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"Best Free Sites in Rome" Realizado por : Cityseeker 12 Ubicaciones indicadas Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva "A Magnificent Church" Piazza della Minerva is just off Via della Minerva behind the Pantheon. The name of the church, Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, was given by the church's position as it is believed it was built over the Roman temple dedicated to Minerva Calcidica. Work began on the church in 1280 by Livioandronico2013 but the façade was only completed in 1453. In fact this was meant to be temporary but it has remained unaltered despite many plans up until the 19th Century to modify it. The interior is the only example of Gothic architecture in Rome. On one side of the church can be seen the former convent which was once the offices of the Ministry of Education and now of the Ministry of Scientific and Technological Research. It also holds the Casanatense Library with texts from the history of the Church. In the center of the square in front of the church stands a small Egyptian obelisk known as the Pulcin della Minerva. +39 06 679 3926 www.basilicaminerva.it/ [email protected] Piazza della Minerva 42, Roma El Panteón "Una cupula magnifica" Comisionado por Marco Agripa, restaurado por Domiciano, y posteriormente reconstruido por Adriano (que añado la cúpula), el Panteón se convirtió en una iglesia en el siglo 7 por el Papa Bonifacio IV. La única fuente de luz del edificio es la apertura en el vértice de la cúpula (la Oculus), según la tradición popular, esta constituyó la base para el by waldomiguez cono de bronce de pino que se encuentra ahora en el patio Pigna del Vaticano, donde se utiliza como una fuente. Muchos famosos italianos están enterrados en el Panteón, entre ellos el pintor renacentista Rafael y el Rey Vittorio Emanuele I. +39 06 6830 0230 www.turismoroma.it/it/node/1107 Piazza della Rotonda, Roma Fuente de Trevi "Tire una moneda en la fuente de agua" La tradición afirma que arrojar una moneda por encima de su hombro izquierdo en la fuente garantiza un rápido regreso a la ciudad más bella del mundo. Anita Ekberg la inmortalizó en la película de Federico Fellini "La Dolce Vita", y el actor italiano Toto aun la vendió a un americano, y pasó como su dueño. Anteriormente la Fuente Trevi fue el escenario de la by kittyvanrooij216 premiada Tres Monedas en la Fuente, asegurando su popularidad en todo el mundo. Diseñada por Nicola Salvi, para el Papa Clemente XII, se completó en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII. Las estatuas en el centro representan a Neptuno sostenido por los Tritones a ambos lados mientras que el Palacio Poli de estilo rococó proporciona el perfecto telón de fondo. +39 06 0608 www.turismoroma.it/cosa- Piazza di Trevi, Roma fare/fontana-di-trevi Santa Maria in Cosmedin "Liars, Watch Out!" Santa Maria in Cosmedin is one of the most represented sites in Rome thanks to cinema fans. How can you not remember Audrey Hepburn who placed her hand inside the Bocca della verità (Mouth of Truth) in Roman Holiday? It is here that the famous stone mask is located that, according to legend, bites off the hands of liars who place their hands inside. This by Avinash Kunnath basilica was constructed on the ancient site of a grocery market. Its famous façade consists of a portico with arches, inside which is a stone mask known as The Mouth of Truth, reputed to bite off the hand of any liar who dares to reach inside. Inside the basilica is a mosaic-covered floor and a wooden ceiling, added during successive restorations. Later restorations added the choir with two pulpits and the high altar in red granite. The seven story, Romanesque bell tower is considered the most beautiful in Rome. Forum Boarium, Piazza Bocca della Verità 18, Roma San Luigi dei Francesi "Decorated by Caravaggio" This national French church holds the tombs of many famous French people. Caravaggio is one artist who features in this beautiful Renaissance church. There is a wooden pulpit with painted panels, fairly unusual for Roman churches; the façade was carried out by Domenico Fontana following a design by Giacomo della Porta; San Luigi is by Anders Fagerjord immortalized in a fresco by Natoire, and Il Domenichino frescoed Santa Cecilia's chapel. +39 06 68 8271 saintlouis-rome.net/ contact@saintlouis- Via Santa Giovanna d'Arco 5, rome.net Roma Circo Massimo "Arena Antigua" En 4 AC, el Circo Máximo fue uno de los mayores estadios en Roma, con una capacidad de 250,000 espectadores sentados. Era el lugar de celebración de carreras de caballos, torneos de atletismo y lucha de animales. La última se celebró aquí en 549 AC. Otro deporte muy popular era la lucha marina, la arena se llenaba de agua y se llevaban a cabo lucha by Anna Fox entre barcos. La torre es de época medieval. +39 06 06 0608 (Tourist Information) Via del Circo Massimo, Roma Campo de' Fiori "Ejecuciones historicas" La tradición dice que el Campo de 'Fiori es el nombre de la mujer amada por Pompeyo, Flora, pero es más probable que proceden de algo un poco menos romántico. En el siglo 14, Campo de 'Fiori era un largo campo abandonado lleno de flores. En la segunda mitad del siglo 19 la plaza se convirtió en un lugar de mercado diario. También fue el escenario de by Allie_Caulfield muchas ejecuciones, en particular en el de Giordano Bruno, el filósofo que fue quemado en 1600. La estatua dedicada a él sustituye una fuente que se trasladó a la cercana Chiesa Nuova, y una reproducción de la misma fue trasladada a un lado del Campo de 'Fiori. +39 06 060 608 (Tourist Information) Piazza Campo de' Fiori, Roma Plaza Navona "Esperando una epifania" Durante la temporada de Navidad la plaza Navona está lleno de puestos de venta de juguetes, dulces y decoraciones para la escena de la Natividad o árboles de Navidad, por lo que es un lugar preferido para los niños. Su inusual forma recuerda la época de Domiciano, que construyó un estadio para deportes hípicos aquí. La fuente de los ríos, con el by waldomiguez obelisco y la fuente del moro, con el Dios del Mar, en el centro de la plaza, fueron esculpidas por Bernini. +39 06 060 608 (Tourist Information) Piazza Navona, Roma San Pietro in Vincoli "Miraculous Chains" In the 7th Century a church was built in order to house the chain from Constantinople that was said that to have been one of two used to bind St Peter when he was imprisoned at Carcere Mamertino. The second chain was sent to Rome at a later date and when it was brought into the church it miraculously attached itself to the other chain. You can still see these by Abir Anwar chains under the altar, and this is how the church got its name San Pietro in Vincoli, meaning St Peter in chains. The church is also renowned for the tomb with the famous statue of Moses by Michelangelo, which was commissioned by Pope Julius II. Richly decorated with frescoes, the interior houses works by Guercino and Giovanbattista Parodi, as well as a beautiful mosaic icon of St Sebastian from the 7th Century. The cloister, built at the end of the 15th Century, is also worth visiting. +39 06 9784 4952 Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli 4A, Roma Piazza di Spagna "Encontrandose en las escaleras" Una increíble, casi teatral plaza, con las escaleras de España que conducen a la Chiesa Trinità dei Monti. Uno de los más importantes desfiles de moda se celebra aquí, usando los escalones como una pasarela. Ahora es un punto de encuentro internacional. La fuente conocida como la "Barcaccia" (barco) fue encargada por Urbano Barberini by Anna Fox para conmemorar la alianza con el rey de Francia, cuyo escudo de armas puede verse en Trinità dei Monti. La plaza lleva a varias famosas calles, Via dei Condotti, Via Frattina y Via Borgognona con sus boutiques de lujo, y Via Del Babuino, con sus tiendas de antigüedades. +39 06 06 0608 (Tourist Information) www.piazzadispagna.it/ Piazza di Spagna, Roma Santa Sabina "5th-Century Church" Many couples choose to get married in this magnificent church on the Aventine hill, built in the 5th Century under Pope Celestine I. Ever since St Domenic was welcomed in this church by Pope Honorius III in the 13th Century, he has been patron of the Domenicans. A lot of the medieval decorations were lost after the late 16th Century restorations, but by Dnalor 01 successive restorers, above all the most recent, have tried to retrieve the original look of the church, even using specialized recovery equipment. Legend has it that in the cloister (1200), St Dominic planted Rome's first orange tree. The central doorway, which dates from the 5th Century, is a masterpiece of carpentry. It was carved from cypress wood and cedar with scenes from both the Old and the New Testaments. The rear of the façade conserves only part of the highly refined mosaic-style decoration in marble, paintings and stucco, which used to cover the entire church. Piazza Pietro D'Illiria 1, Roma Santa Maria in Trastevere "Sacred Heart of Trastevere" Santa Maria in Trastevere is the first Roman church to be consecrated to the Madonna. Its foundations were laid in approximately AD 400, when Christianity was only just beginning to take root in Europe. The present edifice is dated 1300 and contains beautiful mosaics by Pietro Cavallini, especially those dedicated to the life of the Virgin Mary.