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  2. List of tourist attractions in Rome - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, the city received 19.5 million global visitors, up of 22.1% from 2001. [ 4] The 5 most visited places in Rome are: #1 Pantheon (8 million tourists a year), #2 The Colosseum (7.036.104 tourists a year), #3 Trevi Fountain (3.5 million tourists a year), #4 Sistine Chapel (3 million tourists a year) and #5 The Roman Forum (2.5 million ...

  3. Tourism in Rome - Wikipedia

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    Rome is the 2nd most visited city in the EU, after Paris, and receives an average of 7–10 million tourists a year, which sometimes doubles on holy years. The Colosseum (4 million tourists) and the Vatican Museums (4.2 million tourists) are the 39th and 37th (respectively) most visited places in the world, according to a recent study. [ 1]

  4. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    The Colosseum (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.

  5. Vatican Museums - Wikipedia

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    Vatican Museums from outside. The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of Vatican City, enclave of Rome.They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most well-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.

  6. Seven hills of Rome - Wikipedia

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    In modern Rome, five of the seven hills—the Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal, and Viminal Hills—are now the sites of monuments, buildings, and parks. The Capitoline Hill is the location of Rome's city hall, and the Palatine Hill is part of the main archaeological area. A smaller area was covered by the seven peaks associated with the ...

  7. Piazza Venezia - Wikipedia

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    Piazza Venezia ( Italian: [ˈpjattsa veˈnɛttsja]) is a central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II) alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron ...

  8. Via Veneto - Wikipedia

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    Via Vittorio Veneto ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈviːa vitˈtɔːrjo ˈvɛːneto] ), [ 1] colloquially called Via Veneto, is one of the most famous, elegant, and expensive streets of Rome, Italy. The street is named after the Battle of Vittorio Veneto (1918), a decisive Italian victory of World War I. Federico Fellini 's classic 1960 film La ...

  9. Aventine Hill - Wikipedia

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    The Aventine Hill is the southernmost of Rome's seven hills. It has two distinct heights, one greater to the northwest ( Aventinus Major) and one lesser to the southeast ( Aventinus Minor ), divided by a steep cleft that provides the base for an ancient roadway between the heights. During the Republican era, the two hills may have been ...

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