Liceo Torquato Tasso

The Liceo Torquato Tasso, better known as Liceo Tasso, is one of the oldest secondary schools in Rome, Italy.

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Type: School
Description: classical lyceum in Roma in the province of Roma (Italy) [school id: RMPC250005]
Also known as: “Liceo Ginnasio Statale Torquato Tasso”
Address: Via Sicilia 168, Roma

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Galleria Borghese and Gardens of Sallust.

Galleria Borghese

Museum

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The Galleria Borghese or Borghese Gallery is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate tourist attraction. Galleria Borghese is situated 550 metres northwest of Liceo Torquato Tasso.

Gardens of Sallust

Garden

The Gardens of Sallust was an ancient Roman estate including a landscaped pleasure garden developed by the historian Sallust in the 1st century BC. It occupied a large area in the northeastern sector of Rome, in what would become Region VI, between the Pincian Hill and Quirinal Hill, near the Via Salaria and later Porta Salaria. Gardens of Sallust is situated 230 metres south of Liceo Torquato Tasso.

Porta Salaria

City gate

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Porta Salaria was a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. Constructed between 271 AD and 275 AD, it was demolished in 1921. Porta Salaria is situated 200 metres northeast of Liceo Torquato Tasso.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Centre and Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains).

North Centre

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North Central Rome is a district that covers the areas around Piazza di Spagna, Piazza del Popolo and Parioli, as well as the magnificent Villa Borghese and its gardens.

Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains)

Locality

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The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome.