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 BASILICA AEMILIA
The few remains of this magnificent building, regarded by the Roman writer Pliny as one the greatest wonders of the ancient world, was an example of the basilica (Greek: royal hall), a type of structure that gradually spread from the Hellenistic East...
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 BASILICA JULIA
The building to the southeast of the Temple of Saturn, of which only the foundations and the stumps of the columns remain today, was of the same type as the Basilica Aemilia. The basilica (Greek: royal hall), a type of structure that gradually spread...
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 BASILICA OF MAXENTIUS (OR OF CONSTANTINE)
This Basilica was built by Maxentius in 306-312 and completed by Constantine. It was set on the Velia, i.e. the hill on the east limit of the Roman Forum, over previous constructions. The Basilica was entirely made of bricks and concrete; its dimensi...
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 BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGELI
The first stirrings of the idea of transforming the baths of Diocletian into a church date back to Giuliano da Sangallo and Baldassare Peruzzi (ca. 1515), but it was not until 1561 that the priest Antonio del Duca obtained from Pope Pius IV the conse...
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 BASILICA OF SS. GIOVANNI & PAOLO
The basilica grew over some ancient Roman constructions disposed on several levels with 20 different rooms belonging to a pagan building, a Christian house and an oratory. The Christian house belonged to John and Paul, two court dignitaries under Con...
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 BASILICA OF ST. CECILIA
S. Ceilia in Trastevere was built in the 5th century, according to legend over the dwelling of Valerianus and his wife Cecilia, who was a Christian and suffered martyrdom under Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161-180). In the 9th century Pope Pascal...
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 BASILICA OF ST. CLEMENTE
S. Clemente is one of the eighteen titular churches in Rome that are known to have existed as early as the 3rd century A.D. Under Pope Siricius (pontificate 384-399) a basilica was erected over a Roman dwelling; dedicated to St. Clement (presumed pon...
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 BASILICA OF ST. GIOVANNI IN LATERANO
This is the Cathedral of Rome and it is named after the Most Holy Savior and the Ss. John the Baptist and John the Evangelist. The basilica that was built under Constantine, which had a layout not unlike that of the original St. Peter's, was erected ...
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 BASILICA OF ST. MARIA MAGGIORE
This Basilica, built according to legend on the site of a miraculous snowfall by Pope Liberius, actually dates back to Sixtus III (4th c.). In the 5th c. it had a nave and two aisles, not transept, and a central apse. During the reign of Pope Nichola...
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 BASILICA OF ST. PAOLO
Largest of the patriarchal basilicas, after St. Peter's, it was built in the time of Constantine on the grave of St. Paul, and consecrated in 324; it was enlarged and embellished over the centuries until was largely destroyed by a fire on 15-16 July ...
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 BASILICA OF ST. PETER
The cathedral of St. Peter is not only the biggest of all Roman Catholic churches, as the Mother Church of the Catholic community it is the most famous and most visited church in the world. The present building is a Renaissance and Baroque structure,...
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 BASILICA ULPIA
This was the most important basilica after two ancient ones: Emilia and Giulia. With its construction the political life moved from the Roman Forum to this Forum of Trajan. It was dedicated to the administration of justice and presence of emperor; an...
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 BATHS OF CARACALLA
These baths were begun by Septimius Severus in 206 and were finished by his son Antoninus Caracalla in 216. The model for this bathing complex were the baths of Trajan. Nevertheless the works over this complex construction continued till Alexandrus S...
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 BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN
Began in 298 A.D. and completed in 306 A.D., these were the largest baths in Rome; the structure could accommodate ca. 3,000 people, and it copied - in the central wing, surrounded by gardens with nymphaea, exedrae, and groups of rooms in the interio...
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 BATHS OF TRAJAN
The Baths of Trajan were executed by Apollodorus of Damascus in only five years and opened by Trajan in 110 A.D. They were introducing the new approach to public service: apart from the baths and gyms, there were also libraries, meeting halls and exp...
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 BORGHESE GALLERY
The palace of Villa Borghese houses worldly famous art works. It was projected by F.Ponzio and continued after his death by G.Vasanzio, who decorated the facade with stuccoes that bordered ancient sculptures, moved in Louvre under Napoleon. In the en...
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