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Valle Giulia is a valley area of Rome, immortalised in Fontane di Roma . [1]

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  1. Middleton, John Izard; Robertson, Lynn (1997). The Roman Remains: John Izard Middleton's Visual Souvenirs of 1820-1823, with Additional Views in Italy, France, and Switzerland. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 64. ISBN   978-1-57003-169-4.