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Roughly bounded by Liberty, Steuben, and Huntington Sts. to Bissell Ave, Rome, New York Coordinates 43°12′47″N 75°27′21″W / 43.21306°N 75.45583°W / 43.21306; -75
Trevi is the 2nd rione of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. II, located in Municipio I.The origin of its name is not clear, but the most accepted theory is that it comes from the Latin trivium (meaning 'three streets'), because there were three streets all leading to the current Piazza dei Crociferi, a square next to the modern Trevi square.
The historic district of Rome was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1980. [1] It covers 19,91 km² and is included in 22 rioni with 186.802 inhabitants. [ 2 ]
Mills House is a historic home located at Rome in Oneida County, New York. It is an eclectic High Victorian Gothic style brick residence built in 1877. It has a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, gable-roofed main block and hip-roofed, square, brick kitchen wing. It features a corner tower with pyramidal roof. [2]
In ancient Roman times, the area in which the Casa Santa Maria is located was considered to be on a spur of the Quirinal Hill called the Mucialis. [6] In the Middle Ages, before the construction of the church and convent that would eventually come to house the American College's seat in Rome, the area was covered with a complex of large Roman ruins popularly called the "Prison of Virgil."
Centro Storico extends, to varying degrees, over the rioni of R. II Trevi, R. III Colonna, R. IV Campo Marzio, R. V Ponte, R. VI Parione, R. VII Regola, R. VIII Sant'Eustachio, R. IX Pigna and R. XI Sant'Angelo. The area borders: to the north with the urban zones 17A Prati, 2C Flaminio and 2X Villa Borghese
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.
The Trevi Fountain was used in the 1954 version of the film. It is featured in National Lampoon's European Vacation In the 1964 Italian comedy film Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (" ieri, oggi, domani ") Sophia Loren 's character Mara lives in a second-floor apartment overlooking Piazza Navona in Rome.