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A
- Aetius, imperial general
- Agnes, saint
- Alaric, king of the Visigoths
- Alberic II, ruler of Rome
- Alexander I, pope
- Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borja), pope
- Alexander VII (Fabrigio Chigi), pope
- Alexander VIII (Pietro Vito Ottoboni), pope
- Algardi Alessandro, sculptor
- Altar of Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae)
- Ammannati Bartolomeo, sculptor, architect
- Amor sacro e Amor profano, Giovanni Baglione, Palazzo Barberini, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
- Andrew, saint
- Annunciation, Antoniazzo Romano, painting, Basilica Santa Maria sopra Minerva
- Antinous, favourite
- Antoniazzo Romano (Antonio Aquili), painter
- Antoninus Pius, emperor
- Apollo Belvedere, sculpture, Musei Vaticani
- Apollo and Daphne, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, sculpture, Galleria Borghese
- Apparition of the Virgin to St.Lawrence, Giovanni Lanfranco, painting, Palazzo Quirinale
- Arch of Emperor Constantine the Great
- Arch of Emperor Septimius Severus
- Arch of Emperor Titus
- Arch of Janus
- Arch of the Silversmiths
- Aretino Pietro (born Pietro Bacci), writer, art critic
- Arianism
- Attila, ruler of the Huns
- Aventine Hill
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B
- Baciccio (Giovanni Battista Gaulli), painter
- Balbina, saint
- Baptystery San Giovanni in Laterano
- Barberini Antonio, cardinal - nepot
- Barberini Francesco, cardinal - nepot
- Barberini, family
- Battle for the Statue of Victory
- Battle of Milvian Bridge
- Beheading of St. John, painting, Gerard van Honthorst, Church of Santa Maria della Scala
- Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini), pope
- Bernini Giovanni (Gian) Lorenzo, sculptor, architect, urban planner, painter
- Bessarion Basileios, Byzantine Greek humanist, Catholic cardinal, theologian
- Bibiana, saint
- Bigot Trophime, painter
- Boniface VIII (Benedetto Caetani), pope
- Borghese Pauline (Maria Paoletta Bonaparte), duchess
- Borghese Scipione, cardinal - nepot
- Borgia Cesare, papal son
- Borgianni Orazio, painter
- Borromeo Charles, cardinal - nepot, saint
- Borromini Francesco, architect
- Bracci Pietro, sculptor
- Bramante Donato (Donato di Angelo di Pascuccio), architect
- Brasini Armando, architect
- Ponte Duca d'Aosta
- Ponte Flaminio
- Ponte Rotto
- Ponte Sant'Angelo
- Ponte Sisto
- Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II
- Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Tori), painter, poet
- Bruno Giordano, philosopher, free thinker
- Burial of Saint Petronilla, Guercino, painting, Musei Capitolini
Bridges
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C
- Cadaver Synod (897)
- Calling of St. Matthew, Caravaggio, painting, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi
- Callixtus III (Alfonso de Borja), pope
- Canova Antonio, sculptor
- Caracalla, emperor
- Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), painter
- Carracci Annibale, painter
- Casina of Cardinal Bessarion, a summer house from the Renaissance
- Casino Ludovisi
- Casino dell’Aurora
- Casino di Villa Doria Pamphilj
- Catacombs of St. Agnes
- Cattanei Vanozza, mother of papal children
- Cavallini Francesco, sculptor
- Cecilia, saint
- Celestine I, pope
- Cenci Beatrice, patricide
- Cesari Giuseppe (Cavalier d'Arpino), painter
- Carafa Chapel, Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
- Cerasi Chapel, Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
- Chapel of Cardinal Bessarion, Basilica of Santi Apostoli
- Chapel of Saint Hyacintha Marescotti (Alaleoni), Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina
- Chigi Chapel, Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
- Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi
- Del Monte Chapel, Church of San Pietro in Montorio
- Martyrdom of St. Peter Chapel (Tempietto), the courtyard of Church of San Pietro in Montorio
- Pieta Chapel, Church of San Pietro in Montorio
- Polet Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi
- Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel, Church of San Francesco a Ripa
- Spada Chapel, Church of San Girolamo della Carità
- Chigi Agostino, banker and patron of the arts
- Chigi Flavio, cardinal - nepot
- Chigi, family
- Christ of Minerva (Naked Christ), Michelangelo, 1520, Carrara marble, Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
- Christina, queen of Sweden
- Il Gesù
- S. Agata dei Goti
- S. Agnese fuori le mura
- S. Agnese in Agone
- S. Andrea Catabarbara (nonexistent)
- S. Andrea al Quirinale
- S. Andrea della Valle
- S. Andrea delle Fratte
- S. Apollinare
- S. Balbina
- S. Bibiana
- S. Carlo al Corso
- S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- S. Caterina da Siena a Magnanapoli
- S. Cecilia
- S. Constanza
- S. Cosma e Damiano
- S. Cuore di Cristo Re
- S. Dio Padre Misericordioso
- S. Giacomo in Augusta
- S. Girolamo dei Croati
- S. Ignazio di Loyola
- S. Ivo alla Sapienza
- S. Lorenzo fuori le mura
- S. Lorenzo in Fonte
- S. Lorenzo in Lucina
- S. Lorenzo in Miranda
- S. Lorenzo in Piscibus
- S. Marcello al Corso
- S. Marco
- S. Maria Portae Paradisi
- S. Maria dei Miracoli
- S. Maria del Popolo
- S. Maria della Vittoria
- S. Maria di Loreto
- S. Maria in Aquiro
- S. Maria in Cappella
- S. Maria in Domnica
- S. Maria in Monserrato
- S. Maria in Montesanto
- S. Nicola da Tolentino
- S. Nicola in Carcere
- S. Nomi di Gesù e Maria
- S. Pietro in Montorio
- S. Pietro in Vincoli
- S. Prisca
- S. Pudenziana
- S. Quattro Coronati
- S. Rocco
- S. Saba
- S. Sabina
- S. Stefano Protomartire
- S. Stefano Rotondo
- S. Vitale
- Circus Maximus, ancient hippodrome
- Città Universitaria, La Sapienza University Complex
- Porta del Popolo
- Clement VII (Giulio Zanobi de Medici), pope
- Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini), pope
- Clement IX (Giulio Rospigliosi), pope
- Clement X (Emilio Bonaventura Altieri), pope
- Colonnade in St. Peter's Square (Piazza di San Pietro), Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Colosseum, amphitheatre
- Column of Marcus Aurelius
- Column of the Immaculate Conception
- Commodus, emperor
- Concert (Theft of the Amulet), painting, Gerrit (Gerard) van Honthorst, Galleria Borghese
- Constantina, emperor's daughter and enigmatic saint
- Conversion of St. Paul, painting, Caravaggio, Cerasi Chapel, Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
- Cortona Pietro da (Pietro Berrettini), painter, architect
- Council of Nicaea (325)
- Crucifixion of St. Peter, Guido Reni, picture, Musei Vaticani
Chapels
Churches
City gates
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D
- Da Volterra Daniele (born Daniele Ricciarelli), painter, sculptor
- Damasus I, pope
- Daphne, mythological nymph
- David, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, sculpture, Galleria Borghese
- David, biblical figure
- David with the Head of Goliath, Caravaggio, painting, Galleria Borghese
- Deliverance of St. Peter, Raphael, and his workshop, Apostolic Palace
- Deposition of Christ, Raphael, painting, Galleria Borghese
- Descent from the Cross, painting, Daniele da Volterra, Church of Santa Trinità dei Monti
- Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), painter
- Domitia Logina, wife of Emperor Domitian
- Domitian, emperor
- Donation of Constantine, document
- Dying Gaul, sculpture, Musei Capitolini
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E
- Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, sculpture, church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
- Edict of Milan, document
- Entombment of Christ, Caravaggio, painting, Musei Vaticani
- Entombment of Christ, Dirck van Baburen, Pieta Chapel, Church of San Pietro in Montorio
- Eustochium, Bible translator, ascetic, saint
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F
- Fancelli Cosimo, sculptor
- Farnese Giulia, papal mistress
- Farnese, family
- Fascist Youth Organization Building, Luigi Moretti
- Felix III (Felix II), pope
- Ferrata Ercole, sculptor
- Finelli Giuliano, sculptor
- Fire in the Borgo, Raphael with collaborators, fresco, Stanza dell'Incendio di Borgo, Apostolic Palace
- Fontana Domenico, architect
- Formosus, pope
- Fornarina, Raphael, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Foro Italico, sports complex
- Fortune Teller (Buona ventura), Simon Vouet, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Fortune Teller, Caravaggio, painting, Pinacoteca Capitolina (Musei Capitolini)
- Forum Boarium
- Forum of Augustus (Forum Augustum)
- Forum of Caesar (Forum Iulium)
- Forum of Nerva (Forum Transitorium)
- Fontana dei Catecumeni
- Fontana dei Dioscuri
- Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
- Fontana del Mascherone (via Giulia)
- Fontana del Mascherone di Santa Sabina
- Fontana del Moro
- Fontana del Nettuno
- Fontana del Prigione
- Fontana dell'Acqua Felice (Fontana del Mosè)
- Fontana della Rotonda
- Fontana della Terrina
- Fontana delle Amfore
- Fontana delle Tartarughe
- Fontana dell’Acqua Paola
- Fontana di Marforio, Musei Capitolini
- Fontana di Piazza Colonna
- Fontana di Piazza Mastai
- Fontana di Trevi
- Fontane on Piazza Farnese
- Fontane on Piazza San Pietro
Fountains
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G
- Galileo Galilei, scientist
- Galla Placidia, emperor's dauther, mother, wife and sister
- Gaul Killing Himself and his Wife, sculpture, Palazzo Altemps
- Gelasius I, pope
- Genseric, king of the Vandals and Alans
- Gentileschi Artemisia, female painter
- Gentileschi Orazio, painter
- Goliath, biblical figure
- Grammatica Antiveduto, painter
- Gregory I the Great, pope, saint
- Gregory XIII (Ugo Boncompagni), pope
- Gregory XIV (Niccolò Sfondrati), pope
- Gregory XV (Alessandro Ludovisi), pope
- Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), painter
- Guidi Domenico, sculptor
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H
- Habakkuk and the Angel, statue, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
- Hadrian, emperor
- Hall of Constantine (Stanza di Constantino), Apostolic Palace, Musei Vaticani
- Helena, empress, saint
- Hercules, ancient god and protector of Rome
- Herodias, Simon Vouet, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Corsini
- Hilarius, pope
- Hippolytus, pope
- Hippolytus, saint
- Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, the Young St. John the Baptist, and an Angel, picture, Orazio Borgianni, Galleria d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Honoria, emperor's daugther
- Honorius, emperor
- Honorius I, pope
- Honorius III (Cencio Savelli), pope
- House of Arms, Luigi Moretti, Foro Italico
- Hunt of Diana, Domenichino, painting, Galleria Borghese
- Honthorst, Gerrit (Gerard) van, painter
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I
- Imperia Cogniati, famous courtesan
- Incredulity of St. Thomas, painting, Guercino, Pinacoteca Vaticana (Musei Vaticani)
- Innocent I, pope
- Innocent III (Lotario dei Conti di Segni), pope
- Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cibo), pope
- Innocent X (Giovanni Battista Pamphilj), pope
- Innocent XI (Benedetto Odescalchi), pope
- Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli), pope
- Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte, cardinal nepot
- Isaiah (the Prophet), fresco, Raphael
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J
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K
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L
- Lady with Unicorn, painting, Raphael, Galleria Borghese
- Lamentation, Domenico Guidi, Monte di Pietà Chapel (Palazzo Monte di Pietà)
- Lanfranco Giovanni, painter
- Laocoön Group
- Last Communion of Saint Jerome, painting, Domenichino, Musei Vaticani
- Lawrence, saint
- Le Gros Pierre, sculptor
- Legend of the True Cross, Antoniazzo Romano, Basilica of Santa Croce
- Leo I the Great, pope
- Leo X (Giovanni de Medici), pope
- Liutprand of Cremona, chronicler
- Longhi Onorio, architect
- Ludovisi Ludovico, cardinal, papal nepot
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M
- Maderno Carlo, architect
- Maderno Stefano, sculptor
- Madonna and Child with St. Anne, Caravaggio, painting, Galleria Borghese
- Madonna del Parto, sculpture, Jacopo Sansovino, Basilica of Sant'Agostino
- Madonna delle mani, fresco, Pinturicchio
- Madonna of Loreto, Caravaggio, painting, Basilica of Sant'Agostino
- Madonna with Child and St. Anne, Andrea Sansovino, sculpture, Basilica of Sant’Agostino
- Madonna with Child and St. Anne, oil on canvas, Carlo Saraceni, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Madonna with Child, St. John the Baptist and St. Anne, Bronzino, oil on wood, Palazzo Colonna
- Magdalene Fainting, Guido Cagnacci, oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Magdalene Fainting, Guido Cagnacci, oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Maidalchini Olimpia, papal sister-in-law
- Maini Giovanni Battista, sculptor
- Maratti Carlo, painter
- Marcella, erudite
- March on Rome
- Marcus Aurelius, emperor
- Marozia, unofficial ruler of Rome
- Martyrdom of St. Matthew, painting, Caravaggio, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi
- Martyrdom of St. Peter, painting, Caravaggio, Cerasi Chapel, Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
- Mary Magdalene, saint
- Mausoleum of Constantina (Church of S. Constanza)
- Mausoleum of Empress Helena
- Mausoleum on Janiculum Hill (Mausoleo Ossario Garibaldino)
- Maxentius, emperor
- Medici Ferdinando I, cardinal
- Melozzo da Forlì (Michelozzo di Giuliano degli Ambrogi), painter
- Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti), sculptor, architect, painter, city planner
- Mithraism, Mithras, mithraeum - ancient mysterious religion
- Mochi Francesco, sculptor
- Monophysitism
- Monte Francesco Maria del, cardinal
- Funerary Monument of Pope Benedict XIV, Pietro Bracci, Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano
- Funerary monument of Maria Clementina Sobieska, Pietro Bracci, Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano
- Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano
- Funerary monument of Pope Clement XIII, Antonio Canova, Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano
- Funerary monument of Pope Clement XIV, Antonio Canova, Basilica of Santi Apostoli
- Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XIII, Camillo Rusconi, Basilica San Pietro in Vaticano
- Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XV, Pierre Le Gros, Church of Sant’Ignazio
- Funerary monument of Pope Leo XI, Alessandro Algardi, Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano
- Funerary monument of the Stuarts, Antonio Canova, Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano
- Statue of Giordano Bruno
- Statue of Giuseppe Mazzini
- Statue of Marcus Aurelius
- Moretti Luigi, architect
- Mosaics of the church of Santa Pudenziana
- Moses, Michelangelo, Basilica San Pietro in Vincoli
- Musical angels by Melozza da Forlì, Pinacoteca Vaticana
- Mussolini Benito, leader of the National Fascist Party, prime minister, duce
Monuments
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N
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O
- Agonalis Obelisk - Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
- Antinous Obelisk (Pinciano)
- Flaminio Obelisk, Piazza del Popolo
- Macuteo Obelisk, Piazza della Rotonda
- Minerveo Obelisk, Piazza della Minerva
- Mussolini Obelisk, Foro Italico
- Vaticano Obelisk, Piazza di San Pietro
- Odoacer, king of Italy
- Oratory San Silvestro
Obelisks
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P
- Hadrianeum - Hadrian's temple
- Temple of Hercules Victor
- Temple of Portunus
- Temple of Romulus, Forum Romanum
- Temple of Vesta
- Palazzo Altemps
- Palazzo Altieri
- Palazzo Barberini
- Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
- Palazzo Firenze
- Palazzo Mattei di Giove
- Palazzo Pamphilj
- Palazzo Venezia
- Palazzetto dello Sport, sports hall
- Pamphilj Camillo, papal nephew
- Pantheon
- Paschal I, pope
- Pasquino, Piazza di Pasquino
- Paul II (Pietro Barbo), pope
- Paul III (Alessandro Farnese), pope
- Paul V (Camillo Borghese), pope
- Paula of Rome, companion of St. Jerome
- Pauline Borghese as Venus Victrix, sculpture, Antonio Canova, Galleria Borghese
- Pelagius II, pope
- Penitent Magdalene, Guido Reni, oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Perspective gallery, Palazzo Spada, Francesco Borromini
- Petronilla, saint
- Piacentini Marcello, architect, urbanist
- Pietà by Michelangelo, Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano
- Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto di Biagio), painter
- Pius II (Enea Silvio de Piccolomini), pope
- Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli), pope
- Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi), humanist, papal courtier
- Pornocracy
- Porta Giacomo della, architect, sculptor
- Portrait of Cardinal Bernardino Spada, Galleria Spada
- Portrait of Pope Clement IX, painting, Carlo Maratti, Musei Vaticani
- Portrait of Pope Innocent X, Diego Velázquez, paiting, Galleria Doria Pamphilj
- Portrait of Stefano Colonna, Bronzino, painting, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Pozzo Andrea, painter
- Prisca, saint
- Campo de’Fiori
- Piazza Augusto Imperatore
- Piazza Farnese
- Piazza Navona
- Piazza Venezia
- Piazza del Popolo
- Piazza della Madonna dei Monti
- Piazza della Rotonda
- Piazza di San Pietro
Pagan temples
Palaces
Public squares
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R
- Raggi Antonio, sculptor
- Rainaldi Carlo, architect, composer
- Rape of Proserpina, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, sculpture, Galleria Borghese
- Rape of the Sabine Women, Pietro da Cortona, painting, Musei Capitolini
- Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), painter, architect, designer, conservator of monuments
- Reni Guido, painter
- Romulus Augustulus, emperor
- Rospigliosi, family
- Ruffini Silvia, cardinal mistress
- Rusconi Camillo, sculptor
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S
- Sabbas, saint
- Sabina, saint
- Saint Cecilia Playing the Lute, Artemisia Gentileschi, Galleria Spada
- Saint Cecilia gives alms to the poor, fresco, Domenichino, Polet chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi
- Saint Cecilia with an Angel, Carlo Saraceni, painting, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Saint Jerome, painting, Caravaggio, Galleria Borghese
- Saint John the Baptist, Bronzino, picture, Galleria Borghese
- Saint John the Baptist, picture, Caravaggio, Galleria Capitolina (Musei Capitolini)
- Sansovino Andrea (Andrea di Niccolò di Menco di Muccio), sculptor
- Sansovino Jacopo (Jacopo Tatti), sculptor, architect
- Saraceni Carlo, painter
- School of Athens, fresco, Raphael, Apostolic Palace
- Septimius Severus, emperor
- Sergius III, pope
- Sfondrati Paolo Camillo, cardinal, nepot of Pope Gregory XIV
- Simplicius, pope
- Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo, frescos, Apostolic Palace (Musei Vaticani)
- Sixtus III (Ksystus Colonna), pope
- Sixtus IV (Francesco della Rovere), pope
- Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library, fresco, Melozzo da Forlì, Pinacoteca Vaticana
- Sixtus V (Felice Peretti), pope
- Sleeping Hermaphrodite, Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alla Terme
- Small Aventine
- Sobieska Maria Clementina, queen without a throne
- Square Colosseum (Colosseo quadrato)
- Stadium of Domitian
- Stanzas of Raphael, frescoes in the Apostolic Palace
- Statue of Ludovica Albertoni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Church of San Francesco a Ripa
- Statue of St. Bibiana, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Church of Santa Bibiana
- Statue of the corpse of St. Cecilia, Stefano Maderno, Church of Santa Cecilia
- Stephen VI, pope
- Stephen, saint
- Story of Aeneas, Pietro da Cortona, frescos, Palazzo Pamphilj
- Via dei Fori Imperiali
- Via del Mascherone
- Via della Conciliazione
- Sylvester, pope, saint
- Symmachus, pope
Streets
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T
- Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
- Teresa of Ávila, saint
- Tetrarchy
- Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, ruler of Italy
- Theodora the Elder, wife of Theophylact I of Tusculum and mother of Marosia
- Theodore I, pope
- Theodosian dynasty - IV/V century
- Theodosius I Great, emperor
- Titus, emperor
- Trajan, emperor
- Transfiguration, Raphael, picture, Musei Vaticani – Pinacoteca Vaticana
- Transitus Mariae, Carlo Saraceni, Church of Santa Maria della Scala
- Triumph of Divine Providence, Pietro da Cortona, frescos, Palazzo Barberini
- Triumph of Galatea, fresco, Raphael, villa Farnesina
- Triumph of Religion Over Hersey, Pierre Le Gros, sculpture, Chapel of Ignatius of Loyola, Church of Il Gesù
- Tullia d'Aragona, poetess, courtesan
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U
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V
- Valentinian III, emperor
- Van Baburen Dirck, painter
- Venus Playing the Harp, Giovanni Lanfranco, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini
- Venus, Cupid and the Satyr, Bronzino, picture, Galleria Colonna, Palazzo Colonna
- Vestal Virgin Tuccia (La velata), Antonio Corradini, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Barberini
- Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy
- Villa Aldobrandini
- Villa Farnesina
- Villa Giulia - summer residence of Pope Julius III
- Villa Medici
- Villa of Maxentius
- Vouet Simon, painter
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