Italy - tourist attractions (page 2)

	Antico Caffè Greco	Antico Caffè Greco is a cafe located near the Spanish Stairs in Rome, Via dei Condotti 86. It is better known as Caffè Greco. The name of this cafe comes from a Greek man, Nicolo della Maddalena, who founded the city. It was opened in 1760 and is the second oldest café in Italy (the first one is Ca...
	Pantheon	The Pantheon (panteo - a place sacred to all gods) is a temple of a characteristic round shape located in the Campus Martius in Rome. The building was founded by Emperor Hadrian in 125. It was built as a replacement for the temple demolished during the fire of 80. The construction was led by Apollo...
	Galleria Borghese	Borghese Gallery (Galleria Borghese) is the national museum in Rome, located in Villa Borghese Pinciana. Nearby we can find also the National Etruscan Museum (Museo Nazionale Etrusco) and the National Gallery of Modern Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna)The Galleria Borghese houses an important ...
	The Capitoline Hill	The Capitoline Hill (Mons Capitolinus) is the smallest hill with two peaks among seven historic hills of Rome. It is located north-west of the Forum Romanum and the Palatine Hill. The name comes from a human skull (lat. caput means "head") found during laying the fundations for the main temple. It ...
	Piazza Navonas' Fountains	In the Piazza Navona in Rome there are three marvellous fountains situated. They are supplied by the spring Aqua Virgo. The fountains are the most important attraction of the square and, most of all, these are the ones to attract the tourists there. The most famous one is the baroque fountain di Qu...
	The Trevi Fountain	The Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi) is the most famous fountain in Rome. It replaced the fountain designed by Leon Battiste Alberti. The fountain we can admire nowadays was designed by Niccolo Salvi who got commissioned for this project even though great Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini also proposed his ...
	Baths of Caracalla	The Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla in Italian) were the largest public baths in Rome. They are located in Regio XII in the city of Rome. The water was supplied by the Aqua Marcia aqueduct.The public baths were constructed during the reign of Marco Aurelio Antonino Basiano Emperor, also know...
	Altar of the Fatherland (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II)	The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, better known as the Altar of the Fatherland (Altare della Patria) is located in the Venecian Square in front of the Palazzo Venezia in the centre of Rome. The monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1884. It was built between 1885 and 1911, where...
	Santa Maria del Popolo	Santa Maria del Popolo is an Augustinian church located in Rome, Italy. It stands in the north side of the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most famous squares in the city. The Piazza is situated between the ancient Porta Flaminia and the park of the Pincio. Santa Maria del Popolo includes works by se...
	Pope's summer residence in Castel Gandolfo	Castel Gandolfo it is a small village near to Rome. Is situated on the Lazio, a crater of extinct volcano. Castel Gandolfo is on a tourist trial of the Roman Castles (Castelli Romani). This place is called the Albanian Hills (Colli Albani) by the Romans. Due to its location in the middle of green a...