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Off the Beaten Track
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Santa
Costanza |
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Perhaps the most charming
of all the early Christian churches in Rome, tucked away
up the Via Nomentana. The circular mausoleum
was built in honour of the Emperor Constantine's daughters Constantia
and Helena in the 4th century.
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Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza |
The undoubted masterpiece
of Francesco Borromini, the contemporary and rival of Bernini.
The exterior, with its spiralling dome
and swirling curves, gives an idea of the daring originality
of Borromini.
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Ostia Antica |
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As complete a Roman site
as Pompeii, but with a fraction of the tourists. Good maritime
mosaics.
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