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                                                             Ostiense
       5 Santa Maria della   4 San Teodoro         Locator Map
       Consolazione        The 15th-century portal of this   See Central Rome Map pp16–17
       This 16th-century   ancient round church is decorated
       church used to serve    with the insignia of Pope
 Key   a hospital nearby.         Nicholas V.
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                                                 7 San Giovanni Decollato
                                                 The plain Renaissance facade
                                                 was completed in about 1504.
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                                O       3 San Giorgio in Velabro
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                               O        The simple 12th-century portico of Ionic
                               E        columns was destroyed by a bomb in 1993
                              N   T     but has been restored.
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                                    The Arco degli
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                                      dedicated to
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                             I    Emperor Septimius
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                                   Severus in AD 204,
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                                   is decorated with
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                                   scenes of religion
                                        and war.
    D E L L A   B O C C A         2 Arch of Janus
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    D E L L A   V E R I T À
                                  This square
                                  structure with
                                  arches on each
                                  side dates from the
                                  4th century AD.
               V I A   D E I   C E R C H I
                                               1 . Santa Maria in Cosmedin
                                               This medieval church has a
                                               fine marble mosaic floor and
                                               a Gothic baldacchino.
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