Monuments & Statues in Rome

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Monuments & Statues in Rome

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  • Brightoncardinal
    Lancing, UK276 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    This is an amazing building. Spectacular from street level but amazing from the roof.
    Climb the steps. Then pay €17 for entry to the museum and lift to the roof.
    Recommended
    Written 8 March 2024
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  • Considered Review
    Norwich, UK129 contributions
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    Such a pity this marvellous structure is next to the Colosseum. It is beautiful in its own right but pales by comparison. Appreciate every beauty.
    Written 6 March 2024
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  • CPaM68
    Texas663 contributions
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    The tall, round marble column was erected in 113 AD to commemorate Emperor Trajan's military battles and victories. It features detailed and intricate spiral carvings depicting the battles and daily life in ancient Roman times. This has helped provide valuable historical insights on Trajan's military campaigns and achievements during the 2nd century. The column is around 120 feet tall with a diameter of 12 feet and is hollow with a 185-step spiral staircase leading to a viewing platform at the top. A statue of Emperor Trajan was on the top of the column, but it disappeared in the Middle Ages. Pope Sixtus V (1587) had the column re-topped with a bronze figure of St. Peter. Amazing that something this old (near 2,000 years) has survived all of these years. (PaM)
    Written 13 February 2024
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  • JenK105
    Dublin, Ireland261 contributions
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    There was a small queue to get into see Bocca della Verita, but we loved it. Such a cool photo opportunity and we all came away with our hands 🙌🏼
    Written 4 March 2024
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  • cheshire3131
    Runcorn, UK609 contributions
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    A really beautiful statue/water fountain which we come across due to stop on the hop on hop off bus. Glad we didn't miss it.
    Written 18 March 2023
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  • Codiak!
    Abbotsford, Canada10,878 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    This column is chalk full of interesting historical depictions. It would be advised to take a walking tour with a guide who can detail them for you.
    Written 20 December 2023
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  • Terry M
    Hamilton, Canada4,647 contributions
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    The best preserved monument in the Roman Forum, it depicts the military successes of the emperor in Parthia. It sits on a base of travertine marble. Made from Proconessian marble, a rare Greek marble, it was dedicated in 203 A.D.
    Written 3 April 2023
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  • SteveS1970
    Coventry, UK7,332 contributions
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    I was surprised how little Romulus and Remus were mentioned on any of our tours, even going stopping the forum the founders weren’t mentioned. A small statue to remind Rome of its founders.
    Written 25 October 2022
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  • Shasha
    Chino Valley, AZ395 contributions
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    Elephant and Obelisk by Bernini (1667) sits in Piazza della Minerva next to the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
    Written 25 March 2023
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  • SteveS1970
    Coventry, UK7,332 contributions
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    Thus huge monument is right next to Piazza Venetia where most of the local buses stop. It’s very impressive and close to the coliseum and Ancient Rome. Serving as a memorial to those Italians lost on the war, it is very moving.
    Written 25 October 2022
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  • Mairwen1
    United Kingdom9,563 contributions
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    This unsettling statue of a hooded figure, looking very much like Darth Vader, stands in the middle of the Campo De Fiori piazza. This is Giordano Bruno, a 16th century ex-Dominican priest, philosopher, cosmologist and mystic who was sentenced to death by the Roman Inquisition. What’s really chilling is that he is standing on exactly the same spot where he was burnt to death in 1600.
    1600 was a dangerous time to be spouting science and questioning religion and Bruno was nothing if not outspoken. Eventually he came to the attention of the Roman Inquisition and was condemned as a heretic. Stripped naked and gagged with a metal clamp on his tongue, he was led into the centre of the piazza at dawn and tied to a stake, then set alight on top of a giant pyre.
    Exactly which of his unorthodox ideas got him killed is not clear. Eight charges were laid but records of the trial no longer exist.
    If you read even a little about Bruno, you quickly realise that modern opinions on him are very divided. To some, he is a martyr to science and free thought. To others, he was a mystic whose pseudo-scientific ideas can’t be regarded as rational scientific thought. Still others say it was his rejection of the Church’s central tenets and not science at all that got him in trouble.
    Many of his ideas were ahead of his time, some were radical and others were a little New-Age nutty.
    On the one hand he believed that the earth went around the sun and maintained that the universe was infinite and that exoplanets existed. Pretty impressive stuff. However, on the other hand, he also believed in magic and mysticism, insisted that the stars and planets had souls, rejected mathematics and followed the writings of the ancient Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus.
    The statue we see today was not created until nearly 300 years after his death. The bronze work was commissioned by the Freemasons in 1889 after the Pope spoke out against them. Below the statue, bronze reliefs depict significant scenes from his life including his appearance before the Inquisition and his death.
    Written 29 July 2022
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  • Flore
    Arad, Romania1,661 contributions
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    The statue impresses you with how it was made and how imposing it is. If I were to make a ranking of the three most interesting things to see in Rome these would be - the Vatican Museum, the Colosseum and the Sant'Angelo Castle.
    Written 8 December 2019
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  • frodoireland_11
    Dublin, Ireland187 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Really good tennis tournament. Rome is such a lovely city. The food prices were also very reasonable too in the tournament. The area is also kept very well maintained and beautiful scenery.
    Written 19 May 2018
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  • cheshire3131
    Runcorn, UK609 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    In Piazza di Spagna close to the Spanish Steps. I personally would say this is nicer than the Spanish Steps to look at.
    Written 17 March 2023
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  • Tommo
    Melbourne, Australia50,434 contributions
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    This is believed to be the largest temple in Ancient Rome.

    Its location is on Velian Hill, between the Roman Forum Romanum and the Colosseum.

    It was built to dedicate Venus Felix.
    Written 6 January 2024
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