Trevi Fountain
From aviewoncities.com: The Trevi fountain is at the ending part of the Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct constructed in 19 BC. It brings water all the way from the Salone Springs (approx 20km from Rome) and supplies the fountains in the historic center of Rome with water. In 1732, Pope Clement XII commissioned Nicola Salvi to create a large fountain at the Trevi Square. A previous undertaking to build the fountain after a design by Bernini was halted a century earlier after the death of Pope Urban...
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Colloseum
The Roman Colloseum, originally known as the Flavian Ampitheatre, was built under direction from Emporer Vespasian, the eventual winner of the civil war between the Jews and the Romans. The colloseum was constructed on the site of a palace which Nero (the previous and hated Emporer) built named Domus Aurea; and opened in AD 80 after being completed by Emporer Vespasian’s son Titus, 8 years after construction began in AD 72. The fact that the colloseum is still standing and in good...
Read MoreLaocoon & his Sons
This photo was taken in the Vatican Museums in Rome, Italy. From the website ancient-mythology.com: In Greek mythology, Laocoön was a Trojan priest of Apollo, or sometimes Poseidon. He was the son of Acoetes, the brother of Anchises and an uncle to Aeneas. When the Greek soldiers left Troy during the Trojan War, leaving behind their gift of a wooden horse, Laocoön sensed the danger. He objected to the Trojan’s willingness to bring the horse within Troy’s walls, suspecting that...
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