New Practical Guide of Rome and the Vatican [antikvár]

FIRST ITINERARY Piazza dei Cinquecento - Piazza della Repubblica - Baths of Diocletian - Santa Maria degli Angeli - The National Museum or delle Terme - Via Nazionale - SS. Apostoli - Piazza Venezia - Palazzo and Museum of Palazzo Venezia - San Marco - Vittoriano. Piazza dei Cinquecento. - The wide, animated square facing the railroad station Termini is called dei Cinquecento (of the 500). The name recalls the 500 heroic Italian soldiers who feli at the Battle of Dogali, in Africa (1887), and the monument erected in the square, in their honour. To the right, are the ruins of the Agger of Servius Tullius (378-352 B.C.), tauilt by the Romans as a means of defense, against the invading Gauls. Piazza della Republica. - The ancient Baths of Diocletian were once on this site. More commonly known as the Piazza dell'Esedra, this square was designed in 1885, by G. Koch. Two porticoed palaces on the perimeter of the square follow the contours of the central exedra (lecture-hall) of the Baths. The Fountain of the Naiads is by Guerrieri. Midst the scintillating play of light and water, are a group of bronzes by Mario Rutelli (1901). In the distance are visible the colossal ruins of the Baths of Diocletian.