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Chiesa di Sant’Eligio degli Orefici
A 16th-century goldsmiths’ church designed by Raphael.
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Chiesa di Sant'Agnese in Agone
The Chiesa di Sant’Agnese in Agone was designed by Borromini.
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Scuderie Papali al Quirinale
The Palazzo del Quirinale’s former stables, the Scuderie Papali al Quirinale, is now a magnificent exhibition space.
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Chiesa di Sant’Eusebio
The Chiesa di Sant’Eusebio is popular with pet-owners who bring their animals to be blessed on St Anthony’s feast day (17 January).
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Presepio
Worth a look is the huge 18th-century Neapolitan presepio, in a room off the tranquil 17th- century cloisters at Basilica di SS Cosma e Damiano.
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Chiesa di San Giorgio in Velabro
The medieval Chiesa di San Giorgio in Velabro is a beautiful, atmospheric church, the original 7th-century portico of which was completely destroyed by a Mafia bomb attack in 1993.
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Basilica di San Lorenzo in Damaso
Next door to the Palazzo della Cancelleria, and incorporated into the palazzo, is the 4th-century Basilica di San Lorenzo in Damaso, one of Rome’s oldest Christian churches.
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Museo Storico Artistico
Accessed from the left nave of the St.Peter's Basilica, the Museo Storico Artistico sparkles with sacred relics and priceless artefacts, including a tabernacle by Donatello and the 6th-century Crux Vaticana, a cross studded with jewels that was a gift of the emperor Justinian II.
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Vatican Grottoes
The Vatican Grottoes contain the tombs of numerous popes, including John Paul II, whose simple sepulchre contrasts starkly with many of the flamboyant monuments in the basilica above. You can also see several huge columns from the original 4th-century basilica. The entrance is through the right side of the portico.
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Tomb of St Peter
Excavations beneath the St.Peter's Basilica, which began in 1940, have uncovered part of the original church and what archaeologists believe is the Tomb of St Peter. In 1942, the bones of an elderly, strongly built man were found in a box hidden behind a wall covered by pilgrims’ graffiti. After more than 30 years of forensic examination, in 1976, Pope Paul VI declared the bones to be those of St Peter.
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Quartiere Coppedè
Best entered from the corner of Via Tagliamento and Via Dora, this compact quarter is a mesmerising mishmash of Tuscan turrets, Liberty sculptures, Moorish arches, Gothic gargoyles, frescoed façades and palm-fringed gardens, all designed by little-known Florentine architect Gino Coppedè between 1913 and 1926. At its heart is whimsical Piazza Mincio and the Fontana delle Rane (Fountain of the Frogs), a modern take on the better known Fontana delle Tartarughe in the Jewish Ghetto.
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Stadio di Domiziano
Like many of the city’s great landmarks, Piazza Navona sits on the site of an ancient monument, in this case the 1st-century-AD Stadio di Domiziano. This 30,000-seat stadium, remains of which can be seen from Piazza Tor Sanguigna, used to host games – the name Navona is a corruption of the Greek word agon, meaning public games. Inevitably, though, it fell into disrepair and it wasn’t until the 15th century that the crumbling arena was paved over and Rome’s central market transferred here from Campidoglio.
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Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro
Dubbed the Square Colosseum, the Palace of the Workers is EUR’s architectural icon, a rationalist masterpiece clad in gleaming white travertine. Designed by Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano, and built between 1938 and 1943, it consists of six rows of nine arches, rising to a height of 50m. According to some, these numbers are a homage to the project’s Fascist patron, with the six rows reflecting the six letters of Benito and the nine arches the nine letters of Mussolini. The palazzo is currently undergoing restoration and will house a new multimedia museum when it reopens.
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Museo della Civiltà Romana e Planetario
A proven kid-pleaser, EUR's most impressive museum was founded by Mussolini in 1937 to glorify Imperial Rome. A hulking place with huge echoing halls, it contains a number of intriguing displays. The best is a giant scale recreation of 4th-century Rome, but there are also detailed models of the city's main buildings, an absorbing cross-section of the Colosseum and casts of the reliefs on the Colonna di Traiano.
For something completely different, learn about the night sky at the on-site Museo Astronomico (Astronomy Museum; 06 820 59 127; adult/child around €7.50/4.40), complete with its own planetarium. You'll need to book for the planetarium shows.
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Palazzetto dello Sport
One of the few planned developments in Rome’s history, EUR was built for an international exhibition in 1942, and although war intervened and the exhibition never took place, the name stuck – Esposizione Universale di Roma (Roman Universal Exhibition) or EUR. The area’s appeal (or lack of it) lies in its spectacular rationalist architecture. It’s not to everyone’s taste but the style is beautifully expressed in a number of distinctive palazzi, including the Palazzetto dello Sport. The area is still a focus for development, with Massimiliano Fuksas’ cutting-edge Nuvola (‘cloud’) congress centre being built here, and mayor Gianni Alemanno hoping the area may host…
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Palazzo dei Congressi
One of the few planned developments in Rome’s history, EUR was built for an international exhibition in 1942, and although war intervened and the exhibition never took place, the name stuck – Esposizione Universale di Roma (Roman Universal Exhibition) or EUR. There are few museums but the area’s appeal (or lack of it) lies in its spectacular rationalist architecture. It’s not to everyone’s taste but the style is beautifully expressed in a number of distinctive palazzi, including the wonderful Palazzo dei Congressi. The area is still a focus for development, with Massimiliano Fuksas’ cutting-edge Nuvola (‘cloud’) congress centre being built here, and mayor Gianni…
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Chiesa Santi Pietro e Paolo
One of the few planned developments in Rome’s history, EUR was built for an international exhibition in 1942, and although war intervened and the exhibition never took place, the name stuck – Esposizione Universale di Roma (Roman Universal Exhibition) or EUR. The area’s appeal (or lack of it) lies in its spectacular rationalist architecture. It’s not to everyone’s taste but the style is beautifully expressed in a number of distinctive palazzi, including the Chiesa Santi Pietro e Paolo. The area is still a focus for development, with Massimiliano Fuksas’ cutting-edge Nuvola (‘cloud’) congress centre being built here, and mayor Gianni Alemanno hoping the area may…
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