Showing posts with label Bernini. Show all posts
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Monday, February 3, 2014

More places to see in Rome

The Trevi Fountain



The fountain is one of the places and images which symbolise Rome, as well as being a late Baroque masterpiece, designed by Nicola Salvi. 

The fountain is one of the main tourist attractions, partly because of the legend which says that if a traveler throws a coin into the water, is ensured a speedy return to Rome!!!. 


Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The sacred fulcrum of Catholicism, the sumptuous basilica of St. Peter’s, attracts pilgrims from all over the world to the Vatican City


















Built under Constantine in 324 A. D. on the tomb of the apostle Peter, who was buried in 64 A. D. after being crucified, in this part of Rome destined for the Arena of Nero, the church was demolished in the XV century as it was deemed unsafe and then rebuilt until it was definitively consecrated in 1626.