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The Colosseum, Rome's second and the world's 39th most popular tourist attraction, with 4 million tourists a year.[] Rome is regarded as one of the world's most beautiful ancient cities,[1] and contains vast amounts of priceless works of art, palaces, museums, parks, churches, gardens, basilicas, temples, villas, piazzas, theatres, and other venues in general. As one of the world's most important and visited cities,[2] there are numerous popular tourist attractions. In 2005, the city received 19.5 million global visitors, up of 22.1% from 2001.[3] The 5 most visited places in Rome are: #1 The Colosseum (4 million tourists a year), #2 Pantheon (3.75 million tourists a year), #3 Trevi Fountain (3.5 million tourists a year), #4 Sistine Chapel (3 million tourists a year) and #5 The Roman Forum (2.5 million tourists a year). The study was conducted by the Italian Tourism Beureu.
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Religious edifices
Types Basilica Building Period Description Found in the Vatican City, it is near where the Pope resides, and it is one of the most important centres for Christian pilgrimage, and is commonly regarded as the "home of the Roman Catholic Church", since it is where St Peter set up the [4] first Christian Church. The official ecclesiastical seat of the bishop of Rome (pope), its a major tourist attraction in the city, and Rome's cathedral Picture
Basilica, Cathedral
16th century
Basilica
Another exceedingly important Roman Catholic church in the city, it is also one of the four basilicas of the city, a Marian church, and a papal church too. Another of the four great basilicas of Rome, too a very important and visited religious building.
Basilica
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
Romanesque, medieval
Basilica
Paleochristian, romanesque A smaller basilica, it is an ancient paleo-Christian one, with ancient interiors
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Located in the Sant'Eustachio rione of Rome, it is known for its ornate Baroque/Renaissance facade, and rich interior
Basilica
Basilica
4th century Paleo-Christian One of the oldest churches in the city, opened in the mid-4th architecture century AD, it is a minor titular basilica in the Trastevere quarter. is 1880s as a church to serve Rome's Church of England community, it has an English neo-Gothic appearance, yet, it is sculpted in Italian marble. A minor titular basilica, the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva is an example of Roman Gothic architecture. It has a 19th century facade, and also a Gothic interior, with an ancient nave.
Basilica
Santa Maria sopra Gothic, Renaissance, 19th Minerva century facade and stained-glass windows
One of the city's several churches, the San Pietro in Montorio is well known for its "Tempietto", a small circular martyrium designed to look like a classical temple by Donato Bramante, which is found in the church's courtyard.
Basilica
Another of the city's ancient churches, it was founded in 498 AD. It is well known for its lavish interior, notably its chandeliers (the ones at present are believed to date back to the 18th century). Another ancient church in the city, it is dedicated to Saint Cecilia. It has a Baroque facade cosntructed by Ferdinando Fuga in 1725. Founded in the 1880s as a church to serve Rome's Church of England community, it has an English neo-Gothic appearance, yet, it is sculpted in Italian marble.
5th century, Paleo-Christian, Baroque 18th century facade late-19th century neo-gothic architecture
All Saints'
Synagogue
early 20th century, eclectic architecture with slight neo-classical and Jewish influences 1990s, built in traditional middle-eastern Islamic style
The biggest and main synagogue of Rome, it provided a place of worship to the city's Jewish community ever since 1901-1904, when the current eclectic edifice was constructed
Mosque
Mosque of Rome
Finished in 1995, the Mosque of Rome is the biggest in Europe, even surpassing the Great Mosque of Paris, and is an important centre amongst Rome's growing Muslim community
Description Found too in the Vatican City, it contains a huge collection of several paintings from all periods, and is Rome's leading and most visited chapel. In 2007, the [5] chapel received 3 million visitors, making it Rome's most popular chapel. One of the most recognizable and iconic monuments in the city, the Trevi Fountain was designed and completed in the 18th century. Several tourists come to the fountain in order to throw a coin, which is, according to a local legend, supposed to bring good luck. It was also famous for having featured in a major scene of Federico Fellini's 1960 La Dolce Vita. One of the city's top attractions, the flight of 138 stairs [6] is the biggest in Europe. They are topped by the Trinita dei Monti church, and below there is the large Piazza di Spagna. The Piazza di Spagna is also a major shopping destination in the city, and hosts several designer boutiques such as Missoni. Rome's leading shopping street, it contains a wide category of high-fashion or haute-couture boutiques and salons, such as Valentino, Bulgari, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Zara, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Prada and Dior, the headquarters, ateliers or major offices of major flaghsip labels such as, and also several of the city's finest restaurants, cafes, antique shops and bars. One of Rome's busiest, biggest and most important streets, the Via del Corso used to be called the Via Lata. It is one of the very few streets in the city to be completely straight, and contains several monuments, palaces, hotels, restaurants, shops and other forms of commerce in general. A fine example of early Roman neoclassical architecture, the name means "Square of the people", yet its real name derives from the poplar trees which used to line the square. It contains several status, an obelisk and the Santa Maria del Popolo church. Constructed in Art Nouveau, or Liberty style in 1914, the Galleria Alberto Sordi is an arcaded shopping gallery, similar in style to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, and it contains several shops, cafes, bookstores and boutiques.
Picture
Fountain
Trevi Fountain
Street
Via dei Condotti Mixture, notably 16th, 17th and 18th century architecture
Street
Complete mixture
Square
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Mixture, notably pre-19th century Another of Rome's top shopping streets, it too contains some major fashion boutiques, including Gente, Etro, Emporio Armani and Prada Casual, but also several young designer-wear and knitwear stores, antique shops and jewelers. The street also contains il babuino, one of Rome's speaking fountains (a fountain where several people discuss and voice their political and social ideas). Once, the fountain was covered with political graffiti and different notices, messages and placards, yet, all of this has been removed and anti-graffiti paint has been sprayed around the fountain, since several complained that all the messages and slogans were ruining the appearance of the street. Via del Babuino also contains the Church of England All Saints Church, for Rome's Anglican community. One of the city's most expensive, famous and luxurious streets, it was epitomised in the 1950s and 60s in Federico Fellini's 1960 La Dolce Vita. Today, it contains several exclusive apartments, grand hotels and elegant shops. Originally an ancient Roman square, it currently is flocked by fine Renaissance palazzi and is centred by the ancient Roman Column of Marcus Aurelius. It contains several important governmental and political structures, such as the Palazzo Chigi, the seat of the government of Italy and originally the official embassy of Austria-Hungary. One of the city's best known squares, or piazzas, it is known for its impressive Renaissance and Baroque architecture, several fine buildings, monuments and churches, and numerous open-air bars, pizzerias, restaurants, cafes, stalls and artists. Started in 1889 and completed in 1910, the Palazzo di Giustizia (literally, "Palace of Justice") currently hosts Italy's main law courts. These courts are stituated in a grand turn-of-the-century neo-Renaissance palace. With a semi-circular formation, this piazza is one of the city's finest neoclassical public squares. Today, the buildings surrounding the square host offices, companies, restaurants, banks and insurance and travel agencies. The middle of the square contains the Fontana delle Naidi, made in 1911 and showing fierce sea-nymphs. A historic and ancient cafe, it was founded in 1760 in the Via dei Condotti, it has 18th and 19th century interior decor. It has hosted several intellectuals and important foreigners, such as Lord Byron, Goethe, Liszt and Keats. The main villa of the city, once owned by the noble Borghese family and later the Bonapartes (Pauline Bonaparte), it currently is one of Rome's top artistic galleries, and also contains a major park, with several lakes, features, and follies.
Street
Via Veneto
Mixture, notably 18th and 19th century architecture, and significant Art Nouveau buildings
Public square
Piazza Colonna
16th century Renaissance, including some Baroque 18th and 19th century buildings
Square
Piazza Navona
Relative mixture, predominantly 15th, 16th and 17th century Renaissance and Baroque architecture
Square, fountain
Piazza della Eclectic, mainly 18th Repubblica and early-20th century neoclassical the Fontana delle architecture Naidi
Cafe
Villa, art gallery, Villa Borghese park and garden and the Villa Borghese gardens
16th-17th centuries
5
15th-16th century Renaissance Found in the Piazza del Campidoglio on the Capitol architecture Hill, the square and the museums were designed by Michelangelo in 1471. Today, they mainly host ancient Roman and Greek sculptures and works of art. The Piazza del Campidoglio is renowned for its symmetrical Renaissance architecture, and also hosts the Rome city hall. early-20th century, neo-classical style Built in the early 20th century, the Monument, also called the "Altare della Patria" (Altar of the homeland), is one of Rome's most notable monuments. Built in a neo-classical style, with a grandiose flight of stairs and colonnade, it is a controversial monument its grandeur and pomp has made it often receive the names of "giant type-writer", "wedding-cake" and "zuppa inglese" (an Italian dessert). Literally meaning "flower field", due to its status once as a meadow, this public square has for centuries and still does serve as an important market-place, and the piazza is flocked with several Medieval and Renaissance palaces and churches. Intended to be the district to host Rome's Universal Exposition, which in the end, never occurred, it was built by Benito Mussolini in the 1930s and 40s, and used to be called the E42. It is often considered one of the best examples of planned Fascist architecture, and is often considered one of the most serene and livable quarters of the city, yet its austere architecture has often arisen to much controversy. The official residence of the President of the Italian Republic, the Qurinial Palace is built in a Renaissance/Baroque architectural style, and boasts elegant Renaissance gardens and a lavish interior. Found by Pope Julius II in the 1550s, the Villa Giulia is a Renaissance villa, which inside hosts the National Etruscan Museum, filled with several Etruscan and Classical treasures. One of Rome's biggest and most significant private artistic collections, it is currently, and has been owned, by the family of the same name for centuries. Once the "Mausoleum of Hadrian", it later became a papal residence and currently hosts a major museum.
Public monument
16th-18th centuries
Villa Giulia and the National Etruscan Museum Galleria Doria Pamphilj
Roman Baroque
Ex-mausoleum, later castle and current museum Academy, palace, museum and art gallery
Castel Sant'Angelo
Built by the Corsini family in the 1730s and 40s, it hosts an art academy and gallery.
Palace
Palazzo Barberini
Renaissance/early-Baroque
This palace, or palazzo is one of the greatest examples of Roman Renaissance and early-Baroque architecture. It was made in the 16th century, and is known for its staircase
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Art-Nouveau/Neo-classical, late-19th century architecture The National Museum of Rome, founded in 1890, is one of the city's main museums, and is a leading centre of expositions and the arts.
Amphitheatre Colosseum
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