

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Vatican chests hold history and show art

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Medieval model of the solar system

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Vatican chests hold history and show art

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Vatican map collection

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Scenes of medieval Rome

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Etruscan gold ring

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Etruscan gold in Vatican

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Etruscan gold medallion, Vatican

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