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Italy's Top 18
St Peter's Basilica
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Once
caput mundi
(capital of the world), Rome was legendarily spawned by a wolf-
suckled wild boy, grew to be Western Europe's first superpower, became the spiritual
centrepiece of the Christian world, and is now the repository of over two and a half thou-
sand years of European art and architecture. From the Pantheon (
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)
and the Colos-
seum (
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)
to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel (
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)
and countless works by
Caravaggio, there's simply too much to see in one visit. So, do as countless others have
done before you: toss a coin into the Trevi Fountain (
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) and promise to return.