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  2. Palazzo dell'Aeronautica - Wikipedia

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    Italo Balbo, who was Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force at the time, turned to Roberto Marino, a 28-year-old architect for the Ministry of Aeronautics.The building was completed in two years and is considered the first in Italy to be built entirely of reinforced concrete, consisting of 40-metre (43.74-yard) stone columns resting on foundations of 21 metres (22.97 yds).

  3. Centocelle Airport - Wikipedia

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    It is also referred to as Rome-Centocelle Airport (Aeroporto di Roma-Centocelle). It was the first airport and flight school in Italy , opened on 15 April 1909 when Wilbur Wright came to give a demonstration of his "Flyer" airplane, [ 2 ] footage of which appears in the early newsreel film, Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine .

  4. Fiumicino - Wikipedia

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    Fiumicino (Italian: [fjumiˈtʃiːno]) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). [2] It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the ninth-busiest in Europe, which serves Rome and much of central Italy.

  5. Rome Fiumicino Airport - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Roma–Fiumicino) (IATA: FCO, ICAO: LIRF) is an international airport in Fiumicino, Italy, serving Rome. It is the busiest airport in the country, the 9th-busiest airport in Europe and the world's 46th-busiest airport with over 40.5 million passengers served in ...

  6. Culture of Rome - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Rome in Italy refers to the arts, high culture, language, religion, politics, libraries, cuisine, architecture and fashion in Rome, Italy. Rome was supposedly founded in 753 BC and ever since has been the capital of the Roman Empire, one of the main centres of Christianity, the home of the Roman Catholic Church and the seat of the Italian Republic.

  7. Museo Nazionale Romano - Wikipedia

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    The National Roman Museum (Italian: Museo Nazionale Romano) is a museum, with several branches in separate buildings throughout the city of Rome, Italy.It shows exhibits from the pre- and early history of Rome, with a focus on archaeological findings from the period of Ancient Rome.

  8. Palazzo Farnese - Wikipedia

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    The Palazzo Farnese houses the great scholarly library amassed by the Ecole Française de Rome, concentrating especially on the archeology of Italy and medieval Papal history. The Ecole Française de Rome embarked on a massive project of publishing as much of the documentation of the constructing of the palazzo, its frescoes and furnishings ...

  9. Palazzo Poli - Wikipedia

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    Maria Cristina Misiti, director of the National Institute of Graphics, had the idea to turn the building into a museum to help visitors learn more about the history of Rome and its inhabitants. [5] The Palazzo Poli houses the institute's collection of copper engraving plates dated from the sixteenth century to the present.

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