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Collapse of a section of wall at the Villa dei Sette Bassi, a luxurious suburban villa occupied in the 3rd-6th centuries AD and located several miles outside Rome on the Via Tuscolana, near the Cinecittà film studios. The collapse is probably due to the recent intense rains, which have saturated the building materials and weakened the ground beneath. 19 February 2014
1890 2004 Castel Sant'Angelo e Monte Mario
“The Tiber River! Hope stop raining if not will be really a mess
Tiber Rome by Carina Weijma for
A tower of the Aurelianic Walls, Rome's defensive circuit dating to AD collapses in the San Saba/Piramide neighborhood due to constant rain that has soaked the soil.
A recent photo of the Castro Pretorio, the ancient fortified headquarters of the Imperial guard, illustrating its plight: bricks and pieces of stone lining the surface are separating from the concrete core of the wall.
Students from the Cavour High School hold a lesson outside the Colosseo metro stop in Via dei Fori Imperiali in protest against the government's planned cuts in education.
The Christmas tree erected in Piazza Venezia in front of the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II.
Actor Russell Crowe joins AIRC in calling for the preservation of the "Tomb of the Gladiator" on the ancient Flaminian Road a few miles north of Rome. The imposing marble mausoleum of the 2nd-cent. AD Roman general Marcus Nonius Macrinus, widely considered the historical figure who inspired Crowe's character "Maximus Decimus Meridius" in R. Scott's 2000 film, was discovered in 2008 in a construction yard and must be reburied unless funding can be found to save it.
Good Night Rome!
Cinecittà Studios - set Rome HBO
The Rome marathon starts in Via dei Fori Imperiali, in the shadow of the Colosseum.
Roma, Italia
Part of the set of the HBO series "Rome" in Cinecittà.
The floodwaters of the Tiber River at Pons Fabricius/Tiber Island at night.
