Piazza Navona and other Rome, Italy General Tips

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Favorite Thing: It�s a beautiful square, always full of tourists and street artists. The fountains are really nice with a big mass of water that gives a special sound to the place. If you have enough money, you should sit in one of the caf�s around the square, but they�re very expensive.-
At night if you want to have dinner, you should go early, not later than 9.00 p.m., because these caf�s close early - at about 12.00 p.m. - and if you go after 9.00, there isn�t a good variety of food.-

Es una plaza bell�sima, siempre llena de turistas y de artistas callejeros. Las fuentes son increiblemente bellas, y como en todo Italia, con una gran masa de agua en todas ellas, lo que le da un sonido especial al lugar. Si se tiene suficiente dinero vale la pena sentarse en uno de los caf�s que rodean la plaza, pero son realmente caros. De noche, si uno quiere cenar debe ir temprano - 9 pm - porque cierran temprano y luego s�lo sirven lo que ellos quieren.-

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Piazza Navona: Artists en Piazza Navona

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on May 25, 2003

Caff� de Colombia

Favorite Thing: Take your time to enjoy the atmosphere of this place, sitting on one of the stone benchs that you can find there, and have a good time with the street artists that are really a lot.-

T�mense su tiempo para disfrutar la atm�sfera del lugar, sentados en alguno de los bancos de piedra que hay all� y disfruten de los artistas callejeros que son much�simos.-

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Pantheon: The Pantheon

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on May 25, 2003

The Phanteon

Favorite Thing: This is one of the best kept of Roman monuments, built by Agripa in 27 (b.c.). Inside you can find the tombs of Rafael and the kings of Italy, like Vittorio Emanuele.-

Mandado construir por Agripa (27 d.c.) es uno de las m�s magn�ficas edificaciones romanas que ha sobrevivido casi intacta hasta nuestros d�as. En su interior se encuentran las tumbas del pintor Rafael y de los reyes de Italia.-

Fondest Memory: It�s an amazing building, with an incredible construction if you think that it is a very ancient building.

Es una edificio asombroso por lo perfecto de su construcci�n teniendo en cuenta la antiguedad que tiene. Tiene una abertura en su c�pula que es por donde entra la �nica luz que recibe el recinto.

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Trevi Fountain: Fontana di Trevi

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Fontana di Trevi

Favorite Thing: This fountain was designed by Nicola Salvi in the 18th century and became famous in Federico Fellini�s movie: "La Dolce Vita". Do you remember Anita Ekberg�s famous splash? . In the centre of the fountain you can find an image of Neptune, God of the Sea.-
The fountain is located near the Spain Square and the Navona Square.-

La fuente fue dise�ada por Nicola Salvi en el siglo XVIII y se convirti� en mundialmente famosa al aparecer en la pelicula "La Dolce Vita" de Federico Fellini. En el centro de la fuente se encuentra una im�gen de Neptuno, Dios del Mar, seg�n la mitolog�a romana.
La fuente se encuentra a pocas cuadras de la Plaza Espa�a como as� de Plaza Navona.-

Fondest Memory: It�s a huge fountain, unique for its large size and for its beauty. You should sit there for a while and see the astonished faces of the tourists when they see the fountain. The place where the fountain was built is too small, and because of that, the view of the fountain is even more magnificient.- There is a very nice church, just opposite the fountain � la Santi Vicenzo e Anastasio � that you shoud visit.-

Es una fuente realmente �nica por su belleza y por su tama�o. Vale la pena sentarse un largo rato a admirarla y fundamentalmente a observar a los turistas que quedan asombrados con semejante obra de arte. El lugar donde esta enclavada es muy peque�o y por ello se realza m�s su grandiosidad. Hay tambi�n, enfrente de la fuente, una iglesia muy bella - la Santi Vicenzo e Anastasio - que tambi�n merece una visita.-

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Piazza di Spagna - Spanish Steps: Piazza Spagna

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on May 25, 2003

My friends and I in Piazza Spagna

Favorite Thing: "The sitting room" of the city. You can sit on the stairway and, from there you can see Via Condotti - one of the most exclusive shopping streets in Rome. -
In the upper part of the stairs, there is a church - Trinit� dei Monti -, and bottom of the stairs you can see a fountain: "Della Barcaccia" (Fountain of the Old Boat), designed by Bernini�s father, that compared to the other fountains in the city isn�t attractive at all.-

Lugar de reuni�n de los turistas. Es un cl�sico sentarse en sus escaleras y desde all� observar la V�a Condotti � la m�s exclusiva arteria comercial de Roma -. En su parte superior se encuentra la Iglesia de la Trinit� dei Monti y al pi� de la escalera hay una fuente � La Fontana della Barcaccia � que comparada con las restantes fuentes de Roma es, a mi criterio, no muy bella.-

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Colosseum: The Colisseum

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on May 25, 2003

El Coliseo

Favorite Thing: The bigger roman amphitheatre, built in 72 AD. In despite of the ruins, it�s a magnificient building.
You should hire the local guide, who are anthropologists, that make you focus on the really important details, and let you know the truth of what "really" happened there.-

El mayor anfiteatro romano fue mandado construir por el emperador Vespasiano en el a�o 72 dc. Actualmente solo quedan ruinas de lo que era, pero eso basta para darse cuenta lo grandioso que debe haber sido antiguamente. -

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Colosseum: Domus Aurea

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Domus Area

Favorite Thing: After the fire in 64 ac, Ner�n began to built the Domus Area. His intention was transform a big part of the urban centre in a grandiose villa. The palace that had built there was destroyed by his sucessor, but in this days it�s a beautiful area, and from there you can see nice wies of the Colisseum.-

Luego del gran incendio del a�o 64 d.c. Ner�n se dedic� a la realizaci�n de la Domus Area, que transformaba gran parte del centro urbano en una villa grandiosa. Del palacio que se construy� queda muy poco - todo fue destruido posteriormente por sus sucesores -, pero actualmente es una muy bella zona desde donde se pueden apreciar hermosas vistas del Coliseo.-

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Roman Forums: Foro Romano

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Roman Foro

Favorite Thing: The center of all political, religious, and commercial affairs in the ancient world.-
A very useful piece of advice: when you go there, don�t forget to take a lot of water, because you have no place to buy, and wear old clothes because you will get out of this place totally dirty, because of the dust of this place.-

El Foro constitu�a el centro de la vida pol�tica, comercial y judicial en la antigua Roma. -
Un consejo: cuando vayan lleven consigo agua, porque dentro del foro no hay lugar donde comprar y usen ropa vieja o f�cilmente lavable porque si hay un poco de viento, el polvo que hay en el foro se habr� trasladado en su totalidad a su ropa.-

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Christian Rome: The Catacombs

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The Cript of St. Cecilia

Favorite Thing: They�re amazing underground galleries created by the ancient romans to bury their dead, but the catacombs became a place to go on a pilgrimage.-
They�re built in four different levels and only part of them has been explored. The dead people were buried to in wall tombs, known as "loculli".-

Son increibles galer�as subterr�neas, donde los cristianos enterraban a sus muertos, pero se convirtieron aparte de ello, en lugar de peregrinaci�n. Ocupan cuatro niveles diferentes y s�lo han sido exploradas en parte. Los muertos eran colocados en nichos, conocidos como loculi.-

Fondest Memory: Please, don�t miss this incredible place. It�s awesome to see the cript of St. Cecilia, who was buried there until 820 ac,and then pope Paschal I had her remains transferred to Trastevere, in the basilica dedicated to the Saint.-

Es asombroso pensar en el trabajo que llev� construirlas. No puede dejar de visitarse. Es muy bella la Cripta de Santa Cecilia, qui�n estuvo all� enterrada hasta el a�o 820 d.c. y luego trasladada a su iglesia en el Trastevere.-

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Hills of Rome: Palazzo Quirinale

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Palazzo Quirinale