Rome: Santa Maria del Popolo

De Santa Maria del Popolo staat aan de rand van het historische stadscentrum van Rome (centro storico) en nog net binnen de Aureliaanse Muren uit de derde eeuw. De kerk bevindt zich direct naast de Porta del Popolo, de voormalige Porta Flaminia. De huidige kerk werd in de vijftiende eeuw…

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Rome: Villa Farnesina

Precies tegenover het Palazzo en de Galleria Corsini staat een mooie, vijfhonderd jaar oude Renaissancevilla met enkele van de prachtigste fresco’s in heel Rome. Ik doel op de Villa Farnesina, gebouwd tussen 1506 en 1510. Veel borden in Trastevere wijzen de weg naar de villa en geven aan dat de…

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Rome: Santa Maria del Popolo

The Santa Maria del Popolo is located on the edge of Rome’s historical city centre (centro storico) and only just within the third century Aurelian Walls. It is right next to the Porta del Popolo, the former Porta Flaminia. The present church was built in the fifteenth century, replacing a…

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Rome: Santa Maria della Pace

I stumbled upon this lovely little church by chance. It is located directly behind the Santa Maria dell’Anima, not far from the Piazza Navona. The most intriguing exterior feature of the church is its facade, and especially the round portico designed by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669) in the seventeenth century.…

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Rome: Villa Farnesina

Just opposite the Palazzo and Galleria Corsini is a beautiful Renaissance villa, over 500 years old, that has some of the most gorgeous frescoes in all of Rome. This is the Villa Farnesina, built between 1506 and 1510. Many signs in Trastevere give directions to the villa and indicate that…

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