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The Palazzo Senatorio in Piazza del Campidoglio, with a large fountain at its centre topped by a statue of the Goddess Roma, flanked by statues of the Nile (left) and the Tiber (right)

One of the Dioscuri twins, Castor and Pollux, in Piazza del Campidoglio, sons of the mythological gods Zeus and Leda; to the right is the Palazzo Senatorio

The two statues of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, erected on the steps of Piazza del Campidoglio in 1584

The bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, with the Palazzo Senatorio in Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill) in the background

On the left, the Temple of Vespasian and Titus; in the centre, the Arch of Septimius Severus; on the right, the Temple of Saturn; and in the background, the Church of Saints Luke and Martina in the Roman Forum

On the left is the Tabularium, situated on the Capitoline Hill and built in 79 BC by the architect Lucius Cornelius; on the right are the remains of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus

On the right, one of the reliefs on the plinths of the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, depicting Roman soldiers with prisoners

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, a three-arched triumphal arch standing on a travertine plinth

On the left, the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum; on the right, the Church of Saints Luke and Martina

On the left is the Temple of Saturn, in the centre is the Arch of Septimius Severus within the Roman Forum, and on the right is the Church of Saints Luke and Martina

Some remains of the Roman Forum, near the Lapis Niger, with the Column of Phocas – dating from 608 and standing 13.6 m tall – in the background

The Arch of Gaius and Lucius Caesar in the Roman Forum

The six-column pronaos, in cipollino marble, of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman Forum

A plaster model depicting the Battle of Castelfidardo, on display in a room at the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento at the Vittoriano

A sketch by the sculptor Vito Pardo (1910) depicting the Battle of Castelfidardo, on display at the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento at the Vittoriano

Two half-length busts in the Museum of the Risorgimento at the Vittoriano, including, on the left, the portrait of Luigi di Savoia

Two stone sculptures depicting two female figures, situated at the entrance to the Museum of the Risorgimento at the Vittoriano

The steps leading up to the Central Museum of the Risorgimento at the Vittoriano

Entrance to the Central Museum of the Risorgimento at the Vittoriano, bearing the inscription “Italiae Limina Sacra Armis Restituta”

Trajan’s Forum and the grey granite columns of the central nave of the Basilica Ulpia

Trajan’s Forum with the columns of the ancient Basilica Ulpia and, on the left, the Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary

The remains of a temple in the Sacred Area of Largo di Torre Argentina, with the Teatro Argentina in the background

Porta Maggiore, in front of which stands the tomb of the baker Marco Virgilio Eurisace and his wife, dating from 30 BC.

Porta Maggiore along the Aurelian Walls, situated in the square of the same name, built in 52 AD under Emperor Claudius, and next to it the ancient Roman aqueduct

On the left is the Fountain of the Naiads in Piazza della Repubblica, created by the Palermo-born sculptor Mario Rutelli in 1901, and on the right is the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

The sculpture of the Nymph of the Lakes, part of the Naiads’ Fountain in Piazza della Repubblica

The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, in Piazza della Repubblica

The Triton Fountain, created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1642, is situated in Piazza Bernini

Entrance to the National Gallery of Ancient Art (Palazzo Barberini) on Via delle Quattro Fontane

The façade of the Church of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, featuring a monumental portico flanked by Ionic columns

On the left is the Quirinale Palace and on the right the Fountain of the Dioscuri, with the obelisk in the centre

Backlit view of the obelisk with the Fountain of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) in Piazza del Quirinale

The façade of the Quirinal Palace, completed by Carlo Maderno in 1617

The Quirinale Palace, situated in the square of the same name, is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic

On the left is the Trevi Fountain, made of travertine and Carrara marble (statues), and on the right is Palazzo Castellani, dating from the 1800s

Pietro Bracci’s statue of Oceanus, flanked by the statues of Health and Abundance, by Filippo Della Valle, situated at the centre of the Trevi Fountain

Termini Station in Piazza dei Cinquecento, dedicated to Pope John Paul II

Castel Sant’Angelo, built around 123 AD as a mausoleum for Emperor Hadrian and his family, with the bridge of the same name to the right

A travertine sculpture depicting “Military Valour” (the Battle of San Martino, 1859) by Italo Griselli, on the Vittorio Emanuele II Bridge

The half-columns supporting the bronze ‘Winged Victories’ along the Vittorio Emanuele II Bridge; on the left is a work by Francesco Pifferetti and on the right a work by Amleto Cataldi

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