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  2. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    A map of central Rome during the Roman Empire, with the Colosseum at the upper right corner. The site chosen was a flat area on the floor of a low valley between the Caelian, Esquiline and Palatine Hills, through which a canalised stream ran as well as an artificial lake/marsh. [17] By the 2nd century BC the area was densely inhabited.

  3. Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana - Wikipedia

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    The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro, or in everyday speech as the Colosseo Quadrato ("Square Colosseum"), is a building in the EUR district in Rome. [1]: 199 It was designed in 1938 by three Italian architects: Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto La Padula, and Mario Romano. [2]

  4. Via dei Fori Imperiali - Wikipedia

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    The Via dei Fori Imperiali (formerly Via dei Monti, then Via dell'Impero) [1] is a road in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, that is in a straight line from the Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum.

  5. EUR, Rome - Wikipedia

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    EUR (Italian:) is a residential area and the major business district in Rome, Italy, part of the Municipio IX.. The area was originally chosen in the 1930s as the site for the 1942 World's Fair which Benito Mussolini planned to open to celebrate twenty years of Fascism, the letters EUR standing for Esposizione Universale Roma ("Rome Universal Exposition").

  6. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.

  7. Colosseo (Rome Metro) - Wikipedia

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    Colosseo is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is located, as its name suggests, in the Monti rione on via del Colosseo near the Colosseum. The station is currently being expanded to be the new northern terminus of Metro's Line C. [2] Its atrium houses mosaics from the Artemetro Roma Prize.

  8. Vatican Gallery of Maps - Wikipedia

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    The Gallery of Maps [1] (Italian: Galleria delle carte geografiche) is a gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti.

  9. Colossus of Nero - Wikipedia

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    Location of the Colossus (in red near the center) on a map of Rome. The Colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis) was a 30-metre (98 ft) bronze statue that the Emperor Nero (37–68 AD) created in the vestibule of his Domus Aurea, the imperial villa complex which spanned a large area from the north side of the Palatine Hill, across the Velian ridge to the Esquiline Hill in Rome.