1: 753 BC Remus, base Palatine

Via dei Cerchi, Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

2: 163 BC T. Gracchus, Roman Forum

Foro Romano, 00186 Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

3: 44 BC Caesar, Theater of Pompey

Via dei Barbieri, 1, 00186 Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

4: St. Peter, Nero's Stadium

Via Nicolò V, 00165 Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

5: 268 St. Valentine

Via del Velabro, 00186 Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

6: 1500 Giordano Bruno

Piazza Campo de' Fiori, 00186 Roma, RM (Lazio), Italy

7: 1564 Michelangelo's corpse heisted

Piazza dei Santi Apostoli, 00187 Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

The church where Michelangelo's nephew, Leonardo, stole the body from to bring back to Florence. Michelangelo died just across the street heading South.

8: 1924 Giacomo Matteotti

Ponte Giacomo Matteotti, 00195 Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

Along the Tiber near this bridge is where the abduction happened.

9: Aldo Moro's body recovered

Via Michelangelo Caetani, 00186 Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

10: 1981 Pope John Paul II

Piazza San Pietro, 00193 Roma, Roma (Lazio), Italy

The red porphyry cobble precisely marks the place where John Paul II was shot and miraculously survived. The spot is near the NW corner of the colonnade.

Map and videos of famous assassinations and attempts, kidnappings and a heisted corpse.
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