Category: Italy

Palazzo Medici, also called Palazzo Medici Riccardi, is a Renaissance palace located in Florence, Italy. The palace was built between 1444 and 1484. It was well known for its stone masonry, which includes architectural elements of rustication and ashlar.

Medici Chapels (Italian: Cappelle medicee) are two structures at the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with the purpose of celebrating the Medici family, patrons of the church and Grand Dukes of Tuscany.

Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy. The fountain was designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others in 1762.

Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. Fontana del Moro and Fontana del Nettuno are located in Piazza Navona.

Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. Piazza Navona has several beautiful fountains, one of them is Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi.

Castel Sant'Angelo (literally meaning Castle of the Holy Angel) also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering cylindrical building in Rome, Italy. Castel Sant'Angelo was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum.

Castel Sant'Angelo (literally meaning Castle of the Holy Angel) also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering cylindrical building in Rome, Italy. Castel Sant'Angelo was once the tallest building in Rome, now it is a museum and one of the popular tourist attractions in Rome.

Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Italian: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome, and serves as the seat of the Roman Pontiff, the pope.

Imperial fora (Fora Imperatorum) are a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD. Let’s take a look at the Forum of Nerva and Trajan's Forum.

Imperial fora (Latin: Fora Imperatorum) are a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD. Let’s take a look at the Forum of Caesar and the Forum of Augustus.

San Pietro in Vincoli (Italian: Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli) is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, best known for being the home of the relics of the chains that bound Saint Peter.

Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum) is located in Rome, Italy. The Forum was deemed to be the heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world and in all history, today it is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting millions of sightseers yearly.

Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum) is located in Rome, Italy. For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome, such as the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches and criminal trials.

Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum) is located in Rome of Italy, it is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome.

Palatine Hill, (Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is situated in Rome, Italy. From the start of the Empire (27 BC) Augustus built his palace there and the hill gradually became the exclusive domain of emperors; the ruins of the palaces of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD), Tiberius (14 – 37 AD) and Domitian (81 – 96 AD) can still be seen.

Palatine Hill (Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is situated in Rome of Italy, which is one of the most ancient parts of the city. The name of the hill is the etymological origin of the word palace and its cognates in other languages (English: Palace, Italian: palazzo, French: palais, Spanish: palacio, German: Palast, etc.).

Situated in Rome of Italy, Palatine Hill (Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is the centremost of the Seven Hills (Septem colles) of Rome, it is also one of the most ancient parts of the city and has been called ‘the first nucleus of the Roman Empire’.

Situated next to the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in AD 312.

The Colosseum is located in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. The Colosseum was the largest amphitheatre ever built at the time and could hold an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 spectators at various points of its history over the centuries, having an average audience of some 65,000.