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The grilles on the Vittorio Emanuele II Bridge
The Vittorio Emanuele II Bridge
Sant’Angelo Bridge
Piazza San Pantaleo
Piazza Navona
A mime artist in Piazza Navona
Fontana del Moro
The Courthouse
Church of Sant’Ivo
The Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle
The fountain in Piazza della Rotonda
Bernini’s Little Elephant
The rear of the Pantheon
Pantheon
The obelisk of Pharaoh Psammetichus II
Porta del Popolo
An allegorical statue depicting Winter
Porta del Popolo
The Flaminian Obelisk
The Flaminio Obelisk in Piazza del Popolo
Statue of the god Neptune holding his trident, flanked by two Tritons
The Basilica of Saints Ambrose and Charles on the Corso
The Barcaccia Fountain
The Column of the Immaculate Conception
The Church of the Holy Trinity on the Hill
The Church of the Trinity on the Hill
Villa Medici
Antico Caffè Greco
Montecitorio Palace
Entrance to the Montecitorio Palace
Christmas tree in the Alberto Sordi Gallery
Christmas tree in the Alberto Sordi Gallery
The dome of the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto and the Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Forum of Trajan
The allegorical group ‘l’Azione’
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The bronze sculpture *Il Pensiero* by Giulio Monteverde
The Church of Santa Maria di Loreto and the Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Forum of Trajan
The Winged Victory on the bow of a boat,
The Altar of the Fatherland at the Vittoriano
National monument dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II

The River Tiber as seen through the railings of the Vittorio Emanuele II Bridge

The Vittorio Emanuele II Bridge, with three arches and a length of 108 m, spanning the River Tiber

Ponte Sant’Angelo, also known as Ponte Elio, adorned with statues of angels, and Castel Sant’Angelo (Mole Adriana)

Piazza San Pantaleo, with the monument to the patriot Marco Minghetti (1895) on the right, designed by the architect Giacomo Misuraca and the sculptor Lio Gangeri

A small chestnut vendor’s stall in Piazza Navona, formerly the Stadium of Domitian in ancient Roman times

A mime artist and a stall selling sweets and toys in Piazza Navona

The Fontana del Moro in Piazza Navona, depicting an Ethiopian man wrestling with a dolphin, by Jacopo Della Porta

The Umberto I Bridge over the River Tiber and the Palace of Justice, also known as the ‘Palazzaccio’

The Church of Sant’Ivo (patron saint of lawyers), built during the Renaissance, is situated on the site of the former ‘La Sapienza’ University

The late Baroque façade of the Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle in Piazza Vidoni and the fountain from the now-vanished Piazza Scossacavalli

On the right is the base of the obelisk on the fountain in Piazza della Rotonda and on the left is the Pantheon, built between 118 and 128 AD at the behest of Emperor Hadrian

Bernini’s Little Elephant, which supports an obelisk in Piazza della Minerva – also known as ‘il pulcin della Minerva’ – was sculpted in 1667

The rear of the Pantheon on Via dei Cestari, with its cylindrical shape

The apse and the high altar in the circular cella of the Pantheon, decorated with coloured marble

The obelisk of Pharaoh Psammetichus II and the Palazzo Montecitorio in the square of the same name

On the left is the façade of Porta del Popolo in Piazzale Flaminio, designed by Nanni di Baccio Bigio, who completed it in 1562

An allegorical statue depicting one of the four seasons (Winter) in Piazza del Popolo, by Filippo Gnaccarini (1824)

On the left is the inner façade of Porta del Popolo and on the right the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, both restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the 17th century

The Flaminio Obelisk, situated in the centre of Piazza del Popolo, is 24 metres high and was erected during the reigns of the pharaohs Merenptah and Ramesses II (13th century BC)

The Flaminio Obelisk at the centre of the Fountain of the Lions, in Piazza del Popolo at the foot of the Pincio

Statue of the god Neptune holding his trident, flanked by two Tritons, in Piazza del Popolo, created in 1823 by Giovanni Ceccarini

The façade of the Basilica of Saints Ambrosius and Charles on the Corso, dating from 1612

The Barcaccia Fountain in Piazza di Spagna, at the foot of Trinità dei Monti, designed by Pietro Bernini and completed in 1629

The Column of the Immaculate Conception, made of cipollino marble, situated in Piazza Mignanelli, designed by the architect Luigi Poletti and unveiled in 1857

A column with a Corinthian capital at the foot of the steps leading up to the Church of the Holy Trinity on the Hill, characterised by two symmetrical Gothic bell towers, designed by Carlo Maderno and Giacomo della Porta

The single central nave of the Church of Trinità dei Monti, built in the Gothic style

Villa Medici, the headquarters of the French Academy in Rome, a building situated on the Pincio hill, in Piazza della Trinità dei Monti

The historic Caffè Greco on Via Condotti, a haunt for students and intellectuals, founded in 1760 by Nicola della Maddalena

The rear façade of the Montecitorio building in Piazza del Parlamento, built in the Art Nouveau style by the architect Ernesto Basile

The rear entrance to the Montecitorio Palace, which overlooks Piazza del Parlamento, designed by Bernini and flanked by two statues by Domenico Trentacoste

The Alberto Sordi Gallery in Piazza Colonna, designed by the architect Dario Carbone and opened in 1922

The arches and columns that adorn the Alberto Sordi Gallery, with a large Christmas tree at its centre

In the foreground is Giulio Monteverde’s sculpture group *Il Pensiero* in Piazza Venezia, with the church of Santa Maria di Loreto (left) and the church of the Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano in the background

The bronze allegorical group ‘L’Azione’, created for the Vittoriano in Piazza Venezia, by Francesco Jerace

On the left is the bronze sculpture *L’Azione* by Francesco Jerace, situated at the foot of the Vittoriano in Piazza Venezia

On the left, the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto, the Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum, and Trajan’s Column; on the right, the bronze sculpture ‘Il Pensiero’ by Giulio Monteverde

The Church of Santa Maria di Loreto (left), the Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Forum of Trajan (centre) and Trajan’s Column (right)

Bronze statue depicting Winged Victory on the bow of a boat, situated at the foot of the Vittoriano, by Edmondo Rubino

The Altar of the Fatherland at the Vittoriano, a work by the sculptor Angelo Zanelli, the guard of honour and the large statue of the goddess Roma

National monument dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II in Piazza Venezia, made of Botticino marble, designed by the architect Giuseppe Sacconi

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