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PRESENTS ROME

Welcome to Rome! With this presentation we are going to describe some of the most important

monuments in Rome, most of which we are going to visit together.

Enjoy!

Welcome to Rome

The Colosseum Arch of Constantine The Roman Forum

Piazza Venezia

Piazza del

popolo

Piazza Barberini

Villa Borghese

The Spanish Steps& the Barcaccia

FountainThe Trevi Fountain The Pantheon

The Church of St. Louis of the French

Piazza Navona

ST. Peter’s Square Hadrian’s Villa Villa d’Este

These are some of the main important

monuments in Rome that we are going to visit

together.

The ColosseumThe Colosseum is an amphiteatre in the center of Rome and the largest amphitheatre in the world. It

was built under the Emperor Vespasian in 70 AD. It is the symbol of ancient and modern Rome.

The Arch of Constantine The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome located near the

Colosseum and erected in 312 AD by Constantine I.

The Roman Forum Near the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine we can admire the

Roman Forum. It is rectangular in shape and it was the center of

Roman public life for centuries.

Piazza VeneziaPiazza Venezia is one of most important squares in Rome. It is at the foot of the

Capitoline Hill and Next to Trajan's Forum. Four of the most important streets in Rome

start here: Via dei Fori imperiali, Via del Corso, Via del Plebiscito, Via Nazionale.

Piazza del PopoloPiazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome, situated at the foot of the Pincio, in

the centre of the square stands the Egyptian obelisk of Ramesses II, and around it we

can see 3 churches and 2 fountains.

Piazza BarberiniPiazza Barberini is a large square in the center of Rome, situated on the Quirinal Hill and created in the 16th century

but many buildings around of it have been rebuilt, at the center of Piazza is the Triton fountain carved by Bernini.

Another fountain carved by Bernini near Piazza Barberini is the Fountain of the Bees in Via Vittorio Veneto.

Fontana del Tritone The Triton Fountain is a 17th center fountain in Rome built by the Baroque sculptor

Bernini and commissioned by Urban VIII. It is near Palazzo Barberini and located in the

center of Piazza Barberini.

Fontana delle Api - Fountain of the BeesThe Fountain of the Bees is (like the Fontana del Tritone) a fountain located

in Piazza Barberini, a sculpture by Bernini completed in April 1644.

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Pope Urban VIII, built a fountain in the public ornament of the City, except that he made this fountain for the use of citizens in the year 1644.

On The fountain

Villa Borghese

Villa Borghese is large

public garden in center

of Rome, containing

many 17th century

buildings, it is the third

largest public park in

Rome. One of most

important monuments in

the Villa are Casino

Nobile or Villa Borghese

Pinciana.

Villa BorgheseVilla Borghese Pinciana, now Galleria Borghese, is one of most

beautiful and important monuments in Villa Borghese.

Piazza di Spagna – The Spanish Steps Piazza di Spagna is one of the most famous squares in Rome, in the middle of

the square is the famous Fontana della Barcaccia, carved by Pietro Bernini

and his son, the famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Piazza di Spagna: La Barcaccia FountainIt is a famous fountain in Rome, in the middle of Piazza di Spagna,

commissioned by Pope Urban VIII and completed by Pietro Bernini and his

son Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Fontana di Trevi – The Trevi FountainFontana di Trevi was built by Nicola Salvi in 1735, it is the largest fountain in

Rome and one of most important and beautiful fountains in the world. Tradition

says if you throw a coin into the fountain, you’ll return to Rome.

The Pantheon The Pantheon is an amazing building commissioned by Marco Agrippa during

the empire of Augustus, it is one of the best preserved monuments of Ancient

Roman buildings.

Church of St. Louis of the French The church is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, St. Denis The

Areopagite and St. Louis IX (King of France). It is near Piazza Navona and inside the

Church we can see 3 amazing paintings by the famous painter Caravaggio.

Inside this church, Caravaggio painted about the life of St. Matthew

with three paintings: The Inspiration of St. Matthew, The Calling of St.

Matthew, The Martyrdom of St. Matthew.

The Calling of Saint Matthew describes the moment when Jesus

Christ inspires Saint Matthew to follow him. The painting was

completed in 1600 for the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, where it

remains today.

The Calling of Saint Matthew

This Painting by Caravaggio shows the Martyrdom of St. Matthew. It

was the first of the three paintings to be put in the church, maybe in

July 1600.

The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew

It is one of most difficult paintings for Caravaggio, it is hanging

between the Martyrdom of St. Matthew and The calling of St. Matthew.

The Inspiration of Saint Matthew

Piazza NavonaIt is a city square built in the 1st century AD but only in the 15th century it became an open public

space. It is an example of Baroque Roman architecture and art. In its center stands the famous

Fountain of the Four Rivers, an amazing fountain by Bernini. Piazza Navona has two additional

fountains by Bernini, The Neptune Fountain and the Moor Fountain.

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi - Fountain of the Four

Rivers

It is a fountain standing in the center of Piazza Navona, designed by Bernini for Pope Innocent X. It is topped by an Egyptian obelisk with the emblem of a dove with an olive twig.

Fontana del Moro – The Moor Fountain

The Moor Fountain is located at the southern end of Piazza Navonaand it represents a Moor (an African man) standing on a shell, with a dolphin and surrounded by 4 tritons. The original fountain was designed by Giacomo della Porta in 1575 while in 1653 Bernini added the statue of the Moor. In 2011 the fountain was damaged after a vandal attack.

Fontana del Nettuno / Fountain of Neptune

The Fountain of Neptune is located at the north end of Piazza Navona, the basin part of the fountain (without the sculpture) was designed by Giacomo Della Porta, who also designed The Moor Fountain. The Neptune was added in the19th century by Antonio della Bitta.

SAN PIETRO / ST. PETER’SSt. Peter’s square is the square in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. At the center of the square

stands an Egyptian Obelisk erected in 1586. The square was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini almost 100

year later including the massive Tuscan Colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors. Bernini

designed a granite fountain in 1675 in the square.

Hadrian’s VillaHadrian’s Villa is a large Roman archaeological complex in Tivoli, near Rome. The villa

was constructed at Tibur (modern Tivoli) by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. It is a building

complex of over 30 constructions, the most important of which include State rooms,

theaters, temples, libraries, spas.

Villa d’Este Villa d’Este is a villa in Tivoli near Rome and near Villa Adriana. It is listed as a UNESCO

World Heritage Site with its amazing Renaissance architecture and Renaissance

gardens.

We hope you enjoyed our presentation!

Thank you for watching!

This is Rome. The Eternal

City.