Parioli
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Opus Dei

Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Latin: Praelatura Sanctae Crucis et Operis Dei), is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church that teaches that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. The majority of its membership are lay people, with secular priests under the governance of a prelate (bishop) elected by specific members and appointed by the Pope.

Located at 41.9218, 12.4841 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Opus Dei, 20th-century Roman Catholicism, Catholic spirituality, Christian interfaith and secular relations, History of Roman Catholicism, Personal prelatures of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II, Religious organizations established in 1928, Second Vatican Council

Galleria Borghese

The Borghese Gallery is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. It is a building that was from the first integral with its gardens, nowadays considered quite separately by tourists as the Villa Borghese gardens. The Galleria Borghese houses a substantial part of the Borghese collection of paintings, sculpture and antiquities, begun by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V (reign 1605–1621).

Located at 41.914, 12.492 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Rome, Palaces in Rome, 17th-century architecture, Art museums established in 1903, 1903 establishments in Italy

Villa Borghese gardens

Villa Borghese is a large landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums and attractions. It is the second largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 148 acres) after that of the Villa Doria Pamphili.

Located at 41.9142, 12.4922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villas in Rome, Gardens in Rome, Landscape design history of Italy, Museums in Rome, Art gallery districts, 1960 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic equestrian venues, Visitor attractions in Rome

Villa Giulia

This page describes the building in Rome. For the museum itself see National Etruscan Museum. For the Villa Giulia in Naples or Palermo, see Villa Giulia (Naples) or Villa Giulia (Palermo). The Villa Giulia is a villa in Rome, Italy. It was built by Pope Julius III in 1551-1553 on what was then the edge of the city. Today it is publicly owned, and houses the Museo Nazionale Etrusco, an impressive collection of Etruscan art and artifacts.

Located at 41.9183, 12.4778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mannerist architecture in Italy, Villas in Rome, Houses in Italy

Stadio Flaminio

The Stadio Flaminio is a stadium in Rome. It lies along the Via Flaminia, three kilometres northwest of the city centre, 300 metres away from the Parco di Villa Glori. The interior spaces include a covered swimming pool, rooms for fencing, amateur wrestling, weightlifting, boxing and gymnastics.

Located at 41.927, 12.4723 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Rugby union stadiums in Italy, Football venues in Italy, Sports venues in Rome, 1960 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic football venues, National stadiums

Parioli

Parioli is a neighbourhood in the north of Rome, Italy. The name comes from Monti Parioli, a series of tufa hills, and was given to the area before its incorporation into the city proper at the beginning of the 20th century. Some suggest that the name stems from "peraioli," as it was once the site of pear orchards.

Located at 41.9321, 12.4868 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Districts of Rome, Hills of Rome

Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius

Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini created circa 1618-9. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the sculpture depicts a scene from the Aeneid, where the hero Aeneas leads his family from burning Troy.

Located at 41.914, 12.492 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bernini sculptures in the Borghese Collection, 1619 sculptures, Marble sculptures

Stadio Nazionale PNF

The Stadio Nazionale del PNF (National Stadium of the National Fascist Party) was a multi-purpose stadium in Rome, Italy. It was built in 1927 and held 50,000 people. It hosted three of the 17 matches of the 1934 FIFA World Cup, including the final between hosts Italy and Czechoslovakia on 10 June 1934. Clubs S.S. Lazio and A.S. Roma played their home matches there before both teams started using the Stadio Olimpico in 1953. The stadium was demolished in 1953 and replaced by the Stadio Flaminio.

Located at 41.9272, 12.4722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures demolished in 1953, Sports venues in Rome, 1934 FIFA World Cup stadiums, Football venues in Italy, Defunct football venues in Italy, Multi-purpose stadiums in Italy

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (English: National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the papal bull Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western musical history: Gregory the Great, for whom the Gregorian chant is named, and Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Since 2005 it has been headquartered at the Renzo Piano designed Parco della Musica in Rome.

Located at 41.9289, 12.4744 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Pincian Hill

The Pincian Hill is a hill in the northeast quadrant of the historical center of Rome. The hill lies to the north of the Quirinal, overlooking the Campus Martius. It was outside the original boundaries of the ancient city of Rome, and was not one of the Seven hills of Rome, but it lies within the wall built by Roman Emperor Aurelian between 270 and 273.

Located at 41.9117, 12.4797 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Hills of Rome

Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli

The Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (Italian for "Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies"), often simply abbreviated as "LUISS," is a private university founded in 1974 in Rome, Italy. LUISS University is an independent university set up by a consortium of private and public companies that reorganised a pre-existing institution, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali-Pro Deo, founded in 1966.

Located at 41.9244, 12.4931 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Universities in Italy, Educational institutions established in 1974, University presses of Italy

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, or the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, dedicated to modern art. It is located at Via delle Belle Arti, 113, near the Etruscan Museum. With its neoclassical and Romantic paintings and sculptures, it marks a dramatic change from the glories of the Renaissance and ancient Rome.

Located at 41.9169, 12.4819 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Rome, National museums of Italy, Renaissance Revival architecture in Italy, Modern art museums

Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)

Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized Baroque marble sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini executed 1622–25. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the work depicts the climax of the story of Daphne and Phoebus in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Located at 41.914, 12.492 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bernini sculptures in the Borghese Collection, 1620s works, Sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Marble sculptures, 17th-century sculptures

Parco della Musica

Auditorium Parco della Musica is a large multi-functional public music complex in Rome, Italy. The complex is situated in the north of the city, in the area where the 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held. Parco della Musica was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. Jürgen Reinhold from Müller-BBM was in charge of acoustics in the three concert halls; Franco Zagari was landscape architect for the outdoor spaces.

Located at 41.9291, 12.4746 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Rome, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Renzo Piano buildings, Concert halls in Italy, Visitor attractions in Rome

Bioparco (Rome)

Bioparco SpA (Giardino Zoologico di Roma) is a 17-hectare zoological garden located on part of the original Villa Borghese estate in Rome, Italy. There are 1114 animals of 222 species maintained.

Located at 41.9175, 12.4853 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Zoos in Italy, Visitor attractions in Rome, Buildings and structures in Rome

National Etruscan Museum

The National Etruscan Museum (Italian: Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is a museum of the Etruscan civilization, housed in the Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy.

Located at 41.9184, 12.4777 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1889 establishments in Italy, Archaeological museums in Italy, Art museums and galleries in Rome, Collections of the Villa Giulia, Etruscans, Museums established in 1889, National museums of Italy

Sacro Cuore di Maria

Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria, is a titular church in Piazza Euclide, Rome. It was built by the architect Armando Brasini (1879 - 1965). Its construction began in 1923 with the design of a Greek cross inscribed in a circle with an articulated facade, and completed before 1936, the year in which it was made a parish church and granted to the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Sacred Immaculate Heart of Mary, usually known as the Claretians.

Located at 41.9274, 12.4811 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome

Santa Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires

Santa Maria Addolorata a Piazza Buenos Aires (English: Our Lady of Sorrows at Piazza Buenos Aires), titular church and the Argentine national church, on Viale Regina Margherita, Rome.

Located at 41.9181, 12.5008 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, National churches in Rome, 20th-century church buildings, Roman Catholic congregations established in the 20th century, Roman Catholic Church in Argentina, Religious buildings completed in 1930

Sant'Eugenio

Sant'Eugenio is a titular church dedicated to St. Eugenius in Rome, Italy.

Located at 41.9187, 12.4747 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1940s architecture, Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, Religious organizations established in 1951, 12th-century church buildings, Roman Catholic congregations established in the 20th century, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

The Rape of Proserpina

The Rape of Proserpina is a large Baroque marble sculptural group by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini executed between 1621 and 1622. Bernini was only 23 years old at its completion. It depicts the Abduction of Prosperina, where Proserpina is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto.

Located at 41.914, 12.492 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bernini sculptures in the Borghese Collection, 1620s works, Marble sculptures, 17th-century sculptures, Sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Museo Civico di Zoologia

The Museo Civico di Zoologia is a natural history museum in Rome, central Italy. It is situated next to the Bioparc and can be entered by the Zoo or through the entrance on via Ulisse Aldrovandi. Founded in 1932, it is said to continue the natural history tradition of the Gabinetto di Zoologia dell'Università Pontificia and the collections date from 1792. It is a recognized as an institute of national importance by the Ministero per la Università e la Ricerca Scientifica.

Located at 41.9193, 12.4884 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villa Ada

Villa Ada is a park in Rome, Italy: with a surface of 450 acres, it is the second largest after Villa Doria Pamphili. It is located in the northeastern part of the city. Its highest prominence is Monte Antenne, 67 m (220 ft), an ancient archeological site.

Located at 41.932, 12.5015 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Gardens in Rome

The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun

The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun is an early work by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Produced in 1615, the sculpture is now in the Borghese Collection at the Galleria Borghese. It shows Amalthea as a goat, the infant god Jupiter, and an infant Faun.

Located at 41.914, 12.492 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bernini sculptures in the Borghese Collection, 1615 sculptures, Marble sculptures

Moschea di Roma (mosque)

The Mosque of Rome (Italian: Moschea di Roma) is the largest mosque in Italy. It has an area of 30,000 m and can accommodate 12,000 people. The building is located in the Acqua Acetosa area, at the foot of the Monti Parioli, north of the city. As well as being the city's mosque it is the seat of the Centro Culturale Islamico d'Italia (the Italian Islamic Cultural Centre).

Located at 41.9348, 12.4952 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Places of worship in Rome, Islam in Italy, Mosques in Italy

La Zingarella

La Zingarella or Gypsy Girl is a 140 centimetres tall statue of Diana commissioned by Scipione Borghese and executed by Nicolas Cordier. It was made with bronze, and white and gray marble. It is on display in Room X in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, Italy.

Located at 41.9144, 12.4919 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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17th-century sculptures