Category: Rome
The articles in this section include 'the must see' while in Rome. After covering the standard path including Italian food and culture the further articles will go 'of the beaten road' to discover the Rome as seen by its habitants.
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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.
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.
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.
Trinita’ dei Monti church
Trinita’ dei Monti is a famous church in Rome, well known because of its location just above the Spanish Steps that descend into the Piazza di Spagna. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and the full name of the church is ‘Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio’.
Piazza di Spagna
Piazza di Spagna, with the Trinità dei Monti, is one of the most famous squares of Rome. This monumental stairway that consists of 135 steps was inaugurated by Pope Benedict XIII on the occasion of the Jubilee of 1725. It was realized thanks to funding of the French between 1721-1725. In those times it was [...]
Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese with its 80 hectares is the third largest public park in Rome after Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada. It is mainly situated in district Pinciano with a small part on the Campo Marzio quarter divided by the Aurelian Walls.
La Bocca della Verita
The popular Italian saying ‘in Bocca al Lupo’ is used instead of wishing good luck. It means ‘into the mouth of the wolf’. And yet, in the middle of Rome there is more powerful mouth – ‘La Bocca della Verita’ The Mouth of the Truth.
