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Rome conquered it to gain control of and access to the river from both banks, but was not interested in building on that side of the river. In fact, the only connection between Trastevere and the rest of the city was a small wooden bridge called the Pons Sublicius (English: 'bridge on wooden piles'). By the time of the Republic c. 509 BC, the ...
Galleria Spada. Gallery of the Academy of Saint Luke. Geological Museum Rome. Jewish Museum of Rome. Keats-Shelley Memorial House. Mausoleum of Augustus. MAXXI (National Museum of the 21st century arts) Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II. Museo africano [ it]
Leonardo da Vinci–Rome Fiumicino Airport ( Italian: Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Roma–Fiumicino) ( IATA: FCO, ICAO: LIRF) is an international airport in Fiumicino, Italy, serving Rome. It is the busiest airport in the country, the 9th busiest airport in Europe and the world's 46th-busiest airport with over 40.5 million passengers served ...
The Treaty of Rome, or EEC Treaty (officially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ), brought about the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), the best known of the European Communities (EC). The treaty was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany, and it came ...
Old St. Peter's Basilica was the fourth-century church begun by the Emperor Constantine the Great between 319 and 333 AD. [27] It was of typical basilical form, a wide nave and two aisles on each side and an apsidal end, with the addition of a transept or bema, giving the building the shape of a tau cross.
The Appian Way was a Roman road used as a main route for military supplies for its conquest of southern Italy in 312 BC and for improvements in communication. [6] [7] The Appian Way was the first long road built specifically to transport troops outside the smaller region of greater Rome (this was essential to the Romans).
The Rome Metro ( Italian: Metropolitana di Roma) is a rapid transit system that operates in Rome, Italy. It started operation in 1955, making it the oldest in the country. The Metro comprises three lines – A (orange), B (blue) and C (green) – which operate on 60 km (37 mi) of route, serving 73 stations. [1] [2] [Note 1] It has a daily ...
