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All 49 photographs come from Wikimedia Commons. They are public domain (CC0) or Creative Commons licensed, and the licence on each is shown below with a link to its terms. Of these, 12 are CC BY-SA, which asks that adaptations of the photograph carry the same licence.

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The photographs

Rome 2015 135 (20572280963) by Maarten Heerlien from Voorschoten, The N. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Via Appia Antica - 113 - Canina by Rudolfo Kithera. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Santa sabina, veduta dall'aventino 01 san pietro by Sailko. CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Santa sabina, veduta dall'aventino 02 by Sailko. CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Circular staircase of the Vatican Museums 02 by Wilfredor. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Cacio e pepe by Popo le Chien. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Lago Albano • Lake Albano (39840240873) by Sonse. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rome colesium (Unsplash) by Jace Grandinetti jacegrandinetti. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Colosseum at sunset-Rome by Gilbert Bochenek. CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Florence From Piazza Michelangelo (44921043291) by Bradley Weber. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Florence (39693357641) by Deensel. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Basilica of Maxentius in Context from the West, Roman Forum by Julian Lupyan. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Albergo urbano rosso Garbatella 25082021 011 by it:indeciso42. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gianicolo (Rome) in 2018.11 by CAPTAIN RAJU. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gianicolo (Rome) in 2018.06 by CAPTAIN RAJU. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Tivoli - Villa Adriana - Costruzione sull'isola by 66colpi. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Tivoli - Villa Adriana - Il tempio di Diana by 66colpi. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Roma- Portico d'Ottavia - 52350512476 by Jorge Franganillo. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Roma 16 03 08 456000 by Robot8A. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rione Monti (DSC 0080 (17764362931)) by Fiammetta Bruni. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2025-03-12 Gulf of Naples by C1815. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Empty Piazza Navona by Bradley Weber. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Piazza Navona in the Morning (36375697931) by Bradley Weber. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Duomo Orvieto facciata 08-09-08 f01 by Marcok / it.wikipedia.org. CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ostia Antica (46761454492) by Sonse. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ancient Main Road, Ostia Antica (45899012505) by Sonse. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Dennis Mayk 2015 (Unsplash) by Dennis Mayk dennis_mayk. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Pantheon11 by Meshari Alawfi. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Piazza del Popolo Sunset - Flickr - radkuch.13 by Radek Kucharski from Warsaw, Poland. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Colonne Ioniche a Pompei by PaestumPaestum. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Foro de Pompeya (7) by Alberto-g-rovi. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
01 - Porticus Octaviae by Rudolfo Kithera. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Positano, Italy (Unsplash) by Yoosun Won showkin9. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Positano's sunset (Unsplash) by Ricardo Gomez Angel ripato. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rome Altare della Patria (Unsplash) by Joshua Newton joshuanewton. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rome, Italy (Unsplash) by Jace Grandinetti jacegrandinetti. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Sant'Angelo bridge, dusk, Rome, Italy by Jebulon. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Βασιλική της Παναγίας στο Τραντέβερε 2025-10-15 0529 by C messier. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Testaccio Skyline - ND0 7117 (10387101306) by N i c o l a from Fiumicino (Rome), Italy. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Via della Luce1 by Rabax63. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Vicolo del Leopardo, Trastevere, Rome, Lazio, Italy - panoramio by trolvag. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fontana di Trevi (IMG 4022) (26328785398) by Fabrizio Russo from Roma. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ales Krivec 2015-04-12 (Unsplash) by Ales Krivec aleskrivec. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Val d'orcia (Unsplash) by Cristina Gottardi cristina_gottardi. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy (Unsplash PGC4ePHMywM) by Jace Grandinetti jacegrandinetti. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Venezia (54373184733) by Jorge Franganillo. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Plaza Piazza de San Marcos 04 by Álvaro de la Paz Franco. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy (25497405648) by Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany. CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Tivoli - Villa d'Este - La fontana dell'organo by 66colpi. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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