Rome - Interesting sights
in Rome is almost everything, no matter whether you are hiking on the trail of the ancient world or the Baroque master. Ancient Rome has the nickname "Eternal City" certainly deserves. There have not only built the architects of the ancient world, even today you still trying to preserve the classical heritage and - despite the heavy volume of traffic and air pollution - to save what can still be saved.
The heart of classical Rome are the Coliseum, the Capitol and the Forum and the Palatine. The Colosseum, the most famous building of ancient Rome was once the scene of unspeakable horrible games. It was under the Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus of thousands of slaves and built in 80 AD. inaugurated. The ellipse-shaped building has a circumference of 527 m and a height of 60 m, the largest theater in the world. Some 50,000 people took part too. Today, the Coliseum stands as a lonely island and powerful testimony of the past in the midst of the strong Roman traffic.
under this impression, it is a not difficult to imagine the life of ancient Rome to present to the sensationalism of the Romans, the lively bustle of the masses in the upper tiers and the elegant demeanor of the imperial family. is next to the Coliseum the Arch of Constantine. The Capitoline Hill in ancient times was the most important place in the city. The Capitol was the natural fortress of Rome. It is surrounded by three palaces - the Palazzo dei Senatori, now the town hall, the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo. Until a few years ago the bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius had their place. Now she is in the Capitoline Museums, which are now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo.
The pulsating heart of Republican Rome was the Forum Romanum. Hosted the processions, processes, triumphs, meetings and election rallies. The Forum extends between the hills of the Capitol and the Palatine. They needed more than 900 years to build his buildings. It received its monumental character, it mostly only under Caesar. With the decline of the Roman Empire fell but his buildings. Since 18 Century excavations made here.
From the forum you can make to the increase in the Palatine. On the Palatine Hill you are in the territory of ancient Rome. Here, built by the rich and powerful their palaces and temples. It was a beautiful residential area, especially the prominent Romans. Very close to the first settlement is the Casa di Livia. We now know that it is not the Livia, Wife of Augustus belonged, but the great emperor himself
Other notable palaces are the Palace of Domitian with the remains of the Baths of Septimus Severus and the Flavierpalst. From here one also has a beautiful view of the Circus Maximus. For the Empire often filled more than 200,000 visitors the marble ranks and watched the legendary chariot race. Not far away you can see down at the stadium, which is one of the palaces of Domitian. Besides the visits to the Palatine Hill is the premier location for a picnic, to relax and look. This recovery has the visitor but also truly deserves.
Then there are the hills and Esqulinin Viminal. Both hills were to the Middle Ages and beyond sparsely populated. That changed only when incurred after 1870 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, new streets such as Via Nazionale and Via Cavour, lined with magnificent buildings of the period and the new Central Station Roma Termini.
are On Esqulin are also churches with beautiful mosaics. The district will, however, until now dominated by Santa Maria Maggiore, the most important Marian church in Rome. are Viminal On the ruins of the Diocletian Baths. These have been the Jaren 298-306 and were in accordance with its founder, Diocletian, named. It was a very large structure, by 3000 people could bathe at once.
another hill, the Aventine, the church of Santa Prisca and Santa Sabina. The latter is the church with the door without a doubt the most interesting in all of Rome: The portal iat from African cedar wood reliefs depicting scenes from the Old and New Testament,. Two Holy Roman is a popular wedding church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo consecrated on Caellius. Under the church was in the 19th Century, a Roman antique house excavated, you can visit the remains of one. In addition, here are beautiful murals and frescoes.
The Pincio is not one to the "7 hills", but there you have to park of Villa Borghese, one of the largest parks in Rome with bemwerkenswerten museums. The current name of the hill dates back to the family of Pincii who had in Late Antiquity, a large estate there, which later passed into imperial possession. In addition, stairs lead from the Piazza del Popolo to the Pincio park.
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