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The Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano is perhaps the most ancient of Christian churches. It is held to be the most important after Saint Peter’s because it is the Cathedral of Rome. In the central space between the transepts is an altar where only the Pope, the bishop of Rome, can celebrate mass. As…

Venice Glassmakers’ Historical Artwork Shattered by Poor Demand, Taxes The glassmaker has sold his flat to maintain his factory going and now sleeps in the back room of his foundry in the tiny isle of Murano, a mile north of the Italian canal city of Venice. The 47-year old, who comes from a household of…

CONSULATES in Florence: AUSTRIA Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci, 58…………………… 055.26.54.222 BANGLADESH – Via Pellicceria, 6 …………………………………… 055.21.75.00 BELGIO – Via dei Servi, 28 ……………………………………………. 055.28.20.94 BRASILE – Via P. Pitti, 5……………………………………………………… 055.22.23.36 CAPO VERDE – Via dei Tornabuoni, 4………………………………055.21.66.89 CHILE – Poggio Magherini, 4 – Fiesole …………………………… 055.59.72.16 CHINA Repubblica Popolare Via dei Delia Robbia, 89…………

It is one of the most important works of the late Baroque in Rome. The architect Nicola Salvi, who had won a public competition, was commissioned by Pope Clement XII ( 1730-40 ) to build it. The fountain was inaugurated for the first time in 1740 under Benedict XIV and then when it was finished…

The Appian way This is the most famous, the longest, the straightest of the old Roman roads, and also the best preserved. It starts, more or less, from the Baths of Caracalla and in an almost straight line, a good ninety kilometers, joins Terracina, Capua ( in Campania ), then goes through Benevento until it…

Arches of Rome – Arches of Constantine, Septimus Severus, and Titus The arch, built as a memorial or to celebrate a triumph, is one of the great inventions of Roman architecture; Rome has many of them. The most recent, majestic, and well preserved is the Arch of Constantine near the Coliseum. It was inaugurated in…