Attractions

ST. PETER'S BASILICA IN VATICAN

In the small Vatican state, lying in the urban area of Rome , stands St. Peter's Basilica, its huge bulk dominating the place of the same name, stretching in front of it. The latter is framed by a fascinating colonnade, the superb Baroque creation of...

COLOSSEUM

Destined to host gladiator fights "munera" and hunting spectacles "venationes", and built in the valley contained by the Palatine, Esquiline and Caelian hills - on the spot where the artificial lake, Nero's Domus Aurea lay - the Flavian amphitheatre,...

ROMAN FORUM

At the foot of the Campidoglio stretches the large archaeological area of the Roman Forum, its colossal remains the immortal testimony to the lavishness and power of ancient Rome. Crossed by the Via Sacra, the heart of the city, the area, reclaimed b...

VATICAN MUSEUMS

Housed in the sumptuous halls of the Vatican palazzos - built in different periods - the Vatican Museums, or Pontifical Galleries, house an extremely important collection of works of art which, ordered by the pontiffs - starting with Julius II, who h...

PANTHEON

In the heart of the historic centre of Rome stands one of the most important and best-preserved religious buildings of ancient Rome: the Pantheon, dedicated, as the name of Greek origin indicates, to all the pagan gods, and indeed, for precision to t...

PIAZZA NAVONA

Creating an attractive cityscape and lying on the ancient site of Domitian's stadium, indeed its shape and size are the same, Piazza Navona is one of the most admirable and shining examples of the Roman baroque. It was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernin...

SISTINE CHAPEL

The place where the Sacred College of Cardinals, the highest authority of the Catholic church gathers in conclave to elect the new pontiff, the Sistine chapel, located at the end of the vast museum complex of the Pontifical Galleries, in the Vatican ...

TREVI FOUNTAIN

In the square of the same name, gained through the picturesque streets of the old city centre, rises the imposing Trevi Fountain, the most celebrated of all the monumental fountains in Roma. It is also called the "dell'Acqua Vergine" fountain, becaus...

ALTARE DELLA PATRIA OF ROME

The imposing bulk of the Altare della Patria, the monument erected in memory of King Victor Emmanuel II and for this reason also known as the Vittoriano, dominates historic Piazza Venezia, the heart of Rome. To make way for the vast marble building ,...

ARCH OF COSTANTINE IN ROME

In the valley between the Palatine and Caelian Hills, on the ancient Via dei Trionfi, rises the Arch of Constantine, one of the most important and oldest commemorative monuments preserved within the urban fabric of Rome. Dedicated, in 315 AD, by the ...

BASILICA OF ST. JOHN IN LATERAN OF ROME

Rising massive and beautiful, in the square of the same name, is one of the oldest churches in the world, the Basilica of St. John in Lateran, the cathedral of Rome. Erected on the remains of a previous fourth-century AD building, during the imperial...

CASTEL SANT'ANGELO IN ROME

On the right bank of the Tiber, in the heart of Rome, stands the ancient sepulchre of Hadrian, nowadays known as Castel Sant'Angelo. In 590 Pope Gregory the Great, conducting a penitential procession to pray for the end of the plague, had a vision of...

TRAJAN COLUMN IN ROME

In the vast area of the Trajan Forum rises the huge bulk of the Trajan Column which, today is still almost perfectly intact, is one of the oldest and extraordinary artistic testaments to ancient Rome. Erected between 110 and 113 AD, probably by the a...

MUSEUM AND GALLERY BORGHESE IN ROME

One of the most interesting art collections in Rome, among the most beautiful in the world, is housed in the Borghese. The building, situated in the heart of Rome, is a sumptuous seventeenth-century villa inspired by ancient patrician residences, des...

QUIRINAL PALACE IN ROME

The grandiose Quirinal Palace, situated on top of the eponymous hill, has an extremely important historic-artistic place among the vast architectonic heritage of Rome. Built by Pope Gregory VIII in 1574 as a summer palace and designed by architect Ot...

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Centre of the world and of the Roman empire

Rome, Italy's capital, rises on the banks of the Tevere about 25 kilometers from its main outlet in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is situated at the center of an undulating plain, the Campagna Romana, which is confined one side by the hills of Monte Mario, Gianicolo and Monteverde and on the other side by smaller hills of volcanic origin - the so-called "Seven Hills."
Two thousand years of history have made the artistic and architectural patrimony of Rome so rich that the tourist feels overwhelmed. Thus it is preferable to outline a precise program and to fix determined objectives, according to one's taste and the amount of time available.