The city has been enhanced by Roman emperors and popes over 2000 years. Walking through the Forums and entering palaces and churches of all eras is like reading the great history of art and architecture, an unforgettable experience.
The inauguration of Rome's new concert halls, the Auditorium Parco della Musica, was a meaningful event for the city as it was the first modern building to be constructed after fifty years. The last significant project had been the EUR quarter. Designed by Renzo...
The artistic and archaeological treasures of Rome are not only above ground. The belly of the city preserves captivating and atmospheric places, such as the catacombs, which are definitely worth visiting. The lands that flanks the Via Salaria, starting from the...
One of the most famous Roman monuments in the world is the Flavian Amphitheatre, better known as the Colosseum. It was built by the emperors of the Flavian dynasty. Its construction began under Vespasian in AD 72 and was inaugurated in AD 80 by his son Titus. Further...
Inside the Basilica and its underground chambers you can observe the layering of the levels and relive the civilizations that developed in Rome throughout the centuries. The upper level houses a medieval basilica constructed with spoils, such as columns, and decorated...
There is no chance you will die of thirst while in Rome. No other city in the world can boast as many public drinking fountains as Rome, where there are 2,000 . On warmer days it is a real pleasure to drink from city's “Nasoni” (big noses), not only because it is...
The most fascinating feature of the Galleria Borghese is the fact that, after more than two centuries, frescoes, sculptures and paintings are still today perfectly intact, well preserved and consistent with the history of the Borghese family. In fact, visitors are...
The Chapel was begun on the orders of Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere in the late 15th century. The hall is rectangular, illuminated by six large windows and covered by a shallow barrel vault. It was the same Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere to invite a group of extraordinary...
Via Margutta is a small street in the centre of Rome, in the Campo Marzio district. It is located at the foot of the Pincio hills, a place of art galleries and trendy restaurants, that in the past housed craft workshops and stables. It is parallel to Via del Babuino,...
Via del Babuino, Via del Corso and Via di Ripetta are the three streets of Rome better known as Trident indicating the three streets that start from Piazza del Popolo, at the foot of the Pincio hills and go into the heart of the historic centre of the Capital, in the...
From Vicolo del Curato, close to Piazza Navona, Via dei Coronari goes straight to the banks of the Tiber near Ponte dell’Angelo which leads to Castel Sant’Angelo and then to Piazza San Pietro. It was the shortest way for the pilgrims, travelled and attended all year...
Like many streets in the historic centre of Rome, Via dei Banchi Vecchi was named after the activities that historically were carried out there. The “banchi”, open-air in many cases, were the spaces where the bankers practiced and where the notaries, for convenience,...
Piazza Navona is one of the most evocative places in the capital. The piazza takes its name from the term “Agone”, which in Greek means race or battle, and was used to indicate public game events. At the time of ancient Rome, around 86 AD, the Piazza was the Stadium...
It is odd to think that one of the best known places in Rome owes its name neither to its appearance nor to Italy. Piazza di Spagna is named for the presence of the Embassy of Spain to the Holy See in Palazzo Monaldeschi, while the monumental stairway of 136 steps was...
Piazza del Popolo is one of the most famous squares in Rome. This piazza is the last major achievement, and among the most spectacular, of papal Rome. The urban structure of the area is tied to the history of pilgrimages, particularly those related to the celebrations...
The area adjacent to the Tiber, where the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin stands, was also called Ripa Greca because of the important colony of Greeks that had settled in Rome and occupied this bank of the river. This colony was infiltrated by monks who arrived from...
Via di San Giovanni in Laterano is the Gay Street of Rome, in front of the breathtaking majesty of the Colosseum, a 360-degree expression of freedom, tolerance, democracy and the newest concept of hospitality. Still known affectionately not only to the Romans as "lo...
In Rome, this is by far the greatest market for knick-knacks, winding like a long snake from Via Portuense to Via Ippolito Nievo, as far as Viale Trastevere and, obviously, the piazza from which it takes its name, Piazza di Porta Portese. Baubles, trinkets and costume...
The multifaceted and conflictual world of Esquilino (a historic district of Rome), that sees the emergence of new realities next to the popular historic ones of the capital, finds an interpreter in Amara Lakhous, an Algerian writer and Italian citizen, whose novels...
Via Giulia is a historical road, about one kilometre long, in Rome. In the Middle Ages Via Giulia was called “Magistralis” because it was deemed a main road, despite it being winding and muddy. Sixtus IV della Rovere, during the city’s reorganization, restructured it...
Indicated in the Town Plan of 1909, in a large area named Prati della Farnesina, far from the historical centre, is a green area generically destined for the public. In this space, Renato Ricci, founder and president of the O.N.B. (Opera Nazionale Balilla) an...
Acronym for the Universal Roman Exposition, the EUR is a completely new district, conceived in the architecture of the 1920s, and created precisely in view of the new vision of the imagined world. In reality, The Universal Exposition never took place, due to the...
Campo de' Fiori in the city of Rome is one of the most famous and best-known places in the world. It is the market square par excellence, and this may be why it is thought to be one of the most popular Roman places. Here, it is still possible to find the true Roman,...
The Bocca della Verità is nothing more than a manhole cover of the Cloaca Maxima. After the Coliseum, one of the most famous images of the Eternal City is this mysterious bearded male face, carved on a Pavonazzetto marble slab of about 1.75 metres in diameter....
“Eternal evening for the trees that have fled/ into silence: the cold road grieves/ the dead in a green land: of faded/sounds in the harmonious air smells/of golden wind the sea of cypresses” (Alfonso Gatto “Via Appia”) In the Appia Antica park, a walkway of monuments...