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- apf9930Spring Hill, FL276 contributionsVictor Emmanuel II National Monument was built between 1885 and 1935 to honor Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill and houses a shrine of the Italian unknown soldier. There is a wonderful museum inside that leads to the top floor opening to beautiful views of Rome. There is a nominal fee to take an elevator to the top and there is a restaurant/bar area. Very hot this visit so we walked up, took photos and moved on.Written 29 September 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- TravelerNew Hampshire234 contributionsLa Bocca de la Verità is a cool thing to see, but the things around it are more culturally significant. Go into the church, and you can see the (alleged) bones of Saint Valentine. The area surrounding the mouth of truth has some of Rome’s must see places. Go and explore!Written 28 July 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- BTS1972Munich, Germany3,589 contributionsSituated nearly next to the more prominent Colosseum, this arch is also one of Rome's finest. Build by emporer Constantine, it is one of the best preserved and largest triumph arches still existing.Written 20 August 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- BTS1972Munich, Germany3,589 contributionsThe column has been build and erected on order of emporer Trajan to memorize his victory against the Darca in present day Bulgarai / Romania. The column is filled with wonderful details, telling the story of this campaign and ther aftermath. Luckily, the column is in excellent condition.Written 20 August 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- BradHong Kong, China175,298 contributionsOne of the interesting monuments situated around Piazza del Campidoglio is Lupa Romana (Capitoline Wolf), a bronze sculpture of the she-wolf that rescued twin brothers Romulus and Remus and nursed them to health as part of the legendary tale of the founding of Rome.
Note, the bronze Lupa Romana seen on the square is a replica of the original that you can see within the Capitoline Museum. The original is believed to be Etruscan (5th-century BC) but carbon dating suggests it likely was created in the early 12th-century while the young Romuls and Remus figures were added in the late 15h-century.Written 26 May 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Thomas VOakland, CA17,709 contributionsWe sat in the cafe and gazed at this lovely and large fountain in the middle of a big plaza. Water gushing. Some traffic around. Not too many tourists.Written 13 July 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- BradHong Kong, China175,298 contributionsThis is a landmark column monument located in the middle of Piazza Colonna in the city centre of Rome. The column was erected here in 193 AD and is topped with a statue of St. Paul (1589). What you see is a Doric Column modelled after Trajan's Column in the Roman Forum. It is dedicated to Emperor Marcus Aurelius features a spiral relief from top to bottom, a tell of his campaigns against Germanic barbarians during his reign as Caesar (161-180 AD). It is a fine monument worth spending a few minutes to appreciate when passing through the square.Written 22 April 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- frodoireland_11Dublin, Ireland195 contributionsReally good tennis tournament. Rome is such a lovely city. The food prices were also very reasonable too in the tournament. The area is also kept very well maintained and beautiful scenery.Written 19 May 2018This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- EggsrusBath, UK88 contributionsA great experience apparently this is known as the ‘wedding cake’ it’s very impressive and also home to the unknown soldier.
The building is impressive as well as the views.
Great restaurant to get a drink at the top so go and visit and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did 😉Written 17 May 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Mairwen1United Kingdom11,186 contributionsThis might not be the tallest or most imposing obelisk in Rome but the Obelisk of Santa Minerva is by far the most delightful.
In a whimsical design, the ancient Egyptian obelisk was placed on the back of a small, marble elephant, with a long swaying trunk and a tasselled saddlecloth.
It sits in the centre of a small piazza, outside the Church of Santa Maria della Minerva, at the back of the Pantheon.
The obelisk is a long way from home. It started life as one of a pair and dates back to the reign of pharaoh Apries (r. 589-570 BCE) in the 26th Dynasty (the other half of the pair can be seen at the front of the Pantheon).
The Roman emperor Domitian (51-96 CE) took a liking to it and had it transported back to Rome. No easy task. The giant, 5.5 metre, red granite obelisk had to be shipped across the Mediterranean, then re-erected at the Temple of Isis in Rome.
It suffered the same fate as many other obelisks in Rome. After the fall of Rome, the obelisk also fell and was buried at first by rubble and then by rising ground levels. It lay forgotten for centuries until 1655 when it was unearthed.
Pope Alexander VII had it inscribed with his family’s heraldic symbols and coats of arms and Bernini was commissioned to create the surrounding design. If putting the obelisk on the back of an elephant sounds like a quirky sort of thing, perhaps it was not so strange. At the time, elephants and other exotic animals were often given as lavish presents by foreign rulers. These included leopards, panthers, apes, rhinos, troops of monkeys and tropical birds but the most memorable was a white elephant sent to Pope Leo X (now buried under the Vatican).
This is an interesting corner of Rome, tucked around towards the back of the Pantheon. Step inside the Church of Santa Maria della Minerva and you will also see a beautiful sculpture, The Risen Christ by Michelangelo. It’s not well known, it’s free and there are no crowds.Written 19 May 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - FloreArad, Romania1,709 contributionsThe statue impresses you with how it was made and how imposing it is. If I were to make a ranking of the three most interesting things to see in Rome these would be - the Vatican Museum, the Colosseum and the Sant'Angelo Castle.Written 8 December 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- BradHong Kong, China175,298 contributionsThe Arch of Septimius Severus is situated in the northwest corner of the Roman Forum at the foot of Capotoline Hill. Dating back to 202-03 AD it is considered the oldest standing Arch structure of Ancient Rome. It was built to celebrate
Emperor Septimius Severus military victories over the Parthians several years earlier.
The triumphal arch is made of marble, 26.5 metres tall, 23.5 metres in length and adorned with battle scene reliefs on both sides. It includes a large centre arch along with two small passageways. You can see it up close from ground level with the paid entry ticket for the Roman Forum. However, you can see it quite wall from the public walkway up to Piazza del Campidoglio. From here you are really close and and have even higher viewing vantage point.Written 3 June 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Mairwen1United Kingdom11,186 contributionsThis unsettling statue of a hooded figure, looking very much like Darth Vader, stands in the middle of the Campo De Fiori piazza. This is Giordano Bruno, a 16th century ex-Dominican priest, philosopher, cosmologist and mystic who was sentenced to death by the Roman Inquisition. What’s really chilling is that he is standing on exactly the same spot where he was burnt to death in 1600.
1600 was a dangerous time to be spouting science and questioning religion and Bruno was nothing if not outspoken. Eventually he came to the attention of the Roman Inquisition and was condemned as a heretic. Stripped naked and gagged with a metal clamp on his tongue, he was led into the centre of the piazza at dawn and tied to a stake, then set alight on top of a giant pyre.
Exactly which of his unorthodox ideas got him killed is not clear. Eight charges were laid but records of the trial no longer exist.
If you read even a little about Bruno, you quickly realise that modern opinions on him are very divided. To some, he is a martyr to science and free thought. To others, he was a mystic whose pseudo-scientific ideas can’t be regarded as rational scientific thought. Still others say it was his rejection of the Church’s central tenets and not science at all that got him in trouble.
Many of his ideas were ahead of his time, some were radical and others were a little New-Age nutty.
On the one hand he believed that the earth went around the sun and maintained that the universe was infinite and that exoplanets existed. Pretty impressive stuff. However, on the other hand, he also believed in magic and mysticism, insisted that the stars and planets had souls, rejected mathematics and followed the writings of the ancient Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus.
The statue we see today was not created until nearly 300 years after his death. The bronze work was commissioned by the Freemasons in 1889 after the Pope spoke out against them. Below the statue, bronze reliefs depict significant scenes from his life including his appearance before the Inquisition and his death.Written 29 July 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Mairwen1United Kingdom11,186 contributionsA towering 12 metre tall Corinthian column, with a distant Mary right at the very top, the Colonna dell’Immaculata Conception stands in Piazza Mignanelli, one along from the Spanish Steps.
The marble column is ancient. Discovered during excavations at Campo Martius, it was re-erected here but the bronze statue of the Madonna was added in 1857.
Its very difficult to see Mary at all. You can clearly make out her crown of stars but its hard to see. Much else. She is apparently stomping on a snake, the symbol of original sin. This represents the Catholic belief that Mary was born free of sin. However the symbolism was lost on me because she’s just too far away and its impossible to see the snake.
Highlights from the story of Mary’s life are recorded in reliefs around the base of the column. One scene shows the Annunciation where the Archangel, Gabriel, visited Mary to tell her that she’d been chosen by God to be the mother of Jesus. Another scene depicts Mary’s coronation in Heaven.
Every year, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on 8th December. The Pope visits the statue to honour Mary and deliver an annual speech and traditionally a wreath of white roses, is hung from Mary’s arm. No easy job!Written 26 May 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - The Spanish Steps ApartmentRome, Italy34,175 contributionsThis 1895 colossal equestrian monument is of Guiseppe Garibaldi, who fought for liberation and unification of Italy. Garibaldi stands proudly, forever keeping a watchful eye on the Eternal City below.Written 25 March 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
