Piazza del Popolo in Rome — the oval square with the Flaminio obelisk, seen from the Pincio
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Piazza del Popolo

Piazza del Popolo is an oval square by Rome’s northern gate. For centuries travellers arriving from the north entered the city right here: this was the grand doorway of the Eternal City.

An Egyptian obelisk more than three thousand years old stands at the centre: it was brought from Heliopolis under Augustus and first stood on the spina of the Circus Maximus. On the south side are two twin churches; they look identical, but look at the domes — one is round, the other oval. The architect had to cheat, because the plots were of different widths.

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The Formula of Italy — a quest tour
Rome
The Formula of Italy — a quest tour
What does the real Italy hide? Not only pizza, spaghetti and the Colosseum, but a world where brilliant inventions sit beside ancient myths.
from 6 years
3 hours
250€
Group of up to 5
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