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The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAM) presents the largest collection of contemporary Italian art. It possesses over 4 400 works of painting and sculpture and about 13 000 drawings and prints by artists – mainly Italian – of the 19th and 20th centuries.

In its 55 rooms it is possible to see the masterpieces of the collection, some 1 100 works. It is the only national museum devoted entirely to modern art.

The Villa Borghese Park, one of the largest in Rome, is bordered by no less than nine entrances that allow access from the city’s central districts.

Villa Borghese houses numerous neoclassical and 19th-century buildings. The Villa Borghese Park occupies a vast area in the heart of the city and offers various leisure activities.

A unique place to taste the daily life of Rome.

The Mercato Rionale di Piazza Alessandria is one of Rome’s historic markets, along with those of Testaccio, Via Cola di Rienzo and Villa Borghese.

It takes place in the vicinity of what was once the Peroni Beer factory in the early 20th century, an Art Nouveau building with a characteristic turret.

The stalls selling fruit and vegetables, fish, local meat and various pizzerias are traditional.

Porta Pia is one of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s last works. It is best known for the Risorgimento episode known as the Taking of Rome, which took place on 20 September 1870 and marked the return of Rome to Italy.

Initially, like other streets in the district, it was dedicated to the Italian region. After the First World War, its name was changed to commemorate the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.

At the beginning, near Piazza Barberini, are the oldest monuments: the Fountain of the Bees and the Church of Santa Maria Immacolata.

The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma is one of the two Italian state libraries whose main task is to collect and preserve all Italian publications.

S. Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri at the Baths in Rome is the last grandiose architectural project of Michelangelo’s genius, a monument of history, faith, art and science.

Piazza della Repubblica is located a few hundred metres from Termini station and was formerly the site of the huge Baths of Diocletian, whose surviving exedra gave the square its first name.

In the centre stands a large fountain named after the four Naiads, or water nymphs, that decorate its sides. The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli overlooks the square and one of the city’s main streets, Via Nazionale, begins from the square.

The Palazzo del Quirinale overlooks the piazza of the same name and is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic and one of the symbols of the Italian state.

The Baths of Diocletian are a monumental complex unique in the world for its size and exceptional state of preservation. They were built in only eight years between 298 and 306 AD.