Tag Archives: Theatre of Marcellus

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  ROME: THE ETERNAL CITY

  Posted on F j, Y by flavia in

  Walk just a bit off the beaten track to realize how Modern Rome is on the same soil and oftentimes made of the same eternal columns and walls of Ancient Rome. We start at piazza Farnese to see its ancient granite fountains and Renaissance Palazzo Farnese, a masterpiece by Michelangelo. Behind the palace is via […]

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  THE BIRTH OF ROME

  Posted on F j, Y by flavia in

  This is where it all started. Populations that lived atop the hills controlled traffic across the Tiber river right here where the Tiber Island is, and the first international port and marketplace, and the first wood bridge. And there was Rome. Start from the Aventine Hill to see how Roman insulas became the church of Santa Sabina, […]

  Post Tagged with Arch of Janus, Aventine hill, Boarium Forum, Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Santa Sabina, Temple of Hercules, Theatre of Marcellus, Tiber Island, Underground Rome
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