• The Road to Rome (French: La Route de Rome) is a 1979 painting by the Belgian painter Paul Delvaux. It depicts a European town square in twilight, with...
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    Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma] ) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan...
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    Roman art The art of Ancient Rome, and the territories of its Republic and later Empire, includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury...
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    preferred burial due to the idea of preserving the dead body for the resurrection. Considerable tracts of the ancient roads leading out of Rome and other Roman...
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    In modern historiography, ancient Rome encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman...
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  • 1979 in art (category Years of the 20th century in art)
    Me Swimming Judy Chicago – The Dinner Party (collaborative installation, completed) Paul Delvaux – The Road to Rome (painting) Jenny Holzer – Truisms Lee...
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    David with the Head of Goliath is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio. It is housed in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. The painting, which was...
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    favourite artist, "painting flowers and fruit" in his factory-like workshop. In Rome, there was a demand for paintings to fill the many huge new churches...
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    Via Latina (category Rome Q. IX Appio-Latino)
    The Via Latina (Latin for "Latin Road") was a Roman road of Italy, running southeast from Rome for about 200 kilometers. It led from the Porta Latina in...
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    BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome. It included territories in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia and was ruled by emperors. The fall...
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