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The sculpture ‘Il Diritto’ at the Vittoriano
The Altar of the Fatherland at the Vittoriano
The allegorical statues of three cities (Florence, Turin and Venice)
The silhouette of the Vittoriano
The terrace of the *Bollettino della Vittoria*
The neoclassical portico of the Vittoriano
The right-hand propylaeum of the Vittoriano
Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
The equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II
The two Marian churches in Piazza Venezia
The Church of Santa Maria di Loreto
The Assicurazioni Generali building
The Church of San Marcello al Corso
The Trevi Fountain
The allegorical statue of the River Tiber
The bronze statue of the She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus
The Church of Saints Luke and Martina and the Church of St Joseph of the Carpenters
The Temple of Romulus
Constantine’s Arch
Colosseum
The walls of the Colosseum
The Colosseum’s auditorium
The Colosseum’s auditorium
Constantine’s Arch
The Temple of Venus and Rome
The inscription of Pope Pius IX at the Colosseum
Fragment of a Roman sarcophagus
Homer’s two-faced herald
The Colosseum’s auditorium
Silhouette of the Cross of the Christian Martyrs
Silhouette of the Colosseum
The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre)
The Basilica of St John Lateran
The Basilica of St John Lateran
Wooden statue of St John the Baptist
Marble statue of St James the Greater
The Papal Archbasilica of St John Lateran
The papal altar in the Basilica of St John Lateran
The monumental tomb of Pope Leo XIII
The Ogival Tabernacle in the Basilica of St John Lateran

The sculpture “Il Diritto” at the Vittoriano in Piazza Venezia, by Ettore Ximenes

On the right are the bas-reliefs of the Altar of the Fatherland at the Vittoriano, designed by the sculptor Angelo Zanelli, and on the left are the two churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary

The allegorical statues representing three (Florence, Turin and Venice) of the fourteen noble cities of Italy, placed at the top of the plinth of the equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, by Eugenio Maccagnani

The silhouette of the Vittoriano and the equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II

On the left, the national monument to Vittorio Emanuele II at the Vittoriano and the terrace of the Bollettino della Vittoria

The neoclassical portico of the Vittoriano, featuring Corinthian columns and the propylaeum on the right

The right-hand propylaeum of the Vittoriano, bearing the inscription ‘Civium Libertati’, flanked by two Winged Victories, one by Mario Rutelli (right) and the other by Cesare Zocchi (left)

Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittoriano) overlooking Piazza Venezia, by the sculptor Enrico Chiaradia

On the left is the large terrace of the Bollettino della Vittoria and on the right the equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel II, set on a large plinth of Botticino marble

The two Marian churches in Piazza Venezia: Santa Maria di Loreto on the left and Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano on the right

On the left is the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto, situated in the square of the same name, designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, and on the right is Trajan’s Column

The Assicurazioni Generali building, designed by the architect Giuseppe Sacconi in the early 1900s

The Baroque façade of the church of San Marcello al Corso, designed by Carlo Fontana in the 17th century

The Trevi Fountain, in the late Baroque style, designed by Nicolò Salvi in 1700

The colossal allegorical statue depicting the River Tiber, situated in front of Palazzo Senatorio in Piazza del Campidoglio

A replica of the bronze statue of the She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus in Via San Pietro in Carcere

The Church of Saints Luke and Martina (right) and the Church of St Joseph of the Carpenters (left) in Via del Tulliano

The Temple of Romulus in the Roman Forum, built by Emperor Maxentius in the 4th century AD.

Constantine’s Arch in Piazza del Colosseo, characterised by three arches flanked by columns set on high plinths

The Colosseum’s travertine façade, divided into four orders, the first three of which consist of arches

The missing outer wall of the Colosseum (originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre), which was used as a travertine quarry in the 15th century for the construction of other buildings

The ring-shaped corridors of the Colosseum’s large, elliptical auditorium, which spectators accessed by passing through the dividing arches

The Colosseum’s auditorium, divided into five sections (maeniana) with a maximum capacity of 80,000 people, with the arena and the underground chambers at its centre

On the left is the Arch of Constantine (4th century), 21 metres high and situated at the end of the Via Sacra; on the right is the Arch of Titus (1st century)

The Temple of Venus and Roma (2nd century), situated on the Velia hills in the area of the Roman Forum, was commissioned by Emperor Hadrian

On the left is the inscription by Pope Pius IX (1852) referring to the restoration work carried out on the eastern side of the Colosseum, and on the right is the Arch of Constantine

A fragment of a Roman sarcophagus in the exhibition on the *Iliad* at the Colosseum, depicting Andromache witnessing Hector’s defeat

Stone sculpture depicting the two-faced bust of Homer in the exhibition on the *Iliad* at the Colosseum

The interior of the auditorium with the remains of the Colosseum, including two Corinthian capitals and two broken columns

Silhouette of the Cross of the Christian Martyrs and the auditorium of the Colosseum

A silhouette of the Colosseum, commissioned and built by the Roman emperor Vespasian in 72 AD.

Via Labicana and the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980

The façade of the Basilica of St John Lateran in Piazza di Porta San Giovanni, the Pope’s official ecclesiastical seat

The Basilica of St John Lateran, cathedral of the Diocese of Rome and Mother Church of all the churches in the world, designed by Alessandro Galilei in 1732

Wooden statue of St John the Baptist, by the artist Donato da Formello (16th century), located beneath the Chapel of the Confession

A marble statue (by Camillo Rusconi) depicting St James the Greater, one of the twelve apostles, situated in a niche in the Papal Archbasilica of St John Lateran

The north transept of the Papal Archbasilica of St John Lateran, featuring the 16th-century pipe organ by Luca Biagi

The papal altar in the Basilica of St John Lateran

The monumental tomb of Pope Leo XIII in the Basilica of St John Lateran

The central nave of the Basilica of St John Lateran, with the Ogival Tabernacle at its centre, featuring frescoes by Barna da Siena

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