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A Tourist in Rome
- Photos of Rome
Best Photos, mixed sites
My Best Photos of Rome
(first trip, 2012)
My Best Photos of Rome
(second trip, 2013)
My Best Photos of Italy
(third trip, 2014)
Ancient Sites in Rome
Colosseum
(
Colosseo
, Flavian Amphitheater)
Ludus Magnus
Arch of Constantine
(
Arco di Costantino
)
Roman Forum
(
Foro Romano
)
Palatine Hill
(
Collis Palatino
)
Caesar's Forum
(
Foro di Cesare
) and the Temple of Venus Genetrix (
Tempio de Venere Genitrice
) and the Basilica Argentaria
Forum of Augustus
(
Foro di Augusto
) and the Temple of Mars the Avenger (
Tempio di Mars Ultor
)
Temple of Peace
(
Templum Pacis
)
Forum of Nerva
(
Foro di Nerva
) and the Temple of Minerva
Trajan's Forum
(
Foro di Traiano
) and the
Basilica Ulpia
Trajan's Market
(
Mercati di Traiano
)
Trajan's Column
(
Colonna Traiana
)
Trajan's Column Plaster Casts
, from the Museum of Roman Civilization, in the EUR
Temple of Divine Trajan
Pantheon
Basilica of Neptune
(
Baslilca di Nettuno
)
Ara Pacis
(Altar of Peace)
Mausoleum of Augustus
(
Mausoleo di Augusto
)
Largo di Torre Argentina
Baths of Diocletian
(
Thermae Diocletiani
) (see Church - Santa Maria Degli Angeli, and Museum - TermeDiDiocleziano)
Baths of Caracalla
(
Terme di Caracalla
)
Baths of Trajan
(
Terme di Traiano
)
Appian Way
(
Via Appia
)
Circus of Maxentius
(
Circo di Massenzio
)
Catacombs of San Callisto
(no photos allowed inside)
Fosse Ardeantine
Catacombs of San Sebastiano
(no photos allowed inside)
Tomb of Cecila Metella
Villa of the Quintili
Catacombs of Priscilla
(no photos allowed inside)
Circus Maximus
(
Circo Massimo
)
Circus Agonalis
(Domitian's Stadium, is now Piazza Navona)
Theatre of Marcellus
(
Teatro di Marcello
)
Temple of Apollo Sosianus
Porticus Octaviae
(
Portico di Ottavia
)
Servian Wall and Gates
(
Murus Servii Tullii
)
Aurelian Wall and Gates
Porta del Popolo
Porta Pinciana
Porta Tiburtina
Porta Maggiore
Amphitheatre Castrense
Porta San Giovanni
Porta Latina
Porta San Sebastiano
Porta San Paolo
Porta San Pancrazio
Porta Settimiana
Pyramid of Cestius
(
Piramide Cestia
)
Forma Urbis
Arch of Drusus
Arch of Gallienus
Arch of Janus
Arch of the Money-Changers
(
Arco degli Argentieri
)
Arch of the Swamps
(
Arco dei Pantani
)
Capitoline Insulae
Case Romane del Celio
(underground site, under the Basilica of
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
)
Villa of the Gordiani
Cloaca Maxima
Colossal Marble Foot
Freedmen's Tombs
Game Boards in the Fora of Rome
Mamertine Prison
Sacred Area of San Omobono
Tarpeian Rock
(
Rupes Tarpeia
)
Temple of Hadrian
Temple of Hercules Victor
Temple of Jupiter
Temple of Portunus
Temple on the Via delle Botteghe Oscure
(
Tempio di via delle Botteghe Oscure
), (might be the Temple of the Nymphs), at Via delle Botteghe Oscure and Celsa
Temple of Minerva Medica
(
Tempio di Minerva Medica
)
Tomb of Bibulus
Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker
Tomb of the Scipios
Tombs of the Via Latina
Trophies of Marius
Triumphal Portico di Monte Caprino
Via Margana 40A
Vicus Caprarius
(Underground site, under the Trevi Cinema)
Pompeii
Ostia Antica
Hadrian's Villa
(
Villa Adriana
)
Aqueducts
Aqueduct Park
(
Parco degli Acquedotti
)
Aqua Anio Novus
Aqua Claudia
(many from Aqueduct Park, a few others)
Arcus Caelimontani
Aqua Felice
(many from Aqueduct Park, a few others)
Aqua Neroniano
Aqueduct on Via Turati
The Fountains of Rome
Major Fountains, alphabetically
Big Fountain
(
Il Fontanone
, or
Fontana dell'Acqua Paola
) on the Janiculum (
Giancolo
) Hill
Fountain of the Four Rivers
(
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
) in the center of Piazza Navona
Fountain of the Naiads
(
Fontana delle Naiadi
) in the Piazza della Repubblica
Fountain of the Pantheon
(
Fontana del Pantheon
)
Moses Fountain
(
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice
)
Sinking Boat Fountain
(
Fontana della Baraccia
) in Piazza de Spagna, at the foot of the Spanish Steps
Trevi Fountain
(
Fontana di Trevi
)
Triton Fountain
(
Fontana del Tritone
) in Piazza Barberini
Minor Fountains, alphabetically
Abbeveratoio Bocca della Verita
ACEA Fountain
(
Azienda Municipale Elettricita ed Acqua
, or
Fontana dell’ACEA
), in Piazzale Ostiense (Pyramid metro station)
Bernini Fountain
in St Peter's Square
Breast Fountain
(
Fontana delle Mammelle
) in Piazza Capo di Ferro
Capitoline Egyptian Lion Fountains
Drinking Fountain in Piazza del Popolo
Fontana dei Calecument
, in
Piazza della Madonna dei Monti
Fontana dei Monti
Fontana del Ninfeo di Villa Giulia
Fountain at Santa Sabina
(
Fontana Santa Sabina
,
Fontana del Mascherone di Santa Sabina
, Fountain of the Mask of Santa Sabina)
Fountain at Villa Medici
Fountain in Front of Ara Pacis
Fountain in Piazza Benedetto Cairoli
Fountain in Piazza Campitelli
Fountain in Piazza Campo di Fiori
Fountain in Piazza Colonna
(
Fontana di Piazza Colonna
, Fountain of Portasanta,
Fontana Portasanta
), in Piazza Colonna
Fountain in Piazza dell'Aracoeli
Fountain in Piazza della Cinque Scole
(Fountain of Piazza Guida)
Fountain in Piazza Farnese
Fountain in Piazzale Caffarelli
(
Fontana Piazzale degli Eroi
)
Fountain in Piazzale degli Eroi
(
Fontana Piazzale degli Eroi
)
Fountain in Piazza San Giovanni
(The Lateran Fountain,
Fontana Piazza San Giovanni
,
Fontana dell'obelisco Lateranense
)
Fountain in Piazza Sant'Andrea della Valle
(
Fontana Piazza Sant'Andrea della Valle
)
Fountain in Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fountain in Piazzetta San Simeone
(
Fontana Piazzetta San Simeone
)
Fountain in Villa Medici Courtyard
Fountain of Castor and Pollux
(Fountain of the Dioscuri,
Fontana dei Dioscuri
, Monte Cavallo Fountain)
Fountain of Cavelleggeri Gate
(
Fontana Porta Cavalleggeri
), in Largo di Porta Cavalleggeri
Fountain of Neptune
(
Fontana del Nettuno
) at the northern end of Piazza Navona
Fountain of Palazzo del Monte di Pieta
Fountain of Ponte Sisto
(
Fontana di Ponte Sisto
, Fountain of One Hundred Priests,
Fontanone dei Cento Preti
), in Piazza Trilussa
Fountain of Pope Julius III
(
Fontana di Papa Giulio III
)
Fountain of Porta Flaminia
(
Fontana Porta Flaminia
), in Piazza del Popolo
Fountain of Porta San Sebastiano
(
Fontana di Porta San Sebastiano
), across the street from Porta San Sebastiano
Fountain of San Sebastianello
(
Fontana del Bottino di San Sebastianello
)
Fountain of San Stefano del Cacco
Fountain of Santa Maria Maggiore
Fountain of the Apollo Theater
(
Fontana del Teatro Apollo
)
Fountain of the Arts
(
Fontana delle Arti
)
Fountain of the Bees
(
Fontana delle Api
), in Piazza Barberini
Fountain of the Books
(
Fontana dei Libri
), on Via degli Staderari
Fountain of the Buffalo
(
Fontana del Bufalo
), in Largo Nazareno
Fountain of the Cask
(
Fontana della Botticella
) in Largo di San Rocco
Fountain of the Frogs
(
Fontana delle Rane
) in Piazza Mincio
Fountain of the Great Niche
(Fountain of the Nicchione,
Fontana del Nicchione
)
Fountain of the Jail
(
Fontana del Prigione
) at the intersection of Via Goffredo Mameli and Via Luciano Manara
Fountain of the Lion
(
Fontana del Leone
) in Piazza San Salvatore in Lauro
Fountain of the Mask
(
Fontana del Mascherone di Via Giulia
)
Fountain of the Obelisk
(
Fontana dell'Obelisco
, Fountain of the Lions,
Fontana dei Leoni
) in Piazza del Popolo
Fountain of the Pine Cone
(
Fontanella della Pigna
)
Fountain of the Tiaras
(
Fontana della Tiare
)
(
Fontana dei Tritoni
,
Fontana della Bocca della Verita
, Star-Shaped Fountain), in Piazza Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Fountain of Via della Posta Vecchia
Fountain of Via Paolina
(
Fontana Via Paolina
)
Fountains of the Turtles
(
Fontane delle Tartarughe
)
Four Fountains
at the intersection of Via di Quattro Fontane and Via 20 Settember
Il Babuino
(the Babboon, Fountain of the Baboon,
Fontana del Babuino
) on Via del Babuino at Via deo Greci
Maderno Fountain
in St Peter's Square
Moor Fountain
(
Fontana del Moro
) at the southern end of Piazza Navona
Neptune Fountain
(
Fontana del Nettuno
) in Piazza del Popolo
Porter Fountain
(Facchino Fountain,
Fontana del Facchino
)
Rome Between the Tiber and the Aniene
(Goddess of Rome Fountain,
Fontana Dea di Roma
) in Piazza del Popolo
Rutelli's Fish Fry
(
Fontana del Trofei di Mario
)
Thermae Alexandrinae Fountain
(
Fontana delle Terme Alessandrine
) on Via degli Staderari
Trullo Fountain
(
Fontana del Trullo
) in Piazza Nicosia
Turtle Fountain
(
Fontana delle Tartarughe
) in Piazza Mattei
Unidentified or Miscellaneous Fountains
Villa d'Este
in Tivoli
Viminale Fountain
Obelisks in Rome
Ancient Egyptian Obelisks
Lateran Obelisk
(
Obelisco Lateranense
), in Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano
Vatican Obelisk
(
Obelisco Vaticano
)
Flaminian Obelisk
(
Obelisco Flaminio
) from Circus Maximus, now in Piazza del Popolo
Solar Obelisk
(
Obelisco di Montecitorio
), or Montecitorio Obelisk, in Piazza Montecitorio
Macuteo Obelisk
, above the Fontana del Pantheon, in Piazza della Rotonda (at the Pantheon)
Minerva Obelisk
, at Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Dogali Obelisk
, at the Baths of Diocletian
Mattei Obelisk
, or Celimontana Obelisk, at Villa Celimontana
Ancient Roman Obelisks
Agonal Obelisk
(
Obelisco Agonalis
), or Obelisk of Domitian, above the Fountain of the Four Rivers, in Piazza Navona
Quirinal Obelisk
, in Piazza del Quirinale
Esquiline Obelisk
in Piazza dell'Esquilino
Sallustian Obelisk
, or
Trinita dei Monti Obelisk
, at the top of the Spanish Steps
Pincian obelisk
, on the Pincian Hill
Modern Obelisks
Marconi obelisk
, in Piazza Marconi, in the EUR
Villa Medici obelisk
, in the courtyard at Villa Medici
Columns in Rome
Trajan's Column
(
Colonna Traiana
)
The Column of Phocas
(
Colonna di Foca
) in the Roman Forum
Other Honorary Columns
(
Colonne Onorarie
) in the Roman Forum
The Column of Peace
(
Colonna della Pace
) in Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore
The Column in Piazza de Massimi
The Column of Marcus Aurelius
(
Colonna di Marco Aurelio
) in Piazza Colonna
Column of the Immaculate Conception
(
Colonna dell'Immacolata
) in Piazza Mignanelli
Museums in Rome
Capitoline Museum
(
Musei Capitolini
)
Vatican Museum
(
Musei Vaticani
)
Borghese Gallery
, (
Galleria Borghese
) (no photos allowed inside)
Le Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini
(no photos allowed inside)
Museum of Imperial Fora
(
Museo dei Fori Imperiali
)
National Museum of Rome -
Palazzo Massimo
National Museum of Rome -
Terme di Diocleziano
National Museum of Rome -
Palazzo Altemps
National Museum of Rome -
Crypta Balbi
Museum of Roman Civilization
(
Museo della Civilta Romana
)
Central Montemartini Museum
Palazzo Colonna
Castel Sant'Angelo
(
Castle of the Holy Angel
), also called the Mausoleum of Hadrian
Museum of the Wall
Etruscan Museum
(
Museo Nazionale Etrusco
) (no photos allowed)
Cappucine Crypt
Barracco Museum
Palazzo Venezia
(no photos allowed inside) inside)
Villa Farnesina
Churches in Rome
Basilica of Saints Vitalis, Valeris, Gervase and Protase
Domine Quo Vadis
Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis
Gesu Church
(
Chiesa del Gesu
)
Sacred Heart of Suffrage
Church of Sacred Heart of Suffrage (
Chiesa Parr Sacro Cuore Del Suffragio
)
Saints Sergius and Bacchus
San Bartolomeo
San Bernardo alle Terme
San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane
(Church of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains)
San Clemente
(Basilica of Saint Clement) (Church with Underground, no photos allowed in underground)
San Crisogono
(Saint Chrysogonus) (Underground only)
San Francesco a Ripa
(Francis of Assisi by the River)
San Giorgio al Velabro
San Giovanni in Laterano
, and the Holy Stairs (
Scala Sancta
)
San Ignazio
(
Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio
, Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius)
San Lorenzo in Lucina
(Church of St Lawrence at Lucina)
San Luigi dei Francesi
(Church of St. Louis of the French)
San Marco
(St. Mark) (Church with Underground)
San Martino ai Monti
San Nicola in Carcere
(St Nicholas in the Prison) (Church with Underground)
San Pietro in Montorio
(Saint Peter on the Golden Mountain)
Sant'Agnese Fuori le Mura
Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
Sant'Andrea della Fratte
Sant Andrea della Valle
Sant Isidoro alla Terme
Santa Bibiana
Santa Francesca Romana
Santa Maria ai Monti
Santa Maria de Loreto
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
(Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs) (see Ancient Site - Baths of Diocletian)
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
, in Piazza del Popolo
Santa Maria del Popolo
Santa Maria dell'Anima
Santa Maria della Consolazione
Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte
(Saint Mary of the Prayer and Death)
Santa Maria della Vittoria
(Our Lady of Victory)
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
(
Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara coeli al Campidoglio
, Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven)
Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin
(Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin)
Santa Maria in Montesanto
Santa Maria in Trastevere
(Basilica of Our Lady in Trastevere)
Santa Maria Maggiore
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
(Basilica of Saint Mary Major)
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
(Saint Mary above Minerva)
Santa Prassede
(
Basilica di Santa Prassede all'Esquillino
, Basilica of Saint Praxedes)
Santa Susanna
Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
Santo Stefano Rotondo
(
Basilica di Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
, Basilica of St. Stephen in the Round on the Celian Hill)
Sistine Chapel
(
Cappella Sistina
)
St. Agnes in Agone
in Piazza Navona
St. Paul's Outside the Walls
(
Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura
)
St. Paul's Inside the Walls
St. Peter in Chains
(
Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli
)
St. Peter's Basilica
(
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
)
Trinita dei Monti
The Seven Hills of Rome
Aventine Hill
(
Aventinus
,
Aventino
)
Caelian Hill
(
Caelius
,
Celio
)
Capitoline Hill
(
Capitolinus
,
Capitolino
,
Campidoglio
)
Esquiline Hill
(
Esquilinus
,
Esquilino
)
Palatine Hill
(
Palatinus
,
Palatino
)
Quirinal Hill
(
Quirinalis
,
Quirinale
)
Viminal Hill
(
Viminalis
,
Viminale
)
Other Hills of Rome
Janiculum Hill
(
Giancolo
)
Pincian Hill
Towers in Rome
Torre de Milizie
Torre dei Conti
Frangipane Tower
(
Torre della Moletta
, Small Mill Tower)
Tor Millina
Little Pope's Tower
(
Torre del Papito
)
Torre Borgia
(tower near St. Peter in Chains)
Torre degli Anguillara
Torre degli Annibaldi
(tower on the road to the Colosseum)
Tower of the Crickets
(
Torre Del Grillo
)
Towers in Piazza San Martino ai Monti
(
Torri dei Capocci e dei Graziani
)
Torre Colonna
Tiber River and Bridges over the Tiber
Tiber River and Bridges
(
Fiume Tevere
)
Ponte Cavour
Ponte Umberto I
Ponte Sant'Angelo
Ponte Vittorio Emanuelle
Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta
Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini
Ponte Sisto
Ponte Garibaldi
Ponte Cestio
Tiber Island
(
Isola Tiberina
)
Ponte Fabrico
Pons Aemilius
Ponte Palatino
Emperors or other famous people
Roma
(mythical representation of Rome)
Lucius Junius Brutus
(first Consul of the Roman Republic, 509 BC)
Julius Caesar
Pompey
(ally turned enemy of Caesar)
Augustus
(27 BC - 14 AD)
Octavia Minor
(Augustus' sister)
Livia
(Augustus' wife)
Nero Claudius Drusus
(Livia's son)
Germanicus
(Drusus' son)
Marcus Agrippa
(Augustus' best friend and right-hand-man)
Gaius Caesar
(Agrippa's son, Augustus' intended heir)
Lucius Caesar
(Agrippa's son, Augustus' intended heir)
Tiberius
(14 - 37 AD)
Antonia Minor
(mother of Claudius, grandmother of Caligula)
Caligula (37 - 41 AD)
Claudius
(41 - 54 AD)
Agrippina Minor
(wife of Claudius, mother of Nero)
Nero
(54 - 68 AD)
Poppaea
(Nero's wife)
Galba
(68 - 69 AD)
Vespasian
(69 - 79 AD)
Titus
(79 - 81 AD)
Julia Flavia
(Titus' daughter)
Domitian
(81 - 96 AD)
Nerva
(96 - 98 AD)
Trajan
(98 - 117 AD)
Hadrian
(117 - 138 AD)
Antinous
(Hadrian's lover)
Antoninus Pius
(138 - 161 AD)
Faustina Major
(Antoninus Pius' wife)
Marcus Aurelius
(161 - 180 AD)
Faustina Minor
(Marcus Aurelius' wife)
Lucius Verus
(161 - 169 AD)
Commodus
(177 - 192 AD)
Lucilla
(Commodus' sister)
Pertinax
(January 1, 193 - March 28, 193 AD)
Septimius Severus
(193 - 211 AD)
Caracalla
(197 - 217 AD)
Geta
(209 - 211 AD)
Macrinus
(April 11, 217 - June 8, 218 AD)
Elegabalus
(June 8, 218 - March 11, 222 AD)
Alexander Severus
(March 13, 222 - March 18, 235 AD)
Maximinus I
(March 20, 235 - June 238 AD)
Gordian I
(March 22, 238 - April 12 238 AD)
Pupienus Maximus
(April 22, 238 - July 29, 238 AD)
Gordian III
(April 22, 238 - February 11, 244 AD)
Trajan Decius
(September/October, 249 - June, 251 AD)
Gallus
(June, 251 - August, 253 AD)
Gallienus
(253 - 268 AD)
Probus
(September(?), 276 - September/October, 282 AD)
Maxentius
(306 - 312 AD)
Constantine
(307 - 337 AD)
Valens
(March 28, 364 - August 9, 378 AD)
Piazza
St. Peter's Square
Piazza Navona
Piazza Venezia
Piazza del Campidoglio
on the Capitoline Hill
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza Manfredo Fanti
Piazza Albania
Piazza di Porta Capena
Largo Magnanapoli
Other stuff in Rome
Abbot Luigi
Acanthus Plant
Aventine Keyhole
Bar Tre Scalini
in Piazza Navona
Centro Italiano Studi Americani
(Center for American Studies)
Cinecitta Studios
Coppede Neighborhood (
Quartiere Coppede
)
Farnese Arch
(
Arco dei Farnesi
)
Galleria Sciarra
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
, artist
Hard Rock Cafe
on Via Veneto
Holocaust Bricks
, a recently-made piece of sidewalk art memorializing Holocaust victims
House of the Crescenzi
House of the Knights of Rhodes
(
Casa dei Cavalieri di Rodi
)
La Dolce Vita
Stroll
Madama Lucrezia
Mouth of Truth
(
Bocca della Verita
)
Palace of Labor
(
Palazzo della Civilta Italiana
), or Square Colosseum (
Colosseo Quadrato
), in the E.U.R.
Passetto di Borgo
Pasquino
Roman Hall of Justice
(
Palazzo di Giustizia
, Palace of Justice)
Roman Holiday
Scooters
She-Wolf
Spanish Steps
(
Scalinata della Trinita dei Monti
)
SPQR
(
Senatus Populusque Romanus
) The Senate and People of Rome
St. Peter's Basilica Dome Walk
Teatro dell'Opera
Textures
Trilussa Statue
Triumphal Arch of Pope Sixtus V
Victor Emmanuel Monument
(
Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II
)
Villa Borghese
Villa Medici
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