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  2. Architecture of Rome - Wikipedia

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    Rome is widely regarded as being the epicentre of Baroque architecture, and was profoundly influenced by the movement. Roman baroque architecture was widely based on Classical symmetry, but broke many of the architectural rules, creating a far richer and more elaborate style, preferring grandiosity and opulence rather than Renaissance ...

  3. Pantheon, Rome - Wikipedia

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    The building's consecration as a church saved it from the abandonment, destruction, and the worst of the spoliation that befell the majority of ancient Rome's buildings during the Early Middle Ages. However, Paul the Deacon records the spoliation of the building by the Emperor Constans II, who visited Rome in July 663:

  4. List of tallest buildings in Rome - Wikipedia

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    Rome is the fourth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city has three skyscrapers above 100 m (328 ft) (one building is still under construction) and several skyscrapers between 70 m (230 ft) and 100 m (328 ft) for a total of about ten skyscrapers above 70 m (230 ft), most of which lie in EUR, which is located south of the historic centre of Rome.

  5. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    Much of the tumbled stone was reused to build palaces, churches, hospitals and other buildings elsewhere in Rome. In 1377, after the Pope's return to Rome, the Colosseum was restored by a religious order called Arciconfraternita del SS. Salvatore ad Sancta Sanctorum, who then inhabited a northern portion of it until as late as the early 19th ...

  6. List of Roman domes - Wikipedia

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    The Pantheon in Rome.Largest dome in the world for more than 1,300 years. Oculus of the Pantheon. This is a list of Roman domes.The Romans were the first builders in the history of architecture to realize the potential of domes for the creation of large and well-defined interior spaces. [1]

  7. List of tourist attractions in Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Forum of ancient Rome, and the centre of the city's politics and business at the time. Temple: Pantheon: ancient Roman: It is a classical building in the city, originally built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt in the early 2nd century AD.

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