Welcome to ipernity!
This form is secure
4 favorites
7 comments
636 visits
The Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, is located within the Vatican City in Rome. It occupies a "unique position" as on…
1 favorite 2 comments 451 visits
The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius is an ancient edifice located in the Forum Boarium in Rome. It is is a monopteros, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design (surrounded by colonnades on all sides). This layout caused many to mistake…
1 favorite 1 comment 445 visits
Trajan's Forum (Latin: Forum Traiani) is chronologically the last of the Imperial fora of Rome. The forum was constructed by the architect Apollodorus of Damascus. The forum was built on the order of Emperor Trajan with the spoils of war from the conques…
1 comment 422 visits
At the center of the ellipse (St. Peter) stands an Egyptian obelisk of red granite, 25.5 meters tall, supported on bronze lions and surmounted by the Chigi arms in bronze, in all 41 meters to the cross on its top. The obelisk, of the 13th century BC, was…
Send a message
Search for members
