INSTRUCTIONS
- Take a picture of you or your team in one of the places shown below.
- Use Google Maps to locate the places: click on the pictures.
- Post the photos to Instagram or Twitter (Multiple entries are highly encouraged!).
- Use 2 hashtags: #LUISSRETC2018 and your 4 letter team code (e.g. #ITLU).
- Please ensure that your post is available for viewing by the public.
TOURS | Walking
Tour “A”
From Galleria Borghese (“Borghese Gallery”) to Pincio (“Pincian Hill”) | 55 minutes (4,590 meters)
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| 01 Borghese Gallery | 02 Fountain of the Sea Horses | 03 Temple of Aesculapius |
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| 04 Water Clock | 05 Little House Valadier | 06 Villa Medici |
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| 07 Spain’s Square | 08 Palazzetto Zuccari | 09 Pincian Hill |
Tour “B”
From Basilica di S. Pietro (“St. Peter’s Basilica”) to Villa Farnesina | 62 minutes (4,824 meters)
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| 10 St. Peter’s Basilica | 11 Galea Fountain | 12 Mausoleum of Hadrian |
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| 13 Bridge of Angels | 14 Saint Mary of Peace | 15 Fountain of the Four Rivers |
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| 16 Field of Flowers Square | 17 Farnese Square | 18 Borromini’s Colonnade |
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| 19 Villa Farnesina |
Tour “C”
From Fontana di Trevi (“Trevi Fountain”) to Colosseo (“Colosseum”) | 39 minutes (2,990 meters)
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| 20 Trevi Fountain | 21 Quirinale Square | 22 Trajan’s Markets |
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| 23 Trajan’s Column | 24 Septimius Severus Arch | 25 Temple of Venus and Rome |
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| 26 Colosseum |
Tour “D”
From Pantheon to Bocca della Verità (“Mouth of Truth”) | 49 minutes (3,718 meters)
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| 27 Pantheon | 28 Bernini’s Little Elephant | 29 St. Ignatius Square |
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| 30 Hadrian’s Temple | 31 Fountain of the Laborer | 32 Altar of the Fatherland |
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| 33 Capitoline Museums | 34 Capitolium Square | 35 Margana Square |
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| 36 Turtle Fountain | 37 Tiber Island | 38 Temple of Hercules Victor |
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| 39 Mouth of Truth |
TOUR | Driving
Tour “E”
From Casina delle Civette (“House of the Owls”) to Ponte Milvio (“Milvian Bridge”) | 89 minutes (34,9 km)
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| 40 House of the Owls | 41 Fountain of Moses | 42 Fountain of the Naiads |
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| 43 Basilica of St John Lateran | 44 Baths of Caracalla | 45 Pyramid of Cestius |
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| 46 Englishmen’s Cemetery | 47 Villa of Good Breath | 48 The Big Fountain |
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| 49 Bramante’s Little Temple | 50 Our Lady in Trastevere | 51 Milvian Bridge |
TOP SPOTS IN ROME
OTHER TOURS
● Searching for Ancient Obelisks
Rome is the city that harbours the greatest number of ancient obelisks: 13 (8 are are Egyptian and 5 are Roman).
The Lateran obelisk is the tallest ancient obelisk in the world.
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| 1. Lateran obelisk | |||
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| 2. Vatican obelisk | |||
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| 3. Flaminian obelisk | |||
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| 4. Montecitorio obelisk | |||
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| 5. Agonalis obelisk | |||
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| 6. Esquilino obelisk | |||
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| 7. Quirinale obelisk | |||
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| 8. Sallustian obelisk | |||
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| 9. Pincian obelisk | |||
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| 10. Macuteo obelisk | |||
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| 11. Minerva obelisk | |||
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| 12. Dogali obelisk | |||
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| 13. Celimontana obelisk | |||
| All pictures have been taken by Hiroyuki Nagase: www.obelisks.org/en. | |||
| Copyright: Hiroyuki Nagase (nagase@obelisks.org) and Shoji Okamoto (okamoto@obelisks.org). | |||
On the Footprints of Caravaggio
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1. Madonna with the Serpent |
2. Boy with a Basket of Fruit |
3. Sick Bacchus |
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4. St. Jerome Writing |
5. David with the Head of Goliath |
6. Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto |
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7. St Francis in Meditation I |
8. Judith and Holofernes |
9. Narcissus |
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10. St Francis in Meditation II |
11. St. John the Baptist Young I |
12. The Fortune Teller |
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13. The Conversion of St. Paul |
14. Rest on the Flight into Egypt |
15. Penitent Magdalene |
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16. St. John the Baptist Young II |
17. Pope Paul V |
18. Madonna of the Pilgrims |
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19. St. Matthew and the Angel |
20. Martyrdom of St. Matthew |
21. The Calling of St. Matthew |
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22. St. John the Baptist |
23. Deposition from the Cross |
24. The Conversion of St. Paul |
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25. The Crucifixion of St. Peter |
01 Borghese Gallery and Museum
‘Madonna with the Serpent’, ‘Boy with a Basket of Fruit’, ‘Sick Bacchus’, ‘St. Jerome Writing’, ‘David with the Head of Goliath’
02 Casino Boncompagni Ludovisi
‘Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto’
03 Church of Immaculate Conception
‘St Francis in Meditation’
04 National Gallery of Ancient Art in Barberini Palace
‘Judith Cuts the Head of Holofernes’, ‘Narcissus’, ‘St Francis in Meditation’
05 Capitoline Museums
‘St. John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram)’, ‘The Fortune Teller’
06 Odescalchi Palace (private collection)
‘The Conversion of Saint Paul’
07 Doria Pamphilj Palace
‘Rest on the Flight into Egypt’, ‘Penitent Magdalene’, ‘St. John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram)’
08 Borghese Palace (private collection)
‘Pope Paul V’
09 Church of Saint Augustine
‘Madonna of the Pilgrims’
10 Church of St. Louis of the French
‘St. Matthew and the Angel’, ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthew’, ‘The Calling of St. Matthew’
11 Corsini Palace
‘St. John the Baptist’
12 Vatican Museums
‘Deposition from the Cross’
13 Church of Santa Maria del Popolo
‘The Conversion on the Way to Damascus’, ‘The Crucifixion of St. Peter’
