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Rome is the land where opulent history meets thriving present. The empire of the mighty Romans today sparkles with the historic aura amidst the urban glamour of the present. Rome is a delight to the people who love arts. If you want to explore this city then plan a tour to Rome, the city of churches, piazzas and ruins and feel the magnetism of the Eternal City.
The Colosseum is the most popular architectural legacy of Rome. This elliptical structure with 50,000 seat strength was built in 80 AD as the venue of combats between wild beasts and gladiators.
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Visit the Protestant Cemetery, the burial place of Percy Bysshe Shelley, famous for his Prometheus Unbound. John Keats, the English Romantic Poet lies here with the line “Here lies one whose name was writ in the water” engraved as an epitaph on his tomb.
Circus Maximus is an impressive architectural piece of ancient Rome. This oval structure had seat strength of 250,000. The Renaissance and the medieval builders plundered the structure for stone and marble.
Come to the Vatican Museums which stores treasures from the ages of Renaissance and antiquity. These riches are placed within apartments, palaces and in galleries that lead to the famous Sistine Chapel. The Vatican Museums is a part of papal palaces. Visit the Vatican Library, Raphael Salon, Pinacoteca, Raphael Rooms, Ethnological Museum, Egyptian-Gregorian Museum and the Borgia Apartments.
St Peter’s Basilica is another attraction in Rome. The chronicle of St Peter’s started in AD 319 when a basilica was built over St Peter’s Tomb by Emperor Constantine. The structure nearly collapsed in 15th century. After that reconstruction started and in the reconstruction artists like Michelangelo, Sangallo the Younger, Peruzzi, Raphael and Bramante took part and died. Michelangelo’s Pieta is within the church.
Trevi Fountain located on Via del Tritone piazza is a beautiful sculpture of sea creatures of the myth amidst cascading waters. It is one of the most popular wishing wells in the world.
Palazzo Barberini is one of the magnificent baroque palaces of Rome. Beautiful Rococo apartments are there and there is the Gallery of Decorative Art within the palace.
Some of the other attractions in Rome are the Pantheon, the Golden House of Nero, Palatine Hill and other wonders.
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