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Il Vittoriano is a huge white marble monument at Piazza Venezia. It was built as a tribute for Victor Emmanuel II, who was the first king of a united Italy. It is not the prettiest of buildings but is certainly impressive and well worth a photo or two. I read that it is also called the "wedding cake" - I guess because it is big and white and over-the-top!! Leave a Comment Directions: Piazza Venezia - you can't miss it! Up one end of Via del Corso, towards the Colosseum.Website: http://www.quirinale.it/simboli/vittoriano/a_Vittoriano.htm
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If you have only time to visit one museum in Rome I advise you this one. You will not be waiting in a long line as with the museum of the Vatican and you will see very famous pieces of the Antique art. Moreover the site of the museum is one of most beautiful of Rome. In fact there are 3 museums on Piazza Campidoglio. They are called "Musei Capitolini" and belong to the city of Rome. The sole entry is on the right by the “Palazzo dei Consevatori”. Here on two floors and about thirty rooms is the main part of the collections. The most outstanding artefacts are statues of bronze or marble of the ancient Rome. Most known are “the She-wolf”, “the Spinario” and the equestrian statue of Marc-Aurelius. By an underground gallery the visitors reach, after a right turn, the arcades of the antique “Tabularium”, located under the "Palazzo dei Senatorio" and present town hall, from where one has imposing sights on the Foro Romano and the Palatine hill. By this same underground the visitors join, on the other side of the Piazza Campidoglio the “Palazzo Nuovo” which comprises a dozen rooms with statues of which most known are the “Faun” and “the dying Gaul”. The exit of the Capitoline Museums is by this palace. The collections of statues and archaeological artefacts of the “Musei Capitolini” were made up as from 1471 by the Popes and Roman important families like the Horti and the Castellani. The Pinacotheca, art gallery of the second floor was founded by Pope Benoit XIV in the 18th century. There is also a cabinet of currencies and medals. Open: 9 - 20 h, closed on Monday. Price: 6,50 €, reduced 4,50 €, free for EU citizens less than 18 y. or more than 65 years. Nice cafeteria with terrace on the 2nd floor. Address: Piazza del Campidoglio.Website: www.museicapitolini.org
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In this Palazzo from Cardinal Altemps, from the late Renaissance, is on display an important collection of antique sculptures belonging to the "Museo Nationale Romano". The Museo Nationale Romano Altemps is located about 100 m north of the Piazza Navona. The most famous part of the collection was given by the family Boncompagni Ludovisi. The sculptures belong to the Hellenistic, Roman republican and imperial periods as well as from the baroque periods. The amateurs of antique sculptures will be interested by the explanations (Italian and English) about the restoration work on these sculptures which most often reached us in pieces and were also often Roman copies of Greek sculptures. This museum shows also Egyptian statues as the cult of Isis was practised in Roma. The most striking statue is that of the Galate committing suicide with his sword after having killed his wife to avoid her falling in hands of the enemy. There is also a beautiful statue of the Aphrodite (Venus) of the temple on the Greek island Cnidos. The original, work of Praxiteles, of this nude figure seeking to cover herself was very popular in the Greek and Roman world. Many copies exist of the original. A very famous Roman sarcophagus with Battle Scene modelled from a single block of marble is shown in this museum. All details of Roman weapons and uniforms are very well preserved. When visiting the Piazza Navona it is worthwhile to visit (1 hour) this museum. As the ticket is combined with the Museum of Palazzo Massimo (near Termini station) it is good choice if you are an amateur of Greek and Roman art. Open 9 - 19.45 h. Closed on Monday. Price. Combined ticket for Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, Terme di Diocleziano, valid during 3 days: 7 €, reduced 3,50 €, free for EU citizens less than 18 or more than 65 years old. Address: Piazza Sant’Apollinare 46Directions: 100 m north of Piazza Navona.Website: www.archeorm.arti.beniculturali.it/MNRAltemps/
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