91 IT/VA - Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980)

Brief Description

"Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, Rome was first the centre of the Roman Republic, then of the Roman Empire, and it became the capital of the Christian world in the 4th century. The World Heritage site, extended in 1990 to the walls of Urban VIII, includes some of the major monuments of antiquity such as the Forums, the Mausoleum of Augustus, the Mausoleum of Hadrian, the Pantheon, Trajan’s Column and the Column of Marcus Aurelius, as well as the religious and public buildings of papal Rome."

罗马历史中心
"根据神话传说，罗 马城由罗穆卢斯和瑞摩斯于公元前753年修建。罗马首先作为罗马共和国的首都，后来是罗马帝国的都城，再后来到了公元4世纪，这里则成了整个基督教世界的 中心。1990年，这个世界遗产地的范围扩大到了罗马八区的城墙。该文化遗址包括了一些著名的古代建筑，例如：古罗马广场、奥古斯都的陵墓、哈德良的陵 墓、万神殿、图拉真柱、马可·奥里利乌斯柱，以及罗马教皇的许多宗教和公共建筑。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/91

Complesso dei San Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica, Palazzo Apostolico Lateranense, edifici annessi, Scala santa); 
Complesso di Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica, edifici annessi); 
Palazzo di San Callisto, in Trastevere;
Palazzo della Cancelleria; 
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, in Piazza di Spagna; 
Palazzo Maffei (Palazzo della Pigna); 
Palazzo del Santo Uffizio; 
Palazzo dei Convertendi; 
Palazzo detto dei Propilei; 
Palazzo Pio; Immobili sul Gianicolo; 
Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura.

Roman Forum

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The Colosseum

Piazza di Spagna

Piazza Navona

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91-002a San Giovanni in Laterano

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91-002b Complesso della Scala Santa

91-003 Basilica di S Maria Maggiore

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91-013 Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura