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	<title>Archiseek.com - Architecture News &#38; Discussion &#187; Italy</title>
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		<title>2003 &#8211; Church Dio Padre Misericordioso, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5092</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect: Richard Meier &#038; Partners




A dramatic church and community center surrounded by 1970s apartment blocks, this was the winner in an invited competition against the likes of Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Peter Eisenman and Frank Gehry. Meier describes it: &#8220;Light is the protagonist of our understanding and reading of space. Light is the means by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1936 &#8211; Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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Stadio Olimpico is the is the home of both A.S. Roma and S.S. Lazio, as well as of the Italian national football team. It was built in 1936, has a capacity of 82,000, and was the site of the 1960 Summer Olympics, but has also served as the location of the 1987 World Athletics Championships [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1911 &#8211; National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect: Cesare Bazzani

In 1883 the Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Exhibition Palace), expressely built for the occasion by Pio Piacentini, housed the first exhibition held in Rome as Capital City. The exhibition became subsequently a permanent one, to which donations and new acquisitions were added, so that the Palazzo delle Esposizioni eventually became inadequate for the collection.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1925 &#8211; Victor Emmanuel Monument (Il Vittoriano), Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5086</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Sacconi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect: Giuseppe Sacconi

A monument entitled to Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoia, first king of unified Italy. Designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1885 and was completed in 1935 under the fascist regieme. The &#8220;Altare della Patria&#8221; (the central part of the monument) opened in 1925. There is buried the Unknown Warrior, symbol of all the people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Maria Di Montesanto &amp; Santa Maria Dei Miracoli, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5084</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carlo Rainaldi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect: Carlo Rainaldi, Gian Lorenzo Bernini

The two, almost twin, churches of S. Maria di Montesanto (left) and S. Maria dei Miracoli (right) on Piazza del Popolo were designed by Carlo Rainaldi. Gian Lorenzo Bernini gave advice on how to emphasize the similarity between the two churches. S. Maria di Montesanto was erected first (1678) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1598 &#8211; San Bernardo alle Terme, Rome, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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The structure of San Bernardo alle Terme is similar to the Pantheon, since it is cylindrical, with a dome and an oculus. The edifice has a diameter of 22 meters. The dome decoration, made of octagonal coffers, reminds one of the Basilica of Maxentius. The interior is graced by eight statues of saints, each housed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1606 &#8211; Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5080</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect: Matteo da Castello / Fausto Rughesi 

Initially the architect was Martino Longhi the Elder, but he was replaced later by Matteo da Castello. The nave was completed in 1577, and the church was consecrated in 1599. The facade, designed by Fausto Rughesi, was completed in 1605 or 1606.
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		<title>1663 &#8211; Ss. Dominic &amp; Sixtus, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5078</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architects: Nicola Torriani, Felice and Vincenzo della Greca

The church was built at the order of Pope St Pius V (1566-1572), who was a Dominican. Construction started in 1569, and the complex &#8211; the convent was rebuilt from 1575 &#8211; was not completed before 1663. The original plan may have been the work of Giacomo della [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1566 &#8211; Santa Maria in Traspontina, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5076</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect: Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi 

Designs by Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi (with contributions by Ottavio Mascherino and Francesco Peparelli) for a replacement church were in place by 1566, though the papal artillery officers insisted that its dome be as low as possible to avoid a recurrence of a previous problem &#8211; the previous church was demolished in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1633 &#8211; San Gregorio Magno al Celio, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5072</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect: Giovanni Battista Soria

The church was erected in the Middle Ages over the house of Pope Gregory I, where he had an oratory, dedicated to St. Andrew, erected in 575. The current church was built by Giovanni Battista Soria in 1629-1633; Francesco Ferrari (1725-1734) designed the interior.
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		<title>1626 &#8211; St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5070</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect: Michelangelo, Donato Bramante, Giacomo della Porta 


Construction on the current basilica, over the old Constantinian basilica, began on April 18, 1506 and was completed in 1626. There is a widespread assumption that the dome, or cupola, as it presently stands, was designed by Michelangelo, who became chief architect in 1546. In fact, Michelangelo&#8217;s design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>315 &#8211; Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5068</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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Erected to commemorate Constantine I&#8217;s victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312 AD. Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the existing triumphal arches in Rome.
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		<title>80 &#8211; Colliseum, Rome, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5066</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an eliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. Construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roman Forum, Rome, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce and the administration of justice took place. The communal hearth was also located here. It was built on the site of a past cemetery.
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		<title>1263 &#8211; Duomo, Siena, Italy</title>
		<link>http://two.archiseek.com/archives/5062</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Clerkin</dc:creator>
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The Cathedral was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure. It has the form of a Latin cross with a slightly projecting transept, a dome and a bell tower. The lantern, atop the dome, was added by the Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The nave is separated from the [...]]]></description>
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