Architecture and monuments

Aquino. Romana Gate called Capuana Gate

: DiscoverPlaces; Category: Architecture and monuments; 11 December 2017; LAZIO • FROSINONE • Aquino

The Romana gate is the best preserved structure of the ancient Roman city of Aquino. It is called Capuana gate (the same name as the gate in...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 30 November 2017; LAZIO • RIETI • Leonessa

Ettore Palace is the only palace of Leonessa still inhabited by the descendants of an old family in the town. Ettorre family have been here since...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 30 November 2017; LAZIO • RIETI • Leonessa

In Leonessa, the Cherubini palace has a local white stone arch, embellished with moldings, while the arches of the upper floor are of 16th century...

Leonessa - Fontana Margaritiana by Bettiol

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 30 November 2017; LAZIO • RIETI • Leonessa

The Margaritian fountain is made up of one octagonal bath, on whose sides are some coats of arms including that of the Habsburgs, and a central...

Leonessa- Porta Aquilana by Bettiol

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 30 November 2017; LAZIO • RIETI • Leonessa

The Aquilana gate, built in the 13th century in Leonessa, was originally called Door of the Kingdom or Naples Gate. The name comes from the road...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 30 November 2017; LAZIO • ROMA • Palestrina

The temple of Fortuna Primigenia the Oracle in Palestrina consists of a series of artificial terraces arranged on the rocky slope. It is a...

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: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 30 November 2017; LAZIO • ROMA • Palestrina

The gate of the sun is a seventeenth-century gate in the city walls of Palestrina. it was built in 1642 at the behest of the Barberini family, and...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 30 November 2017; LAZIO • ROMA • Palestrina

Barberini Colonna Palace occupies the upper terrace of the ancient roman sanctuary of Fortuna in Palestrina. The shape of its facade follow those...