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Rome - Buildings and structures


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Things to Do: Buildings and structures

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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #23 of 552 attractions in Rome

Advice to anyone about to take a trip is don't expect to remember all that you see in the Museums. Like many, you will get brain ache after being overloaded with so much visual stimulus and begin to...

Attraction type: Museum; Landmark/point of interest; Religious site; History museum; Art museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #25 of 552 attractions in Rome

When the ancient Romans built their temples, they often built a tall staircase to the front to protect the building from frequent floods of the Tiber River.  The Pantheon was no exception.  It's hard...

Attraction type: Architectural building; Historic site; Monument; Religious site; Town center/square/plaza; Ancient ruins
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #26 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #27 of 552 attractions in Rome

The Vatican is home of ‘The Holy See’ and residence of the Pope. This spectacular enclave within Rome is both a city and a state, which welcomes travellers on pilgrimage to the spiritual centre of the

Attraction type: Historic site; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #29 of 552 attractions in Rome

Constructed between 1110 and 1130, this church of San Clemente is not one, but three churches built one above the other, with ruins dating from the earliest Christian times.

Attraction type: Ancient ruins; Religious site; Historic site; Landmark/point of interest
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #31 of 552 attractions in Rome

Certainly the most famous and photographed fountain in Rome, legend has it that whoever throws a coin into the pond will return to Rome.

Attraction type: Fountain; Landmark/point of interest
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #40 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Religious site; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #45 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Historic site; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #48 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Historic site; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #53 of 552 attractions in Rome

Literally less than a block away from the Pantheon sits the only Gothic church in all of Rome, the Santa Maria Sopra Minerva.  It houses Michelango's Christ the Reedemer statue, finished in 1521...

Attraction type: Historic site; Religious site; Town center/square/plaza
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #55 of 552 attractions in Rome

One of seven pilgrimage basilicas in the world, this church was founded in 432 AD and is where the famous architect Bernini is buried.

Attraction type: Religious site; Landmark/point of interest; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #58 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Religious site; Architectural building
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #67 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Ancient ruins; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #76 of 552 attractions in Rome

This palace was built by Gregory XIII in 1574 as a summer residence, which serves today as the residence of Italy's president.

Attraction type: Historic home; Historic site; Government building
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #77 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Historic walking area; Historic site; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #82 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #95 of 552 attractions in Rome
Attraction type: Religious site; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #97 of 552 attractions in Rome

This Renaissance church contains Baroque additions along with various 18th- and 19th-century monuments, which add to the beauty of this structure.

Attraction type: Religious site; Art museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #102 of 552 attractions in Rome

Outside of this church is the famous Bocca Della Verita (Mouth of Truth), rumored to consume the hands of liars.

Attraction type: Historic site; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #105 of 552 attractions in Rome

The famous painter Caravaggio (1573-1610) was commissioned to paint for this church, where in one of its chapels is his realistic naturalism in three scenes of the life of St. Matthew.

Attraction type: Religious site
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