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Construction of the fountain in the Piazza della Rotonda was authorized on September 25, together with a fountain for Piazza Colonna, and two more for Piazza Navona; the fountain for the Rotonda, completed in 1575, was of a chalice-type design, around 3.5 to 4 meters in height, and fed with the Vergine water through a terracotta conduit. [9]
The city was ranked in 2014 as 32nd in the Global Cities Index, the highest in Italy. [156] With a 2005 GDP of €94.376 billion (US$121.5 billion), [ 157 ] [ needs update ] the city produces 6.7% of the national GDP (more than any other single city in Italy), and its unemployment rate, lowered from 11.1% to 6.5% between 2001 and 2005, is now ...
The first changes made to the forum appear to have been made by Alexander Severus (reigned 222-235 AD) who set up a gallery of statues of deified emperors. [5] Contracts for the removal of stone for construction throughout the city of Rome appear in 1425, 1504, 1522, and 1527, with an attempt to preserve a small section of the forum rejected ...
Rome is a major EU and international financial, cultural, and business center. Rome's trade is 0.1% of world economic trade. With a 2005 GDP of €94.376 billion (US$121.5 billion), [1] the city produces 6.7% of the national GDP after Milan which provides 10%, and its unemployment rate, lowered from 11.1% to 6.5% between 2001 and 2005, is now one of the lowest rates of all the European Union ...
A hypothetical location of the walls of Roma quadrata on a topographical map of the area of Rome c. 753 BC. Roma quadrata (Latin; lit. ' square Rome '; Ancient Greek: Τετράγωνος Ῥώμη, Tetrágōnos Rhṓmē) was an area or structure within the original pomerium of the ancient city of Rome, probably the Palatine Hill with both its Palatium and Cermalus peaks and their slopes.
Cesare Nembrini Pironi Gonzaga, Bishop of Ancona e Umana (28 September 1829-5 December 1837) Angelo Mai, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Index (15 February 1838-9 September 1854) Karl August Graf von Reisach, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Studies (20 December 1855-27 September 1861; 27 September 1861-22 June 1868 in commendam)
The tattoo has different meanings in different cultures—it has been variously interpreted as a fertility symbol, [1] a reminder of sayings on how to treat women or police, [2] a way members of People Nation or Nuestra Familia affiliated gangs identify (People gangs identify with the number 5, while Folk Nation gangs use 6), a recognition ...
It was commissioned by Pope Julius III, in completion of a vow relative to his escape following the Sack of Rome, 1527.The small church on the Via Flaminia, scarcely more than a chapel, was designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola [2] in 1552 and completed the following year, while Vignola was also employed by Julius nearby at the Villa Giulia.