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| EUR - The first urban paln for the EUR district is drawn up by Mussolini in 1937 who wants to create a Third Rome beyond the boundaries of the eternal city, along the ideal axis from piazza Venezia to the sea. The definitive project of 1939 makes provision for the creation of infrastructures and buildings of a monumental CONTINUE... | |||||
| THE NEW FAIRY OF ROME - The new fairy of Rome project, was formed with the aim of creating a pole exhibition at a level of attracting a considerable share of international business in Rome. Among the great infrustructural projects the one of the new fairy of Rome, is adestinated to increase considerably the role of Rome as CONTINUE... | |||||
| SAINT PETER - It is the greatest church in the world and is dominated by the imposing Michelangelo's dome. It was built in 324 A.D. by Constantine. The works which give the present shape to the basilica began in 1506 thanks to the Bramante's plan. Placed in the Vatican State (that is an independent State) it dominates CONTINUE... | |||||
| CASTLE OF GIULIO II - During the papacy of Sixtus IV, from 1483 to 1487, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II) financed the building of the Castle, entrusting the work to the Florentine architect Baccio Pontelli (see the inscription on the door to the courtyard). The architectural complex is an CONTINUA... | |||||
| PALALOTTOMATICA - Palalottomatica, formerly known as PalaEUR, is a multipurpose sports arena in Rome, Italy. It is located in the heart of the famous large complex of EUR. PalaLottomatica was designed by architects Pier Luigi Nervi and Marcello Piacentini in 1956, and finished in 1960 for the Summer Olympics. In 1999 was CONTINUE... | |||||
| JANICULUM - Janiculum (Gianicolo in Italian) is a hill in western Rome. Although the second-tallest hill (after Monte Mario), in the contemporary city of Rome, the Janiculum does not figure among the proverbial Seven Hills of Rome, being west of the Tiber and outside the boundaries of the ancient city. CONTINUE... | |||||
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