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* FIUMICINO AIRPORT (FCO)....16M/25KM NE
* CIAMPINO AIRPORT (CIA)....10M/16KM NW
* BASILICA S. M. MAGGIORE......200 METERS
* COLOSSEO.....................700 METERS
* FORO ROMANO..................800 METERS
* PIAZZA VENEZIA..............0.62 M/1 KM
* VATICANO....................2.48 M/4 KM
* SAN PAOLO FUORI LE MURA.....3.10 M/5 KM
* FONTANA DI TREVI............0.62 M/1 KM
* TERME DI DIOCLEZIANO..........250 METERS
* BASILICA SAN GIOVANNI.........600 METERS
* LA SCALA SANTA................600 METERS
* SAN PIETRO IN VINCOLI.........500 METERS
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*CORPORATE LOCATIONS:
* MINISTRIES........................NEARBY
* AMERICAN EMBASSY..................NEARBY
* AIRLINES..........................NEARBY
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LOCATION:
CENTRALLY LOCATED NEAR THE ROME OPERA, NEXT TO
SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE BASILIC IN A LIMITED TRAFFIC
ZONE. WALKING DISTANCE TO THE ROMAN FORUM,
COLOSEUM AND THE MAIN MONUMENTS.
*
RECREATION:
PIAZZA VENEZIA - KNOWN AS -IL VITTORIANO- THIS
MONUMENT WAS BEGUN IN 1885 AND INAUGURATED
IN 1911 IN HONOR OF VICTOR EMMANUEL II OF
SAVOY..THE FIRST KING IS DEPICTED HERE IN A
GILT BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE..OVERSIZED
LIKE THE MONUMENT ITSELF - THE STATUE IS 12
M -39 FT- LONG.
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TREVI FOUNTAIN - THE WISHING FOUNTAIN. AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE STREET, BACKED BY THE FACE
OF THE PALAZZO POLI. LOOMS THE MOST STUNNING
OF THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME - THE CENTRAL
FIGURE, THE OCEAN -BY PIETRO BRACCI- IS SHOWN
DOMINATING SEA HORSES GUIDED BY TRITONS.
WHILE IN THE NICHES ON EITHER SIDE ARE THE FIGURES
OF ABUNDANCE -ON THE LEFT- AND HEALTH (ON THE
RIGHT), BOTH BY FILIPPO DELLA VALLE.
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ST. PETER S BASILICA - THE CENTRE OF THE
ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH, ST. PETER S DRAWS
PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. FEW
ARE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY ENTER THE
SUMPTUOUSLY DECORATED BASILICA
BENEATH MICHELANGELO*S VAST DOME. A
SHRINE WAS ERECTED ON THE SITE OF ST.
PETER S TOMB IN THE 2ND CENTURY AND
THE FIRST GREAT BASILICA, ORDERED BY
THE EMPEROR COSTANTINE, WAS COMPLETED
AROUND AD 349.
*
IL COLOSSEO - BEGUN IN THE EARLY YEARS
OF VESPASIAN'S REIGN -FROM 72 AD-. DEADLY
GLADIATORIAL COMBATS AND WILD ANIMAL
FIGHTS WERE STAGED FREE OF CHARGE BY
THE EMPEROR AND WEALTHY CITIZENS FOR
PUBLIC VIEWING. THE COLISEUM WAS BUILT
TO A PRACTICAL DESIGN, WITH ITS 80 ARCHED
ENTRANCES ALLOWING EASY ACCESS TO 55,000
SPECTATORS.
