Buildings and architectural structures – known and unknown
San Giovanni in Laterano Baptistery – a water-filled cradle of Christianity
Casina of Cardinal Bessarion – a summer house from the Renaissance
Casino dell’Aurora – a pearl of art of an entrepreneurial papal nepot
Casino di Villa Doria Pamphilj – a symbol of social status and a tool of international rivalries
Casino Ludovisi – a cardinal’s idyll on the outskirts of the city
Circus Maximus (antique hippodrome) – a favorite place of ancient Romans – races, bets and lotteries
The Fascist Youth Organization Building by Luigi Moretti – a new architecture for a new era
The Moretti House of Arms – a pearl of modern architecture
Fontana dei Catecumeni – a café under the open sky
Fontana dei Dioscuri – a monument of modern times put together with antique parts
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi – a symbol of greatness of the Catholic Church and the Pamphilj family
Fontana del Mascherone di Santa Sabina – a charming, but undervalued Roman mascaron
Fontana del Mascherone at via Giulia – poetic beauty enchanted in stone
Fontana del Moro – African exoticism in the center of the city
Fontana del Nettuno – a story of a water reservoir transformed into an elegant fountain
Fontana del Prigione – but where is the prisoner?
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice (Fontana del Mosè) – a camouflaged papal monument
Fontana dell’Acqua Paola – a monument to the glory of Pope Paul V and the Borghese family
Fontana della Rotonda – a work of papal ambitions and persistence
Fontana della Terrina – from a litter bin to a gigantic soup bowl
Fontana delle Amfore – a picturesque relict of Fascist times
Fontana delle Tartarughe - meaning more haste less speed
Fontana di Marforio – peregrinations of an ancient statue
Fontana di Piazza Colonna – a grand idea and a rather modest implementation
Fontana di Piazza Mastai – an old or a new fountain, here is the question
Fontana di Trevi – a symbol of dolce vita and Rome’s greatest attraction
Fontane di Piazza San Pietro – water fireworks at St. Peter’s Square
Fontane on Piazza Farnese – ancient baths in the service of the Farnese family
Hadrianeum (Hadrian’s temple) – the spirit of the divine Hadrian in a temple of money
Carafa Chapel – a place of Renaissance in every inch
Cerasi Chapel – a clash of two artistic personalities
Chigi Chapel – a treasury of esthetic sensations and religious emotions
Contarelli Chapel – a place, where the surprised Matthew finds his path of life
Del Monte Chapel – a stylistically balanced and artistically reserved place
Chapel del Monte di Pietà – a bombastic symbol of the struggle against usury
Cardinal Bessarion’s Chapel – a posthumous politically-religious message
Chapel of Martyrdom of St. Peter (Tempietto) – an antique brought back to life
The Pieta Chapel (Cappella della Pietà) in the Church of San Pietro in Montorio – a breath of fresh air of Dutch art
Polet Chapel – a monument to the counter-reformation virtues of a French wine merchant
The Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel – the posthumous chord of a great Roman dynasty
Spada Chapel – ancestors, meaning capital which cannot be underestimated
Chapel of Saint Hyacintha Marescotti – a place where the senses struggle against virtue
Colosseum – an imperial response to a social need
The Column of Marcus Aurelius – a souvenir of a wise, sensible and brave emperor
Column of the Immaculate Conception – an antidote for heresies and mistakes of contemporary times
Bernini’s Colonnade – to strengthen faith, Enlightenment and to convince the infidels
Church of Dio Padre Misericordioso – a jewel of contemporary architecture in a sea of bleak apartment buildings
Church of Il Gesù – modesty transformed into lavishness, meaning the stunning salon of the Jesuits
Church of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re, meaning, the beginning of a new era of sacral architecture
Church of San Carlo al Corso – grandeur and splendor for an advocate of poverty
Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane – built out of hope and disappointment
Church of San Giacomo in Augusta – a pilgrim church for the body and the spirit
Church of San Girolamo dei Croati – here, where Jerome debates and preaches
Church of San Lorenzo fuori le mura – a pilgrim basilica of admirable beauty
Church of San Lorenzo in Fonte – a place of imprisonment and a miraculous conversion
Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina – where Christ, joyfully floats up into the heavens
Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda – a saint deacon in a pagan temple
Church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus – deserted and modernized, yet moving
Church of San Marcello al Corso – a church filled with beautiful tombstones
Church of San Marco – where Venetians left their artistic mark
Church of San Nicola da Tolentino – place, where Augustinians gave out their breads
Church of San Nicola in Carcere – a church erected on a pagan cult site
Church of San Pietro in Montorio – a place of artistic and religious contemplation
Church of San Pietro in Vincoli – a pilgrimage to miraculous chains and a magnificent Moses
Church of San Rocco – a church of the poor, the sick and the discarded
Church of San Saba – a place filled with the spirit of the Middle Ages
Church of San Stefano Protomartire – following in the footsteps of the cult of St. Stephen in Rome
Church San Stefano Rotondo – a House of God filled with light and suffering
Church of San Vitale – early Christianity and Jesuit propaganda at the busy via Nazionale
Church of Sant’Agata dei Goti – a place of heretical services
Church of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura – a spiritual idyll on the outskirts of the city
Church of Sant’Agnese in Agone – a theatre of the senses and a mausoleum of memory
Church of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale – the greatest construction of the ingenious Bernini
Church of Sant’Andrea Catabarbara (nonexistent) – a valuable gift from a barbarian chieftain
Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle – a foundation full of splendor and elegance
Church of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte – where posthumously Bernini struggles with Borromini
Church of Sant’ Apollinare – a church „with a past”
Church of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola – an area of false impressions and optical illusions
Church of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza – refined evidence of architectural genius
Church of Santa Balbina – a breath of antiquity far away from tourist routes
Church of Santa Bibiana – an oasis of art in the urban jungle
Church of Santa Caterina da Siena a Magnanapoli – a breath of Bernini’s art
Church Santa Cecilia – early Middle Ages in a Baroque and rococo sauce
Church of Santa Constanza (the mausoleum of Constantina) – a little known pearl of early Christian art
Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli – a church welcoming and guarding pilgrims
Church of Santa Maria del Popolo – a treasury of art and a mausoleum of family pride
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria – Baroque art on the move
Church of Santa Maria di Loreto – paying a visit to the beautiful martyrs
Church of Santa Maria in Aquiro – following the imitators and continuators of Caravaggio
Church of Santa Maria in Cappella – the Middle Ages restored anew
Church of Santa Maria in Domnica – a place, where the Virgin Mary is held by her foot
Church of Santa Maria in Monserrato – the final resting place of two popes of famous reputation
Church of Santa Maria in Montesanto – the guardian of a square, an elegant, harmonious and balanced church
Church of Santa Maria Portea Paradisi – a place reminiscent of a gate to paradise
Church of Santa Prisca – a church with a pagan underground and a fascinating Christian patron
Church of Santa Pudenziana – an encounter with the art of late antiquity
Church of Santa Sabina – beauty created out of stone, light and prayer
Church of Santi Cosma e Damiano – famous for its mosaics and saint doctors
Church of Santi Quattro Coronati – where, a mystic aura of the Middle Ages prevails
Church of Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria – an emotional theatre of death in a church interior
Square Colosseum, meaning an icon of Italian architecture – between propaganda and magic
Arch of Janus – mysterious structure with four façades
The Arch of the Silversmiths – a place of memory erased
Arch of Constantine – an ancient example of artistic recycling
Triumphant Arch of Emperor Titus – a commemoration of triumph and defeat engraved in stone
Arch of Septimius Severus – a symbol of Roman expansion and dynastic ambitions
Mausoleum of Empress Helena – meaning how to reconcile Christianity with the cult of the emperor
Mausoleum on Janiculum Hill (Mausoleo Ossario Garibaldino) – the struggle for national heritage
Antinous Obelisk (Pinciano) – pilgrimages of an obelisk of „sinful” provenance
Flaminio Obelisk – a war trophy; the pride of the city, emperor and the pope
Obelisk Macuteo – divine support for the emperor, the pope and the Roman populace
Minerveo Obelisk, meaning the triumph of an elephant over Dominican dogs
Mussolini Obelisk – a monument of national amnesia
Vaticano Obelisk – a granite witness to history
San Silvestro Oratory – a propaganda leaflet, or a treatise on political harmony?
Palazzetto dello Sport – a little pearl of contemporary architecture
Palazzo Altemps - a refined ambience for a treasury of antique art
Palazzo Altieri – the pride of a papal family
Palazzo Barberini – a monument of papal ambitions, of which the likes Rome had never before seen
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj – a palace famous for its love of art
Palazzo di Firenze – the unloved residence of the de’ Medici family
Palazzo Mattei di Giove – a salon and an open-air museum
Palazzo Pamphilj – a residence of a woman of iron will and untamed ambition
Palazzo Venezia – a residence of popes, ambassadors and Fascists
Pantheon – a structure divine in every inch
Perspective Gallery of Palazzo Spada – fiction and reality, meaning architectural games with the senses
Statue of Giordano Bruno, meaning the ”black ship of Satan” among flowers, grapes and lettuce
Statue of Giuseppe Mazzini – the delayed work of belle époque
Funerary monument of Maria Clementina Sobieska – the joyful smile of a miserable queen
Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, meaning the triumph of virtue over death
Funerary Monument of Pope Benedict XIV – the last breath of a grand style
Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XIII – the memories of the guardian of true faith
Funerary Monument of Pope Gregory XV – a breath of subtle Jesuit propaganda
Antonio Canova’s funerary monument of Pope Clement XIII – death appeased with beauty
Antonio Canova’s funerary monument of Pope Clement XIV – a quiet grief of final parting
Funerary Monument of Pope Leo XI – a modest and politically convincing work
Funerary Monument of the Stuarts – death beautiful until perdition
Pomnik papieża Innocentego X – od marnej śmierci do wiecznej pamięci
Ponte Duca d’Aosta – a monument of glory to the Italian soldier
Ponte Flaminio – a bridge between imperial and Fascist Rome
Ponte Rotto – a picturesque ruin from the times of the Republic
Ponte Sant'Angelo – a reminder of the Passion of Christ and a warning for bandits
Ponte Sisto – do not forget to pray and you shall be rewarded
Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II – a bridge glorifying royal virtues
Porta del Popolo – a city gate filled with history and art
The Hall of Constantine (Stanza di Constantino) – a hymn praising the papacy
The Temple of Hercules – an ancient hero on a cattle market
The Temple of Portunus – a residence of gods, harlots and saints, meaning a pearl of antiquity
The Temple of Romulus on Forum Romanum – a great archeological mystery
Temple of Vesta and the House of the Vestals – a luxury of life for the renunciation of life
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma – a temple of Italian music
Villa Aldobrandini – a place of respite over the city teeming with life
Villa Farnesina – built with the thought of eternal glory
Villa Giulia – the earthly paradise of Pope Julius III
Villa of Maxentius – the rural residence of an unfortunate ruler
Villa Medici – a Florentine and French enclave on Pincio Hill
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