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La storia del Porto di Ripetta

La storia del Porto di Ripetta

Il Porto di Ripetta, costruito nel 1704 per volontà di Papa Clemente XI e progettato da Alessandro Specchi con Carlo Fontana, fu un'importante infrastruttura barocca sulle rive del Tevere. Funzionava...

La storia del Porto di Ripetta

Il Porto di Ripetta, costruito nel 1704 per volontà di Papa Clemente XI e progettato da Alessandro Specchi con Carlo Fontana, fu un'importante infrastruttura barocca sulle rive del Tevere. Funzionava...

La mappa Strata Viarum Urbis in Parte Regionis VIII

The Strata Viarum Urbis map in Parte Regionis VIII

François Halma's map Strata Viarum Urbis in Parte Regionis VIII , published in Amsterdam around 1698, is an extraordinary testimony to the urban planning of ancient Rome. This cartographic masterpiece...

The Strata Viarum Urbis map in Parte Regionis VIII

François Halma's map Strata Viarum Urbis in Parte Regionis VIII , published in Amsterdam around 1698, is an extraordinary testimony to the urban planning of ancient Rome. This cartographic masterpiece...

La Barcaccia a Piazza di Spagna

The Barcaccia at the Spanish Steps

In the heart of Piazza di Spagna , at the foot of the Spanish Steps , stands the Barcaccia Fountain , a Baroque masterpiece created by Bernini. Inspired by the...

The Barcaccia at the Spanish Steps

In the heart of Piazza di Spagna , at the foot of the Spanish Steps , stands the Barcaccia Fountain , a Baroque masterpiece created by Bernini. Inspired by the...

La guerra civile tra Cesare e Pompeo

The civil war between Caesar and Pompey

The civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great (49-45 BC) marked one of the most dramatic phases of Roman history, leading to the collapse of the Republic and...

The civil war between Caesar and Pompey

The civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great (49-45 BC) marked one of the most dramatic phases of Roman history, leading to the collapse of the Republic and...

La Gallia di Giulio Cesare

Julius Caesar's Gaul

Gaul was at the center of one of the most important chapters of Roman history thanks to the military campaigns of Julius Caesar . Through political and military strategies, Caesar...

Julius Caesar's Gaul

Gaul was at the center of one of the most important chapters of Roman history thanks to the military campaigns of Julius Caesar . Through political and military strategies, Caesar...

Traiano, l'imperatore giusto

Trajan, the just emperor

Trajan, the emperor who defined justice Trajan , emperor from 98 to 117 AD, has been celebrated throughout the centuries as the embodiment of the ideal ruler: ambitious but just,...

Trajan, the just emperor

Trajan, the emperor who defined justice Trajan , emperor from 98 to 117 AD, has been celebrated throughout the centuries as the embodiment of the ideal ruler: ambitious but just,...