40 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Rome in 1954

Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale), as well as the capital of the Lazio region. The city has been a major human settlement for almost three millennia.

Rome in 1954

Rome is also the country's most populated comune. It is the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome and the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy.

Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city; for this reason Rome has sometimes been defined as the capital of two states.

These fascinating photos from dianp captured street scenes of Rome in 1954.

Appian Way - Roman Tombs

Appian Way - Roman Tombs

Aqueduct of Claudius

Arch of Janus

Basilica of Saint Peter’s, Vatican

Castel Sant'angelo, built A.D. 136 by Hadrian

Church of Santa Maria del Popolo

Colosseum

Eglisa della Trinita dei Monti

Fountain della Terme, by Rutelli

Hadrian’s Tomb (Castel Sant'angelo)

Hotel Excelsior

King Victor Emmamuel Monument

Palace of Venice

Palazzo di Venizia

Piazza del Popolo, from the Belvedere

Piazza di Spagna - Bernini’s Boat Fountain

Piazza di Spagna

Piazza di Spagna

Piazza Novona

Porta Pia by Michelangelo

Roman Forum - Temple of Vesta

Roman Forum with Colosseum in background

Roman Forum with Palatine Hill in background

Rome- Tiber River with St. Peter’s and Hadrian’s Tomb

Saint Peter’s Basilica

Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican

Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican

Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican

Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican

Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican

San Maria in Trastevere

Scala di Spagna

Street scene of Rome

Street scene of Rome

Swiss guards at St. Peter’s

The Quirinal Palace, it is one of the official residences of the President of the Italian Republic

Via della Conciliazione leadind to St. Peter’s

Via della Concilliazione from Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican

Villa Medici, 16th century cardinal’s villa