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Roman Buildings Key Buildings & Spaces: The Pantheon The Vatican: St Peter’s + Piazza San Pietro + Sistine Chapel Colisseum St John Lateran Piazza Navona Forum Romanum Campigolio Ten Key Buildings & Spaces in more detail: 1. The Pantheon 118-128AD Built for Hadrian 2. The Vatican: St Peter’s Basilica + St Peter’s Square + Sistine Chapel - San Pietro : St Peter’s Basilica St Peters façade - Carlo Maderno Piazza San Pietro : St Peter’s Square 1656-67 Bernini Palazzi e Musei Vaticani The Vatican 3. Colosseo - Colosseum, Campitelli - 4. St John Lateran - Santa Giovanni in Laterano, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, southeast Rome - 5. Piazza del Campidoglio - Capitol Square, Monte Capitolino - Michelangelo 6. Forum Romanum - Roman Forum - 7. Santa Maria Maggiore – Basilica of St Mary Major - 8. Gesù - Gesu church, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II - 9. Castel S.Angelo – Hadrian’s Mausoleum - 10. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 1638 Borromini Other Key Buildings, Structures & Spaces (alphabetical) Arco di Constantino - Constantine’s Arch - Arco di Giano - Ara Pacis Augustae – Museum - New Museum wraps around Ara Pacis, on the River Tiber north of the Piazza Navona Imperial Fora - Museo Borghese - Museo Nazionale Romano, adj. Santa Maria degli Angeli, northeast Rome - Palazzo Barberini - Palazzo Borghese - Palazzo dei Conservatori, off Piazza del Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino - Palazzo di Cancellaria - near Campo dei Fiori, south of Piazza Navona Palazzo di Montecitorio, Piazza Colonna, Via del Corso 1650-97 Bernini; Carlo Fontana Palazzo di Quirinale, Piazza di Quirinale, northeast Rome - Palazzo d. Ass. Gen. Di Venezia - opposite famous Palazzo Venezia, Piazza Venezia Palazzo Venezia, Piazza Venezia - Palazzo Farnese - Palazzo Giustizia, just east of Castel S.Angelo 1910 Calderini Palazzo Lateranense, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, southeast Rome - Palazzo Massimo - Palazzo Senatorio, off Piazza del Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino - Palazzo Nuovo, off Piazza del Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino - Porta del Popolo, north side of Piazza del Popolo - Sant' Agostino – Saint Augustine’s Church, northwest of Piazza Navona 1783 Sant’ Andrea al Quirinale - Bernini Sant’ Andrea di Valle – St Andrew’s church, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II Façade 1655-65 by Carlo Rainaldi San Carlo ai Catinari, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II Façade 1635-38 San Ignazio - east of the Pantheon San Luigi dei Francesi - just east of Piazza Navona San Marcelllo, Via del Corso - Santa Maria degli Angeli, northeast Rome - Michelangelo; Vanvitelli Santa Maria della Pace, northeast of Piazza Navona - Santa Maria d’Aracœli, adj. Vittoriano, Monte Capitolino - Santa Maria di Loreto - Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Piazza del Popolo / Via del Corso - twin church with Santa Maria di Montesanto Santa Maria di Montesanto, Piazza del Popolo / Via del Corso - twin church with Santa Maria dei Miracoli Santa Maria di Popolo, Piazza del Popolo - contains famous Caravaggio Santa Maria di Vittorio - Santa Maria in Cosmedin, south Rome - Santa Maria Maddalena – St Mary Magdalen, Piazza di Maddalena Façade – 1735: Giuseppe Sardi follow Pantheon link above Santa Maria Sopra Minerva - Large Baroque church just east of the Pantheon San Martino Al Monti - SS Nome di Maria, adj. Trajan’s Forum - San Pietro in Vincoli - St Paul without the Walls - Santa Pudenziana - one of the oldest churches in Rome, southwest of Santa Maria Maggiore Santa Susanna facade - Carlo Maderno Teatro di Marcello - Marcellus' Theatre - Terme di Carcalla – Baths of Caracalla - Trinita dei Monti - Villa Farnesina - Villa Medici - Vittoriano - Victor Emmmanuel II Monument 1884/85-1911 Giuseppe Sacconi Key Public Spaces: Area Sacra, Largo Argentina, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II ancient roman remains, various centuries Campo de' Fiori Circo Massimo – Circus Maximus, southeast Rome former home of chariot racing Fontane di Trevi - Trevi Fountain Forum Traiano - Trajan’s Forum Piazza Colonna, Via del Corso Column erected 2nd C AD - honours Marcus Aurelius Piazza della Rotunda Facing The Pantheon Piazza del Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino Piazza del Popolo plan, with twin churches to south: Carlo Rainaldi Piazza di Quirinale, northeast Rome Piazza della Republicca Piazza di Montecitorio Obelisk 6th C BC, erected 1792 Piazza di Spagna Piazza Navona Scalla della Trinita dei Monti - Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna 1726 Other Famous Buildings & Interiors: Catacombs - Scala Sancta, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, southeast Rome - famous pilgrimage stairs mounted on knees only Trajan’s Column – Colonna Traiana, Trajan’s Forum Roman architecture : Contemporary buildings Key Modern Buildings: E.U.R. – area of rationalist buildings, south Rome Galleria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna, north of central Rome Palazzetto dello Sport Rome architect : Pier Luigi Nervi Tuscolano Museum Rome architect : Massimiliano Fuksas Jubilee Church Rome architect : Richard Meier British Embassy Rome architect : Basil Spence Rome Architects Italian Buildings Rome Architecture Photos World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Buildings / photos for the Roman building page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Roman Architecture - page: adrian welch / isabelle lomholt			Key Links: Skyscrapers Architecture Studios Church Buildings New Houses Rome Architecture Gallery Italian Architects