We started out the day and went down to the Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum. The Palatine hill is the place where the Emperor's of the Roman Empire lived. In the old times, there was a huge structure on the hill where they lived. The word we know as Palace comes from the word Palatine. There was the stadium, where there would be processionals and foot races and the like. The palatine hill is one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
The Roman forum had ruins of the many old temples, such as the Temple of Saturn, Castor and Pollux, Julius Caesar, and many more. On one side of the forum is the Capitoline Hill, another of the Seven Hills of Rome.
After the forum we went to the Trevi Fountain. This is a huge fountain designed by Nicola Salvi in 1732. Salvi died before the project was completed, Giuseppe Pannini finished it in 1762. The fountain is almost 90 feet tall and over 160 feet wide.
Then we walked down to the Piazza del Popolo, or People's Square. In the center of the square is an Egyptian obelisk of Rameses II which is one of the tallest obelisks in Rome. There are twin churches, Santa Maria in Montesanto and Santa Maria dei Miracoli. There is a big arch on the other side of the piazza and there is a building on the Pincian Hill which also borders the Piazza (this hill is not one of the seven hills of Rome though).
Totally "got" the reference :o)
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