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INTRODUCING ROME  45
ROME AT A GLANCE

From its early days as a settlement of can be seen all over the city. The following
shepherds on the Palatine hill, Rome grew pages are a time-saving summary of some
to rule a vast empire stretching from of the best Rome has to offer. There are
north ern England to North Africa. Later, sections on churches, museums and
after the empire had collapsed, Rome galleries, fountains and obelisks, and
became the center of the Christian world, celebrated artists and writers in Rome.
and artists and architects flocked to work Listed below are the top attractions that
for the popes. The legacy of this history no visitor should miss.

Rome’s Top Tourist Attractions

Capitoline Museums Colosseum Sistine Chapel
See pp70–73. See pp94–97. See pp242–45.

Trevi Fountain
See p161.
Raphael Rooms
See pp240–41.

Spanish Steps Castel Sant’Angelo Pantheon
See p136. See pp250–51. See pp114–15.

St. Peter’s Roman Forum Piazza Navona
See pp228–31. See pp80–89. See p122.

The Last Judgment by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican

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