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Pincian Hill |
The Pincian Hill (Mons Pincius) is located North-East of the centre of Rome. It is a steep elevation towering over the Piazza di Spagna and the Piazza del Popolo. It is not recognised as one of the seven hills on which Rome is situated.
In the ancient times, during rules of Emperor Aurelian III in ... |
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The Capitoline Wolf |
The Capitoline Wolf is placed in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. It is one of the most characteristic and recognizable symbols of the city.
There is a legend relating to the wolf and describing how the city was planted. According to it, King Alba Longa, because of the fear of loosing the trone, forc... |
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All Souls Church |
All Souls Church is an evangelical church located on Regent Street at the corner of Portland Place in the London borough of the Cuty of Westminster. The church was designed and built by John Nash, the favourite architect of King George IV. It was built of Bath stone and its main feature is the circu... |
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Regent Street |
Regent Street is one of the most famous shopping streets in the city of London. It is located very close to Oxford Street in Westminster borough.The street ends in Piccadilly Circus and was designed by architect John Nash in an urbanisation plan. The plan had the idea to reshape all the West End. Ac... |
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Picadilly Circus |
Piccadilly Circus is a central square in the London Borough of the City of Westminster. It is famous because is the intersection of two of the most important streets of the city, Picadilly Street and Regent Street, one of the most commercial streets of London.Built in 1819 in order to connect these ... |
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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 ... |
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Carnaby Street |
Carnaby Street is a commercial street in the Soho in the district of Westminster, London.It is famous due the connection between underground music and mod culture in the 60's and nowadays is a tourist place with a lot of shops and fashion boutiques. Mary Quant, the designer who invented the short sk... |
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Soho |
Soho is a neighbourhood in the London borough of the city of Westminster. The area is bounded by Oxford Street in the north, Regent Street in the west, Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus in the south and Charing Cross Road in the east.London's Soho is known for being a multicultural neighbourhoo... |
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The Roman Forum |
The Forum Romanum (Roman square) is the oldest city square in Rome surrounded by six (the Capitoline, the Palatine, the Caelian, the Esquiline, the Viminal and the Quirinal) out of seven hills on which Rome is located. In the past it was a political, religious and cultural centre of Rome where the m... |
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The Rostra |
The Rostra is a rostrum located in the forum Romanum in Rome.
By order of Julius Caesar the square was rebuilt and then the rostrum was moved away to the different location but still in the Forum. It was built on a rectangular plan with dimensions of 29 and 30 metres. The base was 5 metre high. On ... |
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