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A Tour of the Janiculum

The long hike to the top of the Janiculum is rewarded by Tasso’s Oak is a
wonderful views over the city. The park’s monuments include a memorial to the poet
Torquato Tasso, who
lighthouse and statues of Garibaldi and his wife Anita. There is liked to sit here in the
also a cannon that is fired at noon each day. In Via della days before he died
Lungara, between the Janiculum and the Tiber, stand in 1595. The tree
Palazzo Corsini, with its national art collection, and was struck by
the Villa Farnesina, decorated by Raphael for his lightning in 1843.
friend and patron, the fabulously wealthy
banker Agostino Chigi. A A V

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The Manfredi Lighthouse,
built in 1911, was a gift to
the city of Rome from
Italians in Argentina.

The Monument to
Anita Garibaldi by
Mario Rutelli was
erected in 1932.
The great patriot’s
Brazilian wife lies
buried beneath
the statue. PIAZZALE GIUSEPPE
GARIBALDI

The view from Villa
Lante, a beautiful
Renaissance summer
residence, gives a
magnificent panorama
of the whole city.

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The inscription on the base
of the equestrian statue says
“Rome or Death.”

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