Category: Lazio
Trying to understand Italy you can visit Etruscan graves in Cerveteri, ruins of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, think about the Empire while looking at Colossum or Forum Romanum in Rome, queue to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican, taste the vine in one of the villas of Frascati or Castelli Romani and check the WWII damages in Monte Cassino.
Articles in » Lazio
Viterbo
The town with Etruscan origins in Medieval times the site of the popes, the land of great autonomy competing with Rome. The symbol of the town, Palazzo dei Papi (1267) the residence of the popes between 1266 to 1281.
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
In 312 Emperor Constantine won the battle against his oponent Maxentius and soon declared Chistianity the official religion of the Empire.He gave the land previously taken from disgaced family Laterani to the pope and commissioned the building of the church to the Holy Redeemer.
Terme di Caracalla
At the moment of finishing in 3rd century Baths of Emperor Antonius Caracalla were the largest ones in Rome, capable of hosting about 1,600 bathers.[Diocletian's Bath were just to be built]. The huge building featured massive 30 m high walls, but rather simply exterior. The interior, on contrary, was extremely rich, white marbles,gilded stuccos, walls [...]
Via Appia Antica
Appia Antica was the first from the Roman roads connecting the capital with strategic towns of the Empire.
Catacombs in Rome
No one really knows why the Christians decided to bury their dead in underground cemeteries known as catacombes. These layers of early Christian graves can be found in Rome, Naples and Sicily.
Ostia Antica
Less visited and almost forgotten by the tourists the ruins of ancient Ostia near the Rome Airport in Fiumicino are as well preserved, or even beter than these in Pompei and Herculaneum. The buildings and the temples gathered around remains of forum give better idea of an ancient Roman city that these of Forum Romanum [...]
Castelli Romani
The picturesque hills Colli Albani rich with volcanic soil, perfect for vintage wine are surrounded by thirteen medieval villages known as ‘Castelli Romani’. Easy accessible by local transportation, also an object of various coach tours from Rome offer panoramic views on the city, and the neighbouring lakes and numerous trattorias occupied both by locals and [...]
Luxury Apartments Rental in Rome
The private apartment in Rome gives you the unique opportunity to feel like a citizen of this historical city, jet vibrant with its different colours of youth and freedom.
Aldrovandi Villa Borghese
Overlooking the famous Borghese Gardens, hotel Aldrovandi offers all amenities of a small resort located in the prestigious area of Rome.
Ponza
Isola Di Ponza is quite often confused with its neighbour islands Ischia and Capri. It has similar rocks, size yet remains of volcanoes are extinct.
Piazza Navona
For almost two thousand years Piazza Navona is the area popular among the citizens of Rome, and an obligatory place to visit for uncounted number of travellers.
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
The central place of Piazza Navona is occupied by the magnificent work of Bernini the fountain of four rivers. Soon after the election, the new Pope Innocent X decided to rebuild and enlarge the surroundings of his new residence Palazzo Pamphilj.
Piazza del Campidoglio
In 1536 Pope Paul III asked Michelangelo to design a modern square, aimed to bring the old splendour to the ancient centre of the city, devastated and ruined in Middle Ages. The artist designed the square with the large entry road Cordonata and redesigned the facades of two already existing buildings: Palazzo Senatorio and Palazzo [...]
Cordonata Capitolina
Cordonata Capitolina gently rises from Aracoeli square to the Capitol buildings located on the sides of Piazza del Campidoglio.
Arch of Constantine
One of top landmarks of Rome during the high season is often so overcrowded by the tourist making photographs, that is hard to came even closer to it. The triumphal arch was built by Senate and People of Rome three years after the victory of Constantine over his co-emperor Maxentius.
Rome Weather
The best seasons of the year to visit Rome are Spring and Autumn. There is a lot of sun, and the temperature is warm, but not to hot like during the summer months. Spring Easter marks the beginning of the tourists season in Rome. Pilgrims from all over the world go to St.Peter’s Square to [...]
Castel Sant’Angelo – former Hadrian’s Mausoleum
The emperor Hadrian took a decision of constructing a mausoleum for himself, for his family and for his successors around 130 AD. The place that was chosen was a part of so called Domitia’s Gardens that lied in the neighborhood of Campo Vaticano, on the right bank of the Tiber river, in front of Campo [...]
Pantheon
Pantheon (also known as Santa Maria della Rotonda) is the best preserved building from the ancient period that survived to our times almost untouched. The first known temple constructed in one part of Campo Marzio was projected and founded by Marcus Agrippa between 27 and 25 BC. Its shape was rectangular and it was surrounded [...]
Fontana di Trevi
Arguably the most spectacular fountain in Rome , Trevi Fountain is without any doubts the most profitable one, as around three thousand Euro in dropped coins are collected by the city authorities. According to the tradition tossing the coin over the shoulder while standing back to the fountain guarantees future return to Rome. The fountain [...]
THE COLOSSEUM (Flavian Amphitheatre)
This huge amphitheatre was built by the Jewish prisoners on the spot among three hills – Palatino, Celio and Esquilino, exactly where some years earlier there had been a pond adjacent to the famous Domus Aurea belonging to Nero.
