The Piazza di Spagna is a square in the centre of Rome, the capital of Italy. It lies at the foot of the Spanish Steps and owes its name to the Palazzo...
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Spanish Steps (category Piazzas in Rome)
Steps (Italian: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated...
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The Palazzo di Spagna is a Baroque palace in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. It has housed the Embassy of Spain to the Holy See since 1647, and was bought...
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Piazza Navona (pronounced [ˈpjattsa naˈvoːna]) is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian...
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the Porto di Ripetta was located until it was destroyed in the late 19th century. The Via del Babuino ("Baboon"), linking to Piazza di Spagna, takes its...
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Baroque-style fountain found at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome's Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square). Pope Urban VIII commissioned Pietro Bernini in 1623...
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Three Girls from Rome (redirect from Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna)
Three Girls from Rome (Italian: Le ragazze di Piazza Spagna, released as Girls of the Spanish Steps in the UK) is a 1952 Italian classic comedy drama film...
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its position above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the famous Piazza di Spagna. The church is entrusted to the Emmanuel Community, and is one of the...
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Italy to play "Nathalie", in the 1998 Italian miniseries Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna. Her first English-speaking role was in the Highlander episode 'Patient...
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is called Piazza Mignanelli, towards the south east part of Piazza di Spagna. It was placed aptly in front of the offices of the Palazzo di Propaganda...
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Piazza del Campidoglio ("Capitoline Square") is a public square (piazza) on the top of the ancient Capitoline Hill, between the Roman Forum and the Campus...
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just to the south of the base of the Spanish Steps and east of the Piazza di Spagna. In November 1820, the English poet John Keats, who was dying of tuberculosis...
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which was inaugurated in 1980. The station is named after the nearby Piazza di Spagna: its main exit is on Vicolo del Bottino, a short stretch of road that...
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traditional English tea shop at the foot of the Spanish Steps in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy. The tea room was founded by two young women, one from...
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St. Peter's Square (redirect from Piazza San Pietro)
Saint Peter's Square (Latin: Forum Sancti Petri, Italian: Piazza San Pietro [ˈpjattsa sam ˈpjɛːtro]) is a large plaza located directly in front of St....
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Rotonda and Pantheon Castel Sant'Angelo Trevi Fountain Piazza Venezia Piazza di Spagna Trinità dei Monti Colosseum Tiber river Via Margutta 51, the location...
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1953, the Pope visits the Column of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna to offer expiatory prayers commemorating the solemn event. The feast...
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Capitolinus (Latin: Aedes Iovis Optimi Maximi Capitolini; Italian: Tempio di Giove Ottimo Massimo; lit. 'Temple of Jupiter, the Best and Greatest'), was...
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just behind Piazza di Spagna and descends the Pincio to emit its water through the fine, elegant sprays of its regal mostra, the lions of Piazza del Popolo...
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Bocca della Verità (redirect from Piazza della Bocca della Verita)
left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, at the Piazza della Bocca della Verità, the site of the ancient Forum Boarium (the ancient...
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Castel Sant'Angelo (redirect from Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo)
via a fully pedestrian path, by creating an underground tunnel under the Piazza Pia Place. Model of the Mausoleum of Hadrian View from south towards the...
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Mausoleum of Augustus (redirect from Mausoleo di Augusto)
di Augusto) is a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The mausoleum is located on the Piazza...
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Trevi Fountain (redirect from Fontana di Trevi)
The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi...
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Quirinal Palace (redirect from Piazza del Quirinale)
needed] The palace, located on the Via del Quirinale and facing onto the Piazza del Quirinale, was built in 1583 by Pope Gregory XIII as a papal summer...
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Via di Ripetta; Piazza Venezia, at the end of Via del Corso; Piazza di Spagna, at the end of Via del Babuino. Rendina, Claudio (2005). Enciclopedia di Roma...
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Piazza Venezia (Italian: [ˈpjattsa veˈnɛttsja]) is a central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali...
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Petrini in 1986 against the opening of a McDonald's restaurant in Rome's Piazza di Spagna. The key ideas of the slow movement include prioritizing quality over...
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Well-known locations included the Piazza Navona, the Spanish Steps and Piazza di Spagna in Rome, and the Caffè Florian in the Piazza San Marco in Venice. To prepare...
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just behind Piazza di Spagna and descends the Pincio to emit its water through the fine, elegant sprays of its regal mostra, the lions of Piazza del Popolo...
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Seven hills of Rome (redirect from Sette colli di Roma)
Rome (Latin: Septem colles/montes Romae, Italian: Sette colli di Roma [ˈsɛtte ˈkɔlli di ˈroːma]) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of...
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