Top 10 Best of the Rest
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1. Villa Giulia
Contains Italy’s top Etruscan collection, celebrating the peninsula’s first great civilization (8th to 3rd centuries BC).
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2. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna
The national modern art museum covers 19th- and 20th-century works. Strongest in Italian art, although foreigners feature too.
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3. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna
The museum covers Italian art from the late 1800s to mid-1900s.
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4. SS Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso
Roman Baroque church (1669) by Pietro da Cortona, who designed the tribune, cupola and stuccoes.
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5. Santa Maria dei Miracoli and in Montesanto
Carlo Fontana was responsible for these late 17th-century “twin” churches, although Bernini guided him in the decoration of the more elaborate Montesanto.
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6. Canova’s Studio
The artist’s studio walls are embedded with fragments of statuary.
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7. Palazzo Colonna
The gallery features work by Tintoretto, Lotto and Veronese.
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8. Porta del Popolo
Michelangelo used the Arch of Titus as the model for this gateway.
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9. Casa di Goethe
German author Goethe lived here from 1786 to 1788 (see Wolfgang Goethe), and his letters are on display.
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10. Santissimi Apostoli
This 6th-century church, restructured in 1702–08, has a trompe-l’oeil vault above the altar.
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