Roman Architecture, Historic Buildings, Architects, Photos, Design, Info, Pictures
Roman Buildings : Architecture
Traditional Roman Structures, Italy – Historic Rome Architectural Projects
Roman Buildings
Key Roman Buildings & Spaces
The Pantheon
The Vatican: St Peter’s + Piazza San Pietro + Sistine Chapel
Colosseum
St John Lateran
Piazza Navona
Forum Romanum
Campigolio
All Rome building photographs © Adrian Welch
Ten Key Buildings & Spaces in more detail
1. The Pantheon
Dates built: 118-128AD
Built for Hadrian
photo © Adrian Welch
2. The Vatican: St Peter’s Basilica + St Peter’s Square + Sistine Chapel
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San Pietro : St Peter’s Basilica
St Peters façade
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Carlo Maderno
Piazza San Pietro : St Peter’s Square
Dates built: 1656-67
Bernini
Palazzi e Musei Vaticani
The Vatican
3. Colosseo – Colosseum, Campitelli
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photos © Adrian Welch
4. St John Lateran – Santa Giovanni in Laterano, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, southeast Rome
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5. Piazza del Campidoglio – Capitol Square, Monte Capitolino
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Michelangelo
6. Forum Romanum – Roman Forum
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7. Santa Maria Maggiore – Basilica of St Mary Major
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8. Gesù – Gesu church, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
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9. Castel S.Angelo – Hadrian’s Mausoleum
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10. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Date built: 1638
Borromini
Other Key Buildings, Structures & Spaces, alphabetical
Arco di Constantino – Constantine’s Arch
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Ara Pacis Augustae – Museum
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New Museum wraps around Ara Pacis, on the River Tiber north of the Piazza Navona
Imperial Fora
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Museo Borghese
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Museo Nazionale Romano, adj. Santa Maria degli Angeli, northeast Rome
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Palazzo Borghese
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Palazzo dei Conservatori, off Piazza del Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino
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Palazzo di Cancellaria
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near Campo dei Fiori, south of Piazza Navona
Palazzo di Montecitorio, Piazza Colonna, Via del Corso
1650-97
Bernini ; Carlo Fontana
Palazzo di Quirinale, Piazza di Quirinale, northeast Rome
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Palazzo d. Ass. Gen. Di Venezia
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opposite famous Palazzo Venezia, Piazza Venezia
Palazzo Venezia, Piazza Venezia
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photograph © Adrian Welch
Palazzo Giustizia, just east of Castel S.Angelo
Date built: 1910
Design: Calderini
photograph © Adrian Welch
Palazzo Lateranense, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, southeast Rome
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Palazzo Massimo
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photograph © Adrian Welch
Palazzo Senatorio, off Piazza del Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino
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Palazzo Nuovo, off Piazza del Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino
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Porta del Popolo, north side of Piazza del Popolo
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Sant’ Agostino – Saint Augustine’s Church, northwest of Piazza Navona
Date built: 1783
Sant’ Andrea al Quirinale
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Bernini
Sant’ Andrea di Valle – St Andrew’s church, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
Date built: Façade 1655-65 by Carlo Rainaldi
San Carlo ai Catinari, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
Date built: Façade 1635-38
photograph © Adrian Welch
San Ignazio
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east of the Pantheon
San Luigi dei Francesi
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just east of Piazza Navona
San Marcelllo, Via del Corso
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Santa Maria degli Angeli, northeast Rome
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Michelangelo; Vanvitelli
Santa Maria della Pace, northeast of Piazza Navona
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Santa Maria d’Aracœli, adj. Vittoriano, Monte Capitolino
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Santa Maria di Loreto
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Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Piazza del Popolo / Via del Corso
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twin church with Santa Maria di Montesanto
Santa Maria di Montesanto, Piazza del Popolo / Via del Corso
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twin church with Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Santa Maria di Popolo, Piazza del Popolo
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contains famous Caravaggio
Santa Maria in Cosmedin, south Rome
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Santa Maria Maddalena – St Mary Magdalen, Piazza di Maddalena
Date built: Façade – 1735: Giuseppe Sardi
follow Pantheon link above
Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
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Large Baroque church just east of the Pantheon
San Martino Al Monti
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SS Nome di Maria, adj. Trajan’s Forum
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San Pietro in Vincoli – St Paul without the Walls
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Santa Pudenziana
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one of the oldest churches in Rome, southwest of Santa Maria Maggiore
Santa Susanna facade
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Carlo Maderno
Teatro di Marcello – Marcellus’ Theatre
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Terme di Carcalla – Baths of Caracalla
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Villa Farnesina
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Villa Medici
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Vittoriano – Victor Emmmanuel II Monument
Dates built: 1884/85-1911
Giuseppe Sacconi
Roman Buildings – Key Public Spaces
Area Sacra, Largo Argentina, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
ancient roman remains, various centuries
Circo Massimo – Circus Maximus, southeast Rome
former home of chariot racing
Fontane di Trevi – Trevi Fountain
Forum Traiano – Trajan’s Forum
Piazza Colonna, Via del Corso
Column erected 2nd C AD – honours Marcus Aurelius
Piazza della Rotunda – facing The Pantheon, in the centre of the city
Piazza del Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino
Piazza del Popolo
plan, with twin churches to south: Carlo Rainaldi
photograph © Adrian Welch
Piazza di Quirinale, northeast Rome
Piazza della Republicca
photograph © Adrian Welch
Piazza di Montecitorio
Obelisk
Date built: 6th C BC, erected 1792
Piazza di Spagna
Scalla della Trinita dei Monti – Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna
Date built: 1726
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Location: Rome, Italy
Architecture in Rome
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Famous Roman Buildings & Interiors
Catacombs
Scala Sancta, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, southeast Rome
famous pilgrimage stairs mounted on knees only
Trajan’s Column – Colonna Traiana, Trajan’s Forum
Key Modern Rome Buildings
E.U.R. – area of rationalist buildings, south Rome
Galleria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna, north of central Rome
Palazzetto dello Sport Rome architect : Pier Luigi Nervi
Tuscolano Museum Rome architect : Massimiliano Fuksas
Jubilee Church Rome architect : Richard Meier
British Embassy Rome architect : Basil Spence
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