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San Lorenzo is an urban zone in Rome, Italy.Administratively it was part of both Municipio II and Quarter VI Tiburtino.. San Lorenzo. It occupies roughly the two sides of the early stretch of Via Tiburtina, starting from Termini railway station and ending at the Verano area.
Via della Conciliazione (Road of the Conciliation [1]) is a street in the Rione of Borgo within Rome, Italy. Roughly 500 metres (1,600 ft) in length, [2] it connects Saint Peter's Square to the Castel Sant'Angelo on the western bank of the Tiber River. The road was constructed between 1936 and 1950, and it is the primary access route to the Square.
The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls) is a Roman Catholic papal minor basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome [ 1 ] and one of the five papal basilicas (former patriarchal basilicas ), each of which was assigned ...
Fresco of St. Peter's Square, c. 1587, before the dome of the new St. Peter's Basilica or the façade had been built [3]. The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from ...
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The boundaries of the square have been partially revised over time. The name of the square refers to the basilica of San Lorenzo. Borgo San Lorenzo is a street located between piazza San Giovanni and piazza San Lorenzo. The basilica is one of the oldest in Florence, having been consecrated in 393 AD, [1] at which time it stood outside the city ...
The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is an ancient Roman temple in Rome, which was later converted into a Roman Catholic church, the Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda or simply "San Lorenzo in Miranda". It is located in the Forum Romanum, on the Via Sacra, opposite the Regia.
To the south, it borders with other 3 rioni: Colonna (R. III), from which Campo Marzio is separated by Via Francesco Crispi, Via Capo le Case, Via dei Due Macelli, Via Frattina, Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina and Via di Campo Marzio; Sant'Eustachio (R. VIII), whose boundary is defined by Piazza in Campo Marzio, Via della Stelletta and Via dei ...