Churches and places of worship

Basilica di San Pietro

St. Peter's Basilica is one of the largest churches in the world and is located in Vatican City in the heart of Rome. The basilica was built as a church over the supposed grave of the apostle Simon Peter, who is also the patron saint of the church.

Streets and Squares

Piazza Navona

The Piazza Navona is one of the characteristic places of Rome. Its elliptical shape is due to the stadium for athletic competitions built by Julius Caesar.Today, the Piazza Navona is popular as a venue for trade fairs, markets and festivals.

Monuments

Colosseo

The Colosseum, originally known as Amphitheatrum, is the most famous Roman amphitheater. Capable of holding up to 50,000 spectators, is the largest and most important Roman amphitheater and most impressive monument of Antique Rome.

Streets and Squares

Piazza di Spagna

Piazza di Spagna, built for pope Innocent XII by Francesco de Sanctis in the eighteenth century is undoubtedly one of the greatest attractions for tourists with its butterfly plan and Roman Baroque style. At the foot of the stairs we can find the Barcaccia Fountain with the shape of a sinking ship that reminds of the flood of River Tiber in 1598. The staircase of Trinità dei Monti connects the square with the Trinità Church.

Fountains

Fontana di Trevi

It is the most famous fountain in Rome, located in in Trevi square. Realized in 1732 by Nicola Salvi by request of Pope Clement XII, the fountain central figure is Neptune, god of the sea, who is riding a chariot with two sea horses.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Cappella Sistina

Built by Giovanni dei Dolci in 1473 for Pope Sixtus IV, the Chapel is part of the museums of the Vatican.With its rectangular shape, it displays inside the well-known masterpieces of Raffaello and Michelangelo. Raffaello realized a series of tapestries that cover the lower walls,while Michelangelo decorated the wall behind the altar with the fresco of the Last Judgment.

Streets and Squares

Piazza Campo De' Fiori

Piazza Campo dei Fiori is located almost halfway between Piazza Navona and Piazza Farnese. The square is one of the most picturesque places in the city. At the center of the square is the statue of the philosopher Giordano Bruno. Piazza Campo dei Fiori is an example of continuity between ancient Rome and the current city.

Churches and places of worship

Trinità dei Monti

Overlooking the famous Spanish Steps, it was built in the 16th century. The church has a clock on a bell tower and on the other a sundial.

Museums

Musei Vaticani

In the State of the Vatican, the Vatican museums welcome visitors with works of priceless value, collected by the popes during their existence or often commissioned by them, as the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms.

Monuments

Pantheon

The Pantheon ( "Temple of all the gods") is a building of ancient Rome, built as a temple dedicated to the gods of all religions. The Romans call it a friendly Rotonna ( "la Rotonda"), named after the square.

Churches and places of worship

San Luigi dei Francesi

Monuments

Bocca della Verità

The Mouth of Truth is an ancient mask in marble pavonazzetto, immured in the wall of the porch of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin of Rome from 1632.

Museums

Scuderie del Quirinale

Adjacent to the Quirinal Palace, it has 1500 square meters of exhibition area on the first and second floor. Of particular interest are the exhibitions that are held and continue to mark the memory with the public and art historians.

Historic Centres

Colle Aventino

It is one of the seven hills on which Rome was founded. It has two peaks, one of them is close to the Tiber and the other one is located more south, the minor Aventine. According to myths, the Aventine is connected to Remus and Romulus, the two brothers who followed the signs from gods to discover the city. During the reign of King Servius Tullius, the famous temple of Diana was built here, sanctuary of the Latins. Today, one of the most beautiful view is that of St.Peter’s Basilica.

Theaters

Auditorium Parco della Musica

It is a multifunctional complex, planned to house concerts and cultural events. Designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, it is located among Villa Glori, the Parioli hill and the Villaggio Olimpico. The Auditorium has three main concert rooms allocated in buildings with different sizes, covered in lead and surrounding an outdoor amphitheatre, the cavea able to house nearly 3.000 spectators.

Churches and places of worship

Arcibasilica San Giovanni in Laterano

Dedicated to John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, the Basilica is also the cathedral of the Pope. Built in the 4th century by Constantine the Great, it is the very first church built in Rome. The main elements to see are the two-storied portico, the Cosmatesque pavement with the Colonna family’s coat-of-arms, the baldacchino, whose reliquary contains the heads of Saints Peter and Paul, the High Altar, the Altar of Holy Sacrament and the cloisters that represent the remains of the Benedictine monastery, Romanesque and Gothic style.

Historic Centres

Ara Pacis

The monument is a beautiful example of early Roman sculpture. Its Altar of Majestic Peace was commissioned by Emperor Augustus to celebrate his triumph in Gaul and Hispania and symbolized the establishment of peace in the Roman Empire. The Altar was sculpted from white marble and the scenes represented feature Roman piety, the Emperor and his family, figures of individuals who wear laurel crowns.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta Pia

Parks and nature reserves

Villa Ada

Villa Ada in Rome is the fourth largest public park. It houses numerous neoclassical buildings, including the royal villa.

Streets and Squares

Piazza Venezia

Located in the centre of Rome in Via del Corso, the square is dominated by the monument Il Vittoriano. Under the Vittoriano is Palazzo Venezia built by cardinal Pietro Balbo between 1455 and 1464. Across Palazzo Venezia is Palazzo Generali and on its right, Palazzo Bonaparte

Monuments

Piazza del Popolo

Located towards Porta Flaminia, you can see the Church Santa Maria del Popolo that houses some of sculpture and painting masterpieces by Caravaggio, Raffaello, Bramante, Bernini. Opposite the door, is the Tridente, a complex of three streets. In the middle of the square is the Flaminian Obelisk, granite Egyptian monolith.

Monuments

Mausoleo di Augusto

Fountains

Fontana dei Fiumi

Archaeological Sites

Arco di Costantino

The Arch was built by command of the Senate of Rome to commemorate the victory of Constantine over Maxentius in 312 AD. The Arch, 21 meters high and 26 wide has three archways and is richly decorated with statues and reliefs.The statues on the top represent Dacian soldiers defeated by the Trajan army.

Monuments

Altare della Patria

The monument was built in honour of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the unified Italy. Placed in Piazza Venezia, the structure in white marble was designed by the sculptor Angelo Zanelli and realized by the architect Giuseppe Sacconi. The main element of the altar is the neo-classical porch with Corinthian columns. The two fountains represent the Adriatic coast with San Marco lion and the Tyrrhenian coast, with the wolf of Rome and the siren Partenope. Inside is the famous Milite Ignoto, the body of an Italian soldier died during the First World War.

Museums

Casa di Goethe

The House of Goethe, which was inaugurated in 1997 by the architect Pietro Bracci, is located in the Campo Marzio district in Rome. The building is dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his Journey to Italy, made from 3 September 1786 to 18 June 1788. The various rooms of the interior contain various elements of the biennial period in which the German artist lived his holiday in Rome.

Natural Areas

Parco degli Acquedotti

The immense public park “Parco degli Aqueducts”, with large spaces of greenery and suggestive landscapes enriched by the ancient Roman aqueducts... enchanting place for a walk at sunset

Historic Centres

Città del Vaticano

The State of Vatican City is the smallest recognized country in the world. It is an enclave within the city of Rome, has an area of 0.44 sq. km and 932 inhabitants. The Vatican is an absolute monarchy, whose head of state is the Pope.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Castel sant'Angelo

Built around the 123 A.D. as tomb for Emperor Hadrian and his family, Castel Sant’Angelo embodies the destiny and history of Rome. In the time, it was used as a shelter for Popes and as prison. Today it is the seat of the National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo whish displays its collection of documents and weapons.

Museums

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini

A collection of works by the great masters of the XVI and XVII century, such as Raphaeland Caravaggio. Masters mainly of the Italian painting, but also many foreign artists. To be seen!

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Galleria Nazionale d’ Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

A huge collection of modern Italian art. It was established in 1883, it has 4,400 works of painting and sculpture of Italian artists, most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also deals with ‘living’ art.

Theaters

Teatro Argentina

Located in largo di Torre Argentina, it is one of the most ancient theatre of Rome inaugurated in 1732 with the Berenice of Domenico Morelli. The Theatre houses Opera, Symphony and Prose plays. Inside it, the Museo Storico del Teatro organizes guided tours and consultation of its photographic and documentary archive.

Theaters

Teatro Eliseo

Of Roman theaters, the Elysium is the youngest, opened in 1938. Here passed the best Italian theater before the war and its aftermath. Today, it continues to be the scene of the great quality products and great performers.

Theaters

Teatro Sistina

It is one of the most representative Italian theaters. It has hosted the greatest artists and musical performances: from Louis Armstrong to Burt Bacharach. Even today, the Sistina maintains its reputation thanks to national and international events presented.

Museums

Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo

The Castel Sant’Angelo (Adrian Mole or ‘Castellum Crescentii “) is a Roman monument, built as a tomb for Emperor Hadrian in 123 AD C. Today it is converted into a museum with beautiful rooms and precious collections of paintings and artifacts.

Museums

Musei Capitolini

The Capitoline Museums were born in 1471, thanks to the donation, consisting of bronze statues, of Pope Sixtus IV to the Roman people. Most of the works come from the city of Rome. Worth seeing!

Theaters

Teatro dell'Opera

Cradle of the verist opera and of theater music of the twentieth century. Built by the Roman businessman Domenico Costanzi . Here, have been played the music ofGiacomo Puccini. Today, there are operas, concerts and dance performances.

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Galleria Spada

A private collection of Cardinal Bernardino Spada, which includes paintings, many of the XVII century, with works by Guercino, Baciccia, Orazio Gentileschi, Guido Reni. To be seen, the Perspective Gallery designed by Borromini.

Museums

Museo di Roma

A collection of art since Middle Ages to the first half of the twentieth century: frescoes, mosaics, paintings, costumes and graphic works on the Roman Republic. With the opportunity to do themed trails. A unique testimony to be seen.

Museums

Galleria Borghese

A collection of paintings and sculptures from the XV to the XVIII century. Thanks to the initial collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese it houses masterpieces by Antonello da Messina, Giovanni Bellini, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio and others.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Borghese

Villa Borghese is a big landscape garden containing buildings, museums and other attractions. Being Rome’s second largest public park, it was developed and built by Flaminio Ponzo and Scipone Borghese who used the park as a party villa as well as to house his art collection. Villa Borghese is not only a breath of fresh air but also gives its visitors a spectacular view of the museums, the bio park, a theatre, a winter ice skating track with skateboarders space to enjoy their visit.

Streets and Squares

Via dei Condotti

Via dei Condotti, known simply as Via Condotti, is one of the best known streets in Rome. Located in the north of the historic center (the so-called Trident), connects Via del Corso to the Spanish Steps.

Churches and places of worship

Basilica San Paolo Fuori Le Mura

One of the four papal basilicas of Rome, the largest after St. Peter. Do not miss the frescoes, mosaics, the tomb of the Apostle Paul and the beautiful external porch.

Museums

Musei Vaticani Collezione d'arte religiosa Moderna

The Collection of Modern Religious Art was established in 1973 by Pope Paul VI and is located in the Borgia apartment, on the first floor of the Papal Palace, as well as in some rooms below the Sistine Chapel. It is part of the Vatican Museums and was founded to exhibit donations and contemporary works of art that best express religious sentiment. We also find in the first section the sculptural work of Auguste Rodin “The Hand of God”.

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Musei Vaticani: Cappella Sistina

The Sistine Chapel was performed by painters such as Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and others, and took its name from Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere. The vault with the starry sky was painted by Pier Matteo d'Amelia. The fifteenth-century walls were decorated with themes such as the stories of Moses, of Christ and the portraits of the Pontiffs. Giulio II della Rovere, entrusted Michelangelo Buonarroti to modify the part in decoration and he painted the vault and the lunettes of the walls. We also find 9 central boxes depicting the history of Genesis and the rebirth of humanity with Noah's family.

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Musei Vaticani: Gallerie dei Candelabri, Arazzi e Carte Geografiche

The Candelabri Gallery was built in 1761 by Pius VI and was initially a loggia. Its name comes from the presence of marble candlesticks from Roman times. In the Gallery of Tapestries we find works commissioned by Pope Clement VII to decorate the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries inside the Scuola Nuova were woven in Brussels. In addition, in the Gallery of Geographical Maps there are several frescoed maps exhibiting the topography of the Italian regions and of the Papal State.

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Musei Vaticani: Museo Chiaramonti

The Chiaramonti Museum is named after Pope Pius VII Chiaramonti and was built in 1806, during the excavations of the Papal State in Roman antiquarians. Of great importance was the work of Antonio Canova who was the one who managed the criteria for the ordering of the museum. In fact, he wanted to present the three sister arts such as sculpture, architecture and painting with his frescoes. The Museum currently consists of a thousand ancient and funeral sculptures.

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Musei Vaticani: Museo Gregoriano Egizio

The Gregorian Egyptian Museum was founded in 1839 at the behest of Pope Gregory XVI. Its function was to collect ancient Egyptian artifacts collected in the city of Rome and from the Villa Adriana. These finds can be seen in the nine halls of the Museum where many sculptures are placed, both those of the collection and those coming from ancient Mesopotamia.

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Museo "Hendrik Christian Andersen"

The Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum exhibits the works of the Norwegian painter and sculptor Hendrik Christian Andersen. The painter had his own utopian project of a World City or rather than a workshop of ideas in which he studies art, religion, philosophy and sciences. On the ground floor of the museum we find models and finished works on the project the World City. On the first floor we find collections and also exhibitions focused on the links of foreign artists with Italy between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Museo del Vicino Oriente

The Museum of the Near East was established in 1971 to preserve the finds from the Institute of Studies of the Near East. It has an educational function and is divided into two sections: Egypt Section with materials from 1964, coming from the Italian Archaeological Mission in Egypt and Eastern Section in which we can admire finds excavated in Israel like those of Ramat Rahel and Akhziv.

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Museo Centrale del Risorgimento

The Central Museum of the Risorgimento was inaugurated in 1970 and its history is linked to the collection of the testimonies relating to the political, economic and social transformation of Italy in the 18th, 19th centuries and XX. We find inside the museum depicted the history of Italy with a section dedicated to the main figures of the Italian Risorgimento such as Giuseppe Garibaldi, Giuseppe Mazzini and the Count of Cavour Camillo Benso. You can also visit the archive that has over a million manuscripts and documents, as well as a collection of prints and photographs.

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Museo "Mario Praz"

The main feature of the Mario Praz Museum is to be a home — museum. This is a private apartment of the collector who lived in the period 1896—1982. The rich collection, of about 1,200 objects and the library are located on the 3rd floor of Palazzo Primoli. The museum is now open to the public.

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Museo "P. Canonica"

The Pietro Canonica Museum is located inside the Villa Borghese in Rome. There are mainly works by Pietro Canonica in marble, bronze, sketches and studies representing the complete evolution of the artist. The museum is divided by rooms, seven in general. The peculiarity of the museum lies in the existence of a private apartment, in which you can admire art objects, tapestries and a seventeenth-century armor.

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Museo Africano

The African Museum of Rome was established in 1923 with the task of describing and illustrating the Italian colonies in Africa. Inside the Museum there was a library and numerous beautiful collections divided by sections. In addition, the visitor can admire artwork, handicraft elements, paintings, jewelry etc.

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Antiquarium Forense

The Forensic Antiquarium was created in the early twentieth century by Giacomo Boni. It is located in the rooms on the ground floor of the well-known cloister of Santa Francesca Romana. We find on display in various rooms some funerary finds and objects found in childhood tombs dating from the 8th to 7th century BC. Of great importance are also some reliefs of the Basilica Aemilia which are also of great importance. The themes of the myth of Aeneas and the history of the city resume.

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Galleria Colonna

Galleria Colonna is a Roman Baroque artistic work, commissioned in the mid-1600s, by Cardinal Girolamo I Colonna and inaugurated by his son Lorenzo Onofrio in 1700. The gallery was designed in such a way as to represent the victory of the Christian fleet over the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. In fact, in the rooms of the Gallery, the commander of the fleet is painted at various times, namely Marcantonio II Colonna. In addition to many other works of great importance, we also find the painting by Bronzino depicting Venus, Cupid and Satyr.

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Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

The Municipal Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome and its collections date back to 1883. Its headquarters was first at Palazzo Caffarelli, in the Campidoglio and with the accumulation of new and important works, it was decided, in 1925, to place the Gallery in what was the Convent of the Carmelites, in Via Crispi. In the Gallery we can find several works ranging from Realism to Divisionism and works by various Italian artists such as De Chirico, Morandi and Guttuso.

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Galleria dell'Accademia Nazionale di San Luca

The Galleria dell'Accademia Nazionale di San Luca is located in the Palazzo Carpegna and on its top floors are exhibited the collections of the Accademia itself. We find inside the Gallery paintings and works that portray the members and principles who took part in the formation of the Academy. The gallery currently has a wide collection of paintings and sculptures and, among them, about five hundred portraits.

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Galleria Doria Pamphilj

The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is part of the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, which was originally the residence of Cardinal Fazio Santoro and dates back to the early sixteenth century. The Gallery was decorated by Ginesio del Barba and, along its walls, you can see many extraordinary works, among all, of great value, we admire the View of the Port of Naples, of the Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. We can also observe the wonderful Madonna and Child, by Giovanni Bellini as well as many other works of an important artistic component.

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Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

The National Gallery of Modern Art was established in 1883 by Guido Baccelli and its headquarters was that of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Via Nazionale in Rome. Then, for a lack of space and insufficient space, to collect the works, the current building was designed by the Roman engineer Cesare Bazzani. The Museum has 55 rooms and over four thousand four hundred works of painting and sculpture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We can find works such as those of Francesco Hayez and Antonio Canova, as well as the works of Balla and Boccioni.

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Museo Civico di Zoologia

The Civic Museum of Zoology was established in 1932, and within it we find millions of specimens coming from private and public collections. The history of the museum actually dates back to the early 19th century, when in the tropical countries in addition to other collections that were donated to the popes, also examples of exotic birds came from the missions. Today, more than 5 million unique and particular specimens from different civilizations can be observed.

Cemeteries

Cimitero dei Cappuccini

The Capuchin Cemetery is located near the Church of Santa Maria della Concepzione. It consists of four internal rooms which can be accessed through a corridor. In the rooms are placed the bones of 4000 friars who died in Rome in a period between 1500 and 1870. The bones are put in such a way as to form decorative elements, while there are also skeletons dressed in the dress of the friars.

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Museo d'Arte Contemporanea

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome was inaugurated in 2002 under the name 'Macro' and at its direction is Danilo Eccher. The building was expanded around 2010 by the architect Odile Decq. The rich collection presents about six hundred works.

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Museo delle Mura

The Museum of the Walls is part of the Aurelian Walls and is located inside the Gate of San Sebastiano in Rome. The idea of the Museum was born after World War II when the Gate was opened to the public, but the official opening of the Museum deliberated by the City Council took place in 1989. The Museum is located in seven rooms and there is also a terrace and a walkway.

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Museo della Basilica di San Pancrazio

The Museum is located on the Gianicolo Hill inside the Basilica of San Pancrazio, on the place where the martyr was buried. The materials present the finds belonging to the church during the 5th century and some fossils found during the excavations: capitals, sarcophagi, funeral peaks, Greek and Latin epigraphs, statues, etc.

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Museo della Casina delle Civette

The Museum of the Casina delle Civette is located in the former Torlonia house, designed in 1840 by Giuseppe Jappelli. In 1978, the Municipality of Rome had the Villa Torlonia complex open to the public, initially only the park and after long restorations also the Casina delle Civette in which today the homonymous museum is located. The building from the outside is characterized by 54 stained glass windows, instead inside, presents the 20 museum rooms with rich collections of mosaics, wall paintings, boiseries and stuccoes.

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Museo dei Bambini "Explora"

The Explora Children's Museum was established in 1994. The project was born from a collaboration between the Children's Museum Association, the Institute of Psychology of the C.N.R. and the Municipality of Rome. The structure dedicated to children is the first private museum of its kind. To date, it represents an important opportunity for knowledge and interaction in an environment designed for the little ones.

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Museo di Antropologia Giuseppe Sergi

The Museum of Anthropology was founded in 1884, by Giuseppe Sergi. Inside it we can admire the findings of current human variability and the natural history of Homo sapiens and other primates. The Museum is divided into two paths, Paleoanthropology and the path of the History of Anthropology to Sapienza from 1800 to 1900. You can also visit the findings of two Neanderthals found in Rome.

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Museo di Chimica

The Museum of Chemistry was established in 1986 and initially had only a box of glasses, in which some willing had begun to dispose of equipment deemed interesting. Later, in 1988, the Department of Chemistry assigned to the Museum another space where a large glass wardrobe from Via Panisperna was exhibited. The Museum currently exhibits scientific equipment and some documents belonging to S. Cannizzaro, dating back to 1872, the year in which he established the Royal Chemical Institute.

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Museo di Criminologia

The Criminology Museum was established in 1930 and immediately received appreciation from abroad thanks to the richness of the historical and scientific heritage it kept. It had several renovations and the last one dates back to 1991. The Museum presents historical testimonies on the punitive systems of the past and is an educational tool for training institutions.

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Museo della Civiltà Romana

The Museum of Roman Civilization was opened to the public in 1955. The current collections of the museum come from the collections of the Archaeological Exhibition of 1911 of the Museum of the Roman Empire. The museum is divided into fifty-nine sections and inside it we can admire reproductions of statues, busts, part of the full-size buildings and reliefs. Among the works of greatest interest we can remember the model of ancient Rome at the time of Constantine I.

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Museo di Anatomia Comparata

The Museum of Comparative Anatomy is based in the University of Sapienza in Rome. Its origins date back to 1805 when during the Pontificate of Pius VII, a Muse was set up. The visitor can find in the rooms of the Museum, as well as an exhibition of vertebrate skeletons also instruments, such as the Leeuwenhoek microscope.

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Museo di Antichità Etrusche e Italiche

The Museum of Etruscan and Italic Antiquities was founded in the 1950s by Massimo Pallottino. Inside we can admire many original archaeological finds: casts and models concerning the Etruscan culture of pre-Roman Italy. The Museum is spread over two floors occupying an exhibition area of 570 square meters, where two collections are exhibited, the Gorga Collection and the Rellini Collection. The collections preserve ceramics from the Etruscan area and falisca area materials.

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Museo Teatrale del Burcardo

The Burcardo Theatre Museum is located inside the homonymous Palazzetto and is in typical Gothic style. Inside the museum, numerous and beautiful collections are exhibited showing sculptures, costumes, props and hundreds of paintings.

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Museo della Via Ostiense

The Museum of the Via Ostiense was established in 1954 and is located in the Gate of San Paolo, in the ancient Aurelian Walls. It was created to illustrate the topography of the territory between Rome and Ostia, which in Roman times was marked by the Via Ostiense. At the museum we can observe three painted arcosoli, found on a tomb of the 3rd century AD, casts, funeral stones and remains of frescoes from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Parks and nature reserves

Bioparco

The Zoological Garden of Rome was founded in 1908 with the task of creating a place of attraction for all visitors for a wonderful wildlife collection. The Zoo was inaugurated in 1911 and, moreover, was built by Carl Hagenbeck who had already opened, in turn, the famous Stellingen Zoo, in Hamburg. In 1935 Raffaele De Vico's enlargement work was completed and the two new areas of the Great Aviary and the Reptilary opened.

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Museo dei Cappuccini

The Capuchin Museum is famous all over the world for its striking ossuary crypt. In the Museum there are many objects used in the past by the friars who lived in this structure that at the time housed the Convent of the Friars Minor Capuchin. Nowadays, thanks to the help of high-tech with innovative tools such as touch-screen and holograms, tourists can live a multimedia experience and dedicated to modernity to discover the aspects fundamentals of the life and culture of these friars.

Fountains

Fontana del Tritone

The Fontana del Tritone is located in Rome, in Piazza Barberini. It was built by Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1642. It was built in an area that was part of a Barberini estate. It is one of the most beautiful fountains of Bernini. The fountain is conceived as a show and an extraordinary work.

Fountains

Fontana delle Api

The Fontana delle Api is located in Piazza Barberini in Rome. It was built by Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1644. It was then rebuilt in 1915-16. After a restoration, in 2000, the head of a bee was damaged and, in 2004, a copy was placed at the same point. In the Bernini fountain, bees are associated with the theme of water understood as an image of eternal life.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Boncompagni

The Boncompagni Palace also known as Palazzo Margherita, was built between 1886 and 1890 by Gaetano Koch. It consists of three floors and the location and style make it unique. On the ground floor there are 12 windows while on the first and second floor there are 15 windows. In the garden of the palace there are also two buildings dating back to the nineteenth century that belonged to the Boncompagni family. From 1931 to today it is home to the Embassy of the United States of America.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Margherita

Palazzo Margherita was built between 1886 and 1890 by Gaetano Koch for the Prince of Piombino Ludovisi. It was the residence of Queen Margaret until her death in 1926. Only the trees in the villa's garden are left of the original park. The building is the only work existing in Rome by the sixteenth-century sculptor.

Museums

Galleria Borghese

Galleria Borghese, contains the works of painting and sculpture by the collector and Cardinal Scipione, son of Ortensia Borghese. Inside the gallery rooms, there are works from the 15th century to the 18th century including Bernini's “Apollo and Daphne “and “David with the Head of Goliath “by Caravaggio. The building is one of the most visited galleries in Rome given the majestic collection of considerable artistic value.

Fountains

Fontana del Mose

The Moses Fountain was built between 1585 and 1587 by the architect Giovanni Fontana. The fountain consists of four ionic columns. In correspondence there are four lions who throw water from their mouths into three tanks. In the central cavity we have a sculpture of Moses. On the frame of the attic there is an inscription by the pontiff.

Fountains

Fontana dell'acqua Felice

The Happy Water Fountain was built in 1587 by Domenico Fontana. It was named so in honor of Pope Sixtus V. At its center is depicted Moses, indicating the waters miraculously emerged from the rock. This work was created by Leonardo Sormani with the collaboration of Prospero Antichi. A work of art that represents a particular point of interest for many tourists.

Archaeological Sites

Terme di Diocleziano

The Baths of Diocletian are a spa built in Rome between 298 AD and 306 AD. It is one of the largest spas ever built in Rome where up to 3000 people were welcomed. Part of the thermal baths were also the frigidarium, the tepidarium and the calidarium, used by Michelangelo for the construction of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli and the Christian Martyrs. In 1889 it became the original seat of the National Roman Museum, where you can visit the great tomb of the Platorini and that coming from the Necropolis of Via Portuense.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Paolina Bonaparte

The Villa Paolina Bonaparte was built in 1822 by the architect Giovanni Lazzarini. The building was built on the shore of the sea in direct contact with nature. The bedrooms and living rooms are all in front of the beach. Villa Paolina is a wonderful villa surrounded by greenery and that tourists can admire in all its splendor.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe di Priscilla

The Catacombs of Priscilla were excavated in the tuff between the 2nd and 5th centuries and the name comes from the women who donated the ground for the construction of the burial area, Donna Priscilla. 35 meters deep and articulated on three levels, the catacombs are home to about 40,000 burials, including many martyrs and six popes.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di Lunghezza

The Castle of Length is located in the homonymous town in the municipality of Rome. It dates back to the birth of the Roman Republic and was built on Paleolithic remains. Over the centuries it has undergone numerous transformations and has hosted characters such as Jacopone da Todi, Bonifacio VIII, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Caterina De' Medici, the Strozzi family, and Carlo of England. Its structure is classified as a national monument. It is currently in excellent condition, is home to the Imaginary Park and is open to the public.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Madama

Villa Madama is a suburban villa on the model of Roman villas. The villa was built after 1517 at the behest of Giulio de Medici. In the courtyard there is a formal garden, an amphitheater and a terrace, with a beautiful view of the Tiber. Nowadays it is used as the representative headquarters of the President of the Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Glori

Villa Glori is a 25-hectare park located in the city of Rome. It has a particularly irregular configuration, with a somewhat wild natural garden. It has been open to the public since 1924. It was dedicated to the fallen of World War I under the name “Park of Remembrance”. In 1997, installations by contemporary artists were included in the park, which constitute a wonderful example of inserting works of art into nature.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Casa di Amore e Psiche

The Domus of Love and Psyche was built in the second quarter of the fourth century. It got its name from a small statuary group with Love and Psyche found in one of the bedrooms. On the central setting, there is a small garden with a monumental fountain. The whole building is special and is very interesting to visit.

Museums

Museo del Presepio Tipologico Internazionale

The Nativity Scene Museum was founded in 1967, near the Church of SS Quirico and Giulitta in Rome. It was born as a museum thanks to donations from the collections of Angelo Stefanucci. The rooms of the museum have more than 3000 pieces from all Italian regions and antique pieces, such as a crib built with small shells of Sicily from the 17th century.

Museums

Museo di Mineralogia

The Museum of Mineralogy in Rome was established in 1804 by Pope Pius VII and is the oldest among all the museums of the University of Sapienza in Rome. Inside you can see more than thirty-four thousand specimens of minerals and special collections such as those of Lazio. In 2009, the Museum hosted the collection of giant crystals donated to Commendator Primo Rovis.

Museums

Museo Storico della Liberazione

The Historical Museum of Liberation was built in the environments of a Nazi police and prison command. It was established in 1957, as a public body with legal personality. In the museum, original documents, newspapers and leaflets related to the Nazi Fascist occupation are exhibited. The rooms were set up in memory of the inmates, bringing to public attention national and Roman dramatic moments lived in those years.

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Museo Storico di Architettura Militare

The Historical Museum of Military Architecture in Rome exhibits objects belonging to the Count of Cavour and plastics and models that faithfully reproduce scenes of military action. There are also broadcasting media such as telegraph and radio. Finally, we find an exhibition of military architectural works starting from the prehistoric ones up to the construction of castles.

Museums

Mostra Permanente "Le Carrozze d'Epoca"

The Permanent Exhibition “The Vintage Carriages” is sponsored by the Public Bodies of Rome and owns a collection of over 160 pieces, of which many vintage carriages kept for over forty years with passion and a lot of care. Of great value can be seen, in a space of over 3,000 square meters, representation sedans, Landau and even the famous chariots of the films “Ben Hur “and “Gladiator”.

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Museo Fondazione Roma

The Museum Fondazione Roma, already Museo del Corso, was born in 1999. So far in this museum have been held over 30 exhibitions in collaboration with the most prestigious museums in the world. To be closer to art. Very interesting!

Theaters

Teatro Valle

This theater is part of the artistic and cultural heritage of Italy. Built in 1726, it hosted the most famous companies and the great actors of the time. Today, it has a variety of shows that feature monographies.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Borghese

Palazzo Borghese was the home of the homonymous family in Rome. Its structure has a particular shape, for this reason it is considered one of the four wonders of Rome. The most interesting part of the palace is the garden that is among the most beautiful in all of Rome and hides among the trees, fountains in honor of the gods Venus, Flora and Diana. Very interesting is the third façade, known as “The Harpsichord Keyboard” which is characterized by two unaligned balconies overlooking the garden.

Museums

Keats and Shelley Memorial House

The Keats and Shelley Memorial House was the home of the writer and romantic poet John Keats and is located next to one of the most fascinating and wonderful staircases in Rome, the Spanish Steps. This house is also a museum. It has a varied collection of manuscripts, paintings and sculptures from the first editions of Keats's works, but not only that. We can also find works by other exponents of English Romanticism such as Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.

Museums

Musei Capitolini: Galleria Lapidaria

The Lapidaria Gallery is part of the Underground Conjunction Gallery built in the late 1930s, which connected the Capitoline palaces, under Piazza del Campidoglio to Rome. The gallery was inaugurated in 2005. Today it offers a vast collection of Capitoline epigraphic, as well as having a history of more than 1400 marble inscriptions of the Roman Age, which were exhibited in 1957 during the III International Congress of Epigraphy Greek and Latin.

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Musei Vaticani: Museo Gregoriano Profano

The Gregorian Profane Museum was founded in 1844 by Gregory XVI Chapellari at the headquarters of the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran. Only in 1970 the ancient finds that composed it were transferred to the current headquarters of the Vatican Museums. The activity is to document different themes of classical art of ancient Greece up to the Imperial Roman Age. In fact, in the areas of the building we find several funerary stelas and fragments of Greek sculptures as well as altars and sarcophaguses of the Imperial Roman Age.

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Musei Vaticani: Museo Pio Clementino di Scultura

The Pio Clementino Museum of Sculpture is so named by its founders Clement XIV Ganganelli and Pius VI Braschi as in the second half of the 18th century there was an increase in the papal collections due to excavations in the Roman territory and those who offered works to the popes. The Museum was rich in neoclassical sculptural works made under the direction of Giuseppe Camporese, but also many other artists. In 1797 the main masterpieces of the Museum were sold to France and, in 1815, Antonio Canova brought a large part of the works back to the main building.

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Musei Vaticani: Museo Pio Cristiano

The Pius Christian Museum was founded in 1852 by Pope Pius IX and originally hosted ancient works exhibited at the Lateran Museum. Inside the Museum you can see finds that come from the 6th century onwards and, of particular beauty, we find the statue of the Good Shepherd, which was originally a high relief of a sarcophagus. The statue resumes a young man with a tunic above his knees who loads a lamb behind him.

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Musei Vaticani: Padiglione delle Carrozze

The Carriage Pavilion was established in 1967 by Pope Paul VI and is part of the Historical Collections Department of the Vatican Museums. Inside you can see the wonderful Grand Gala Sedan, enriched in its decorations by Pope XVI and built in 1826 by Pope Leo XII.

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Musei Vaticani: Pinacoteca

The Vatican Art Gallery was inaugurated and built by the architect Luca Beltrami on 27 October 1932, according to the directives of Pius XI. It is located in a part of the nineteenth-century Square Garden, considered suitable for ensuring the best lighting conditions. The idea of a Pinacoteca was born after the fall of Napoleon in 1817, with the following return to the State of the Church of the works he belongs to. Currently there are 460 paintings arranged in eighteen rooms with works from the twelfth century to the 19th century.

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Musei Vaticani: Pontificio Museo Missionario Etnologico

The Pontifical Ethnological Missionary Museum was founded in 1926 by Pope Pius XI, at the closing of the Universal Missionary Exhibition. Inaugurated in the Palazzo del Laterano in 1927, only in 1973 it was set up in the current headquarters of the Vatican Museums. The Museum contains several works offered to the Popes by individuals and by the different Dioceses, works that are of valuable historical and cultural value. Note the collection of the Borgiano Museum and the collection of prehistoric finds of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.

Museums

Museo 'D. Agostinelli'

The “D. Agostinelli” Museum was inaugurated in the 1960s, but was recognized to the Superintendence of Fine Arts only in 1992. Inside, we can admire a varied collection of over 600,000 objects collected during the period of Mr. Domenico Agostinelli. The collections are a testimony to the culture of man in various periods and in addition to these collections, we can find the finds from the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankamon and Mazzini's letters addressed to Garibaldi .

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Museo Astronomico Copernicano

The Copernican Astronomical Museum was founded in 1873 for the celebrations of the fourth centenary of the birth of Copernicus. The Museum houses astronomical instruments of great importance such as sundials, astronomical dials and within it there are also sections related to the historical development of objects used for the observation. In addition, in the library we find an important text of ancient astronomy, namely the De revolutionibus orbium coelestium of Copernicus.

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Museo Barracco

The Barracco Museum was built in 1523 by Thomas Le Roy, who was allowed to enrich with his own emblem, the lily of France and all the decoration of the building. In 1904, Baron Giovanni Barracco donated to the municipality of Rome some works of classical art and the Near East. Today we find several exhibitions divided into rooms, where we can admire a detail of the Hourglass of Ptolemy Philadelphia of Alexandria and Parade Chariot with two characters from Cyprus.

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Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le Arti Decorative

The Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum for Decorative Arts was opened to the public in 1995. His story begins with the donation of Villino Boncompagni by Princess Blanceflor de Bildt Boncompagni to the State in 1972. Subsequently, the Villino was entrusted to the National Gallery of Modern Art and inside the Museum we can find a path that highlights the Italian society of the twentieth century with furniture, clothes, and Great value and beauty fashion accessories.

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Museo Archeologico Ostiense

The Ostiense Archaeological Museum was built in 1865 by Pontiff Pius IX in what were previously the walls of a fifteenth-century building used for the storage of salt. Inside the museum we can find archaeological finds found during excavations and, moreover, we can observe a collection of portraits of stubborn characters such as the head of Trajan and the bust of Asclepius. There are also sculptures such as the statue of Perseus holding the head of Medusa and also the marble statue of Love and Psyche.

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Musei Vaticani: Museo Gregoriano Etrusco

The Gregorian Etruscan Museum was founded in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and initially collected objects that were found in the excavations of the city of southern Etruria. Since 1870, with the advent of the end of the Papal State, the museum acquired important and wonderful archaeological collections such as the donations of Benedetto Guglielmi in 1935 and the purchase of the collection Falcioni in 1898. Inside the museum the story of the Etruscan people is told with materials from the 9th to the first century BC.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello Farnese di Isola Farnese

The Farnese Castle located in Rome, is a castle from the Middle Ages. The present appearance is due to the work of Cardinal Farnese who transformed the ancient medieval fortress into a stately palace. The castle is in excellent condition and is available to all interested parties.

Archaeological Sites

Citta Etrusca di Veio Vicolo Formellese

Museums

Pinacoteca Vaticana

The Vatican Art Gallery was inaugurated and built by the architect Luca Beltrami on 27 October 1932, according to the directives of Pius XI. It is located in the Square Garden, considered suitable for ensuring the best lighting conditions. The idea of a Pinacoteca was born after the fall of Napoleon in 1817, following the return to the State of the Church of the works he belongs. Currently, it houses 460 paintings from the XII-XIX centuries arranged in eighteen rooms.

Fountains

Fontana del Nettuno

The Fountain of Neptune is located in Piazza Navona. It was built in 1576 by Giacomo della Porta. At the center of the fountain is the God of the Sea, while, around, there are horses led by children who play with dolphins and mermaids who fight against sea monsters.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Altemps

In Palazzo Altemps there are important collections of antiquity and collections of Egyptian works that are testimonies of Egyptian cults in Rome. Inside we can admire Greek and Roman sculptures from the 16th and 17th centuries. The visit of the Palace takes place on two floors arranged around a beautiful courtyard decorated with a monumental fountain. The structure is the best example of urban architecture realized in the Renaissance.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Primoli

Palazzo Primoli was owned by the Gottifredi family until the end of the 18th century, then passed to the Filonardi. The Palace is home to the Primoli Foundation, created and designed by Giuseppe Primoli. Inside we find the Primoli Library, which collects about 30,000 volumes.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta San Paolo

Porta San Paolo is one of the doors of the Aurelian Walls built by the Emperor Aurelian in 275 AD. which was reached through the Via Ostiense. Originally it was built on two twin arches with two semi-circular towers. Below, several restorations changed its appearance by establishing an entrance arch and an arched door. Inside we can find the Museum of the Via Ostiene which offers visitors an illustration of the topography of the territory between Rome and Ostia.

Monuments

Piramide Cestia

The Pyramid Cestia is part of one of the funerary monuments present in the first century BC in Rome and is located along the Via Ostiense. Politician Caio Cestio had arranged in his will to have his own tomb built in pyramidal form within 330 days of the arrangement. The structure of the monument, which we can still observe even today, is more than 36 meters high and has a base of 29 meters. The core is composed of a brick curtain and on the outside we can see that the pyramid is covered with marble slabs.

Archaeological Sites

Antiquarium di Santa Prisca

The Antiquarium Di Santa Prisca is located in Via di Santa Prisca in Rome. It is a beautiful place with cultural values, in which, remains of epigraphs and sculptural finds have been found. The Antiquarium is present in the category of historical monuments by the Geodruid Rome 2013 guide.

Archaeological Sites

Tempio di Vesta

The Temple of Vesta was built in the 4th century BC and was part of the “Atrium Vestae” complex at the Roman Forum. Its characteristic is that it has hosted the 'sacred fire' which was the symbol of the Roman State. The fire was kept in the cell surrounded by twenty Corinthian columns. In the inner cavity, the “pignora civitatis “were preserved, namely the objects sacred to the destinies of Rome.

Archaeological Sites

Templi di Portuno e di Ercole

The Temples of Portuno and Hercules are located in the Forum Boario and are also located a short distance from the ancient Tiberino port. The building that takes the name of Portuno dates back to the fourth century BC and is presented in Ionian style, with four columns on the façade and others in travertine at the pronao. The Temple of Hercules instead dates back to the second century BC and was the second marble building to be built in Rome. Its structure has a circular shape and the columns, which are located around the cell, are made of Carrara marble, due to the restoration in the Tiberina era.

Monuments

Arco di Giano

The Arch of Janus is an arch with four arches located in the city of Rome. The square-plan building dates back to the fourth century, has a height of 16 m and is built on four pillars. The meaning of the name of this bow is covered passage. In Roman times it was used as shelter by merchants who crowded the Forum.

Archaeological Sites

Tempio della Fortuna Virile

The Temple of Manly Fortune was built in the 2nd — I century BC and was identified as the Temple of Portunus, or the protector God of the river port located near it. Built on a podium from the Republican era, it is composed of a pronao with four columns in Ionian travertine. In 872 the building was transformed into the Church of Santa Maria del Secundicerio and, later, into the Church of Santa Maria Egiziaca.

Bridges

Ponte Rotto

The Rotto Bridge was built in 214 BC, by Manlio Emilio Lepido, and was the first masonry bridge in the city of Rome. Also known as 'Pons Aemilius', it changed its name many times over the centuries. The 1598 flood destroyed three of the six arches and the bridge was no longer rebuilt. Currently, there is only one sixteenth-century arch left, resting on the original pylons of the 2nd century BC.

Theaters

Teatro di Marcello

The Teatro di Marcello is part of the theaters of ancient Rome. It is located in the southern area of Campo Marzio, between the River Tiber and the Capitol Hill. It was built at the behest of Emperor Julius Caesar. The theatre is articulated with the “cavea” with a semi-circular plan supported by articulated constructions.

Archaeological Sites

Tempio di Apollo Sosiano

The Temple of Apollo Sosiano was located near the Teatro Marcello in Rome and was inaugurated in 431 BC. It is called the Temple of Apollo Sosiano in the name of the Consul Gaio Sosio, who totally reproduced the building In 32 B.C. Particular of this building was the cell, which inside it had numerous artistic works and in which meetings of the Senate were also held. The monument featured semi-columns that stood at the sides of the cell, as well as having a large podium.

Churches and places of worship

Sinagoga di Roma

The Synagogue of Rome is one of the largest temples in Europe. It was built between 1901 and 1904 in the Jewish ghetto area of Rome. The Temple was erected between the two symbols of Roman freedom, the Capitol and the Gianicolo, emblem of the Risorgimento battles. The Synagogue can be visited only on days dedicated to worship, on Saturdays and Sundays. It's definitely worth a walk and visit it.

Archaeological Sites

Portico d'Ottavia

The Portico d'Octavia is a construction that dates back to the second century BC. The complex was built at the behest of the Emperor Augustus who dedicated it to his sister Octavia. It is located in the territory where before the ancient portico of Metello was located and included the temple of Juno Queen and Jupiter Stator as well as a Curia and several libraries. In 80 it was damaged by fire and was rebuilt by Septimius Severus. In the Middle Ages, a fish market was built on the remains of the portico complex and the church S. Angelo.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Senatorio

Palazzo Senatorio is located in Rome, between the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo. The palace was built above the ruins of the ancient Tabularium. This building was the only one left from the Republican Age. Above the building stands the bell tower rebuilt by Martino Longhi the Elder. In a classroom in the building, frescoes were discovered, for a long time remained hidden. The rooms inside the building are also of great interest. The building is open today to the public.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Mattei di Giove

Palazzo Mattei di Jupiter was built by Carlo Maderno in 1598. The building was designed for the Marquis of Jupiter Asdrubale Mattei, married to Costanza Gonzaga. It is built on three floors, has facades of late sixteenth-century shapes. The two courtyards and the staircase of the palace are adorned with sculptures, reliefs and ancient vases. The rooms of the palace have painted vaults dating back to the early seventeenth century. The building also houses the State Disco, the Historical Institute for the Modern and Contemporary Age, the Library of Modern and Contemporary History.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Giulia

Villa Giulia was built by Pope Giulio III Ciocchi Del Monte in 1550-1555. It is one of the most refined and representative examples of the architecture of Mannerism in Rome. On the ground floor there is a portal flanked by two niches, inserted in a triple rusticated arch. The rear facade features the large semicircular portico designed by Ammanati. Many statues in the courtyard and in the Nymphaeum were taken to the Vatican. After having had various uses in 1889 it was finally destined to the Museum of Etruscan Art.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Ruspoli

The structure has a severe late-Renaissance and symmetrical system, visible from the windows on three floors. Inside the staircase, designed by Martino Longhi the Younger, leads to the main floor, where the gallery is covered with frescoes of mythological and allegorical scenes by Jacopo Zucchi and is adorned with ancient busts. Palazzo Ruspoli, organizes exhibitions and events of great artistic and cultural importance.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Casina Valadier

The Casina Valadier is located inside the Pincio. The building was built by the Valadier between 1816 and 1837. It is a Neoclassical column construction without a base. The atmosphere of the neoclassical interior restored its splendor with frescoes and paintings in Pompeian style. It is a very special place to visit and is open to the public.

Monuments

Orologio ad acqua

The Water Clock is a monument dating back to the end of the 18th century. This monument was designed by Father Giovanni Battista Embriaco. It is located in Viale dell'Orologio, next to a pond, and consists of four dials. The water under the structure allows the pendulum to be set in motion, also loading the ringer through the filling of two basins.

Cultural centers

Caffè Greco

The Antico Caffè Greco is located in Rome in via Condotti and was founded in 1760. The coffee is very famous for the famous goers he had over the years and has been for a long time, a meeting place for intellectuals. Apart from the good coffee there is also a very rich collection of works of art.

Fountains

Fontana della Barcaccia

The Barcaccia Fountain is a fountain located in Rome, in the Spanish Steps. It was built around 1629 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini with the help of his father Pietro. Today the fountain is one of the most beautiful and most frequented monuments by tourists and Romans, certainly favored by the fabulous scenery in which it is located.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo delle Belle Arti

Palazzo delle Belle Arti was built by the architect Cesare Bazzani in 1911. It was damaged during the World War II conflict and was later restored. It is characterized by a solemn classic façade and a porch on binate columns. Today the institution is configured as an art gallery of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Medici

It is an architectural complex located in the hill of Pincio next to the Trinità dei Monti. In 1576 the building was purchased by dei Medici family and it was the seat of the ambassadors of the Granducato di Toscana. To see its internal façade decorated with many bas reliefs from the Ara Pacis and the gardens.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo di Spagna

Palazzo di Spagna was built in 1653 by A.del Grande and F.Borromini. The façade is modest and consists of three balconies. The palace is the residence of the Spanish Embassy. In front of the palace is the figure of the Virgin.

Museums

Casa Museo Giorgio De Chirico

The Giorgio De Chirico House Museum is located in one of the most beautiful, fascinating and among the most visited squares in Rome, Piazza di Spagna. Here the artist lived since 1948, after a long wandering between European cities and New York. The house-museum was inaugurated in 1998 and inside it you can find a great deal of works, as well as furnishings and environments typical of the fifties of the twentieth century. It is also possible to visit the artist's studio located on the second floor and where we also find several chalks of ancient statues and horses.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo di Propaganda Fide

The Missionary Museum of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, also known as De Propaganda Fide, was founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. The museum was created to present to the public the works, objects and narratives collected of a missionary nature during the numerous activities in the world up to the present day. The palace is considered one of the most interesting examples of Rome's Baroque architecture.

Museums

Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna

The Gallery of Modern Art in Rome was founded in 1883, as a representation of contemporary artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the gallery you can contemplate more than 4000 paintings and sculptures and more than 13,000 drawings and prints. For the '900 we notice many works of the figurative culture of divisionism, documenting, thus, the period known as the Roman School. From the 1800s we admire works that show the passage between Neoclassicism and Romanticism.

Archaeological Sites

Tempio di Antonio e Faustina

The Temple of Antonio and Faustina dates back to 141 AD and is a monument erected by Antonio Pio to his wife Faustina, after his death. The Temple has a staircase, as well as columns about 17 meters high in white marble that represented the majesty of the façade. In the eleventh century the Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda was established inside the building and, after various adventures, it was destroyed and rebuilt again in 1602.

Cultural centers

Casino dell'Aurora Pallavicini

The Casino dell'Aurora Pallavicini is located inside the Palazzo Pallavicini Rospigliosi complex. The Casino dell'Aurora was built during the 1600s and is a masterpiece of Italian Baroque. As it was conceived at the beginning, the Casino still hosts important and prestigious events such as conferences, exhibitions, concerts. You can see plates of Roman sarcophagi that tell myths related to the theme of love and immortality of the soul.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Vidoni

Palazzo Vidoni Caffarelli is located in Rome and was built between 1515 and 1536 at the behest of Bernardino Caffarelli. It represents one of the oldest Renaissance palaces in the area. The façade had seven arches with the ground floor and a rusticated base with horizontal bands in dark tuff. The palace supports important sixteenth-century frescoes, depicting moments from the life of the emperor. Inside the building there are some Roman statues and a fountain from the classical period.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Palazzo della Cancelleria is located in Rome in Piazza della Cancelleria. The palace was built for Cardinal Riario and is an example of Renaissance architecture in Rome. In 1517 it became the seat of the Apostolic Chancellery. In the building there is a fresco that Giorgio Vasari made in just 100 days. In the 17th century, a small private theater was built by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni and, then, was transformed into the center of Rome's musical life.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Massimo

It is a neo-Renaissance style building and houses one of the most important collections of classical art in the world. On the ground floor there are beautiful Greek finds found in Rome. On the first floor there are famous masterpieces of the ancient statuary and magnificent sarcophagi, with a battle scene carved in high relief. On the second floor, there are frescoed walls and mosaics that present the home decoration of prestigious Roman residences.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Braschi

Palazzo Braschi was built in 1792 on the foundations of what was before Palazzo Orsini. The architect Cosimo Morelli was commissioned by Pope Pius VI to design this palace that was supposed to be a gift to his nephew, Luigi Braschi Onesti. Since 1952, the palace has been home to the Museum of Rome and you can visit the two floors available for visits but unfortunately, renovations and restorations are still underway.

Fountains

Fontana del Moro

The Fontana del Moro is one of the oldest Renaissance fountains in Rome. Four newts were used for decoration. In the restoration of 1874, they were replaced by copies executed by Luigi Amici. The newts are located in the fountain of the lake of Villa Borghese. The central sculpture is designed by Bernini.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Maccarani

Palazzo Maccarani was built by Giulio Romano between 1519-1524 and belonged to the Maccarani family. In the facade there is a rusticated portal and on the right six architraved windows. The third floor was built in the nineteenth century and has windows with a simpler style. The courtyard is characterized by a nymphaeum with a fountain with two eighteenth-century busts that in the center depict the Odescalchi coat of arms.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo della Sapienza

The Palazzo della Sapienza is a historic Roman building with a rectangular plan, and used for public use. It consists of four bodies, two major and two minors with orientation that include a large courtyard. The first architects to deal with the construction were the Florentines Andrea and Santo.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Madama

It is the seat of the Senate of the Italian Republic and takes its name from Margherita of Austria, daughter of Emperor Charles V, who married Alessandro dei Medici. After the death of all the members of dei Medici, Pope Benedict XIV made it the seat of papal Government. Rooms of great interest to visit are: Sala Maccari, Sala Italia, Sala del Risorgimento, Sala dello Struzzo, Sala Cavour.

Archaeological Sites

Scavi di Ostia Antica

The remains of the Ostia Antica are to be attributed to the fourth king of Rome, Anco Marzio who decided to exploit the salt pans at the mouth of the Tiber from 620 BC. The first settlement took place at the beginning of the 4th century BC, when a fortress was built with powerful tuff walls and rectangular plan. This military camp was given the name of Ostia, which means the mouth of the river, thus becoming also a river port.

Archaeological Sites

Sepolcro degli Scipioni

The Sepulchre of the Scipioni dates back to the beginning of the 3rd century BC, by Consul Cornelio Scipione Barbato. In fact, its sarcophagus was located in front of the entrance to the monument and, currently, it can be observed in the Vatican Museums. The tomb was excavated in the tuff itself of the hill and its structure is in a square plan with pillars that divide it into six galleries. In the walls of the galleries, niches were created for sarcophagi built with tuff slabs and square blocks.

Archaeological Sites

Terme di Caracalla

They are located in the southeast area of the ancient Rome center. The Baths were built during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, whose nickname was Caracalla, in 212 AD and works to complete them lasted five years. This structure was not only a bathing house. It was a complex of libraries, art galleries, restaurants and gymnasium, famous for its interiors with floors and walls covered in mosaics and amazing fountains and statues.

Walls, towers and gates

Aquedotto di Nerone

The Aqueduct of Nero was built from 54 to 68 AD to supply the eastern part of the nymphaeum of Nero and Lake Domus Aurea with water. The aqueduct has had several renovations over time and the remains of today belong to the renovation carried out by Settimo Severo in 211 AD. still visible in via Domenico Fontana, Piazza S.Giovanni in Laterano, via S.Stefano Rotondo and in Piazza della Navicella.

Monuments

Monumento a San Francesco d'assisi

The Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi was inaugurated in 1927 on the occasion of the seventh century since the death of the Saint. The monument was designed by the sculptor Giuseppe Tonnini. The statue represents the saint with his arms facing up and his hands straight towards the Basilica of St. John. Behind the statue are also noted the followers who accompanied him to the meeting with Pope Innocent lll. You can also read on the monument the verses of the song of the Paradise of the Divine Comedy through which the description of the figure of the Saint was made.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Lateranense

The Lateran Palace is a building complex that includes the Papal Apartment, the government offices of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican Museums, the Vatican Apostolic Library, as well as more than 1. 000 rooms. Since the beginning of the 4th century, it has been the main residence of the popes, for about a thousand years. The Lateran fortified complex created a citadel around the Papal Palace, including the Cathedral and the Baptistery.

Churches and places of worship

Scala Santa

The Holy Staircase is part of the medieval legend which tells that it is the ascent of Jesus, transported in 326 by Saint Helena Empress to Rome. In fact, it represents the scale of Jesus' ascent to the interrogation hall of Pontius Pilate, before his crucifixion. The building that contains it is called Scala Santa and was built at the end of the 16th century by Pope Sixtus V. The structure was erected by Domenico Fontana and in the palace inside it we can admire several monuments.

Churches and places of worship

Convento Scala Santa

Convento Scala Santa was built in the 15th century and consists of 28 marble steps. The building is one of the most revered by pilgrims, but also by art lovers. The altar has an image of Jesus in Byzantine style. The church that contains it is the renovation of a patriarchal palace that is known as Sancta Sanctorum.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta Maggiore

The Porta Maggiore originates from the Claudio Aqueduct. It was built in 52 and was made of rustic rusticated. Later the door was included in the route of the Aurelian Walls. The construction owes its name to the fact that from there you could go to Santa Maria Maggiore. In its vicinity we can admire a rich collection of ancient finds: hypogeums, some funeral monuments and an underground basilica.

Archaeological Sites

Tempio di Minerva Medica

The Temple of Minerva Medica was built in the fourth century AD in the area that had previously belonged to the Emperor Gallieno. Its structure has a decagonous plant and a part of the majestic dome that unfortunately collapsed in 1828. There were semicircular niches and arched windows stood above them. Today, only brick masonry remains of the monument and some parts of the dome decorated with mosaics.

Archaeological Sites

Auditorium di Mecenate

The Mecenate Auditorium is an ancient architecture located in Largo Leopardi. The monument was discovered in 1874, during the excavation work for the construction of the new Esquilino district. It is a rectangular semi-underground classroom decorated with paintings and frescoes made in the first century BC. Today it is a site managed by the Municipality of Rome and can be visited by reservation.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Brancaccio

The Brancaccio Palace was built in 1880 in Rome. It is a historic building, beautiful both in the indoor and outdoor rooms with the garden of centuries-old plants and trees. The villa has an original classic style furniture of the time with tapestries, rugs, crystal chandeliers, brocades and lace.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta Magica

The Magic Gate was part of the secondary entrance to the villa of the Marquis Massimiliano Palombara in Rome. It consists of a marble frame with engravings and on its sides are two statues that are not part of the original work, but were added later referring to the Egyptian god Bez. This airtight door is currently crossing the gardens of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele and stopping at the corner facing the church of S. Eusebius. The door is in excellent condition.

Monuments

Arco di Gallieno

The Arch of Gallieno was built by Tarquinio Prisco in the 6th century. It is located inside the Rione Esquilino district of Rome and is also known as Porta Esquilino. According to history, during the time of Emperor Augustus, the neighborhood around the Arch of Gallieno was among the most lively and populous in the city of Rome.

Museums

Istituto di Patologia del Libro

The Central Institute of Book Pathology was established in 1938 and since then it has been managed by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. His field is to study the damages that the book material can suffer. In the rooms of the Museum we can find the history of the book, its production and the causes or damages due to the deterioration of paper material. Today, this institution is open to the public.

Archaeological Sites

Sepolcro di Marco Virgilio Eurisace

The tomb of Eurisace dates back to the first century BC and is a monumental tomb of Marco Virgil Eurisace, a Roman baker and his wife. The property is located near Porta Maggiore and was located in the homonymous square, between Termini Station and the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. The monument is made of travertine and is adorned with characteristic elements, such as bags and mouths of doli.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe di San Callisto

The Catacombs of San Callisto are part of a vast community catacombal network from the end of the second century AD and are located in Via Appia Antica. The catacombs are named after the Pope Martyr, St. Callisto, born in 217 and died in 222. Dozens of martyrs, 16 popes and many Christians found burial in them. Along one of the galleries open the cubicles called “of the Sacraments” where the oldest paintings of the catacombs are preserved.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe di Pretestato

The Catacombs of Pretested are located on the left side of Via Appia in Rome. Their main nucleus is composed of a long tunnel adapted to a hypogeum tomb that is called spelunca magna. It was excavated in the 2nd century and was used below as a cemetery in the 3rd century. It is very rich in monuments and was used for the burials of characters from the Senatorium aristocracy and the imperial family.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe di San Sebastiano

The origins of the Catacombs of Saint Sebastian are pagan, later these structures became Christian cemeteries. The complex consists of numerous galleries, extended in a length of 12 km. The origins date back to the first century AD. The transition from a pagan cemetery to the Christian cemetery took place gradually. The catacombs are built of stone and mortar.

Walls, towers and gates

Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella

The Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella was built in the years from 30 — 20 BC, at the point where the lava flow expelled from the Colli Albani, in the Via Appia stopped. It is a monumental tomb erected for a Roman noblewoman, Cecilia Metella, of whom only her degree of kinship with some men of great importance from ancient Rome is known. In fact, the tomb is an interpretation of celebration of the prestigious family in which it took part, that of Quinto Cecilio Metello.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa di Plinio Rovine

Monuments

Castel Fusano Vicus Augustanus Laurentium

Castel Fusano dates back to the second century BC. At that time it was in vogue to erect luxurious residences for the Roman elite resembling those of the Hellenistic tradition. The “out of town” residences became an instrument of ostentation of political power and symbol of social prestige, built on the outskirts of the city, in very beautiful and evocative places.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo dei Penitenzieri

Palazzo dei Penitenzieri is located in Rome. It was built by Cardinal Domenico Della Rovere in 1480. It has a construction of the fifteenth-century model of Palazzo Venezia with the tower on the left, the Guelph cross windows and a courtyard on two levels with a well in the center. Inside there are frescoes from the 500. Today the palace is the seat of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Torlonia

Palazzo Torlonia began to be built in 1500 by Andrea Bregno. The building was donated by the Cardinal to Henry VIII in 1505 and became the first seat of the British Embassy. The main façade has a Renaissance structure, divided into three orders and consists of two floors of seven windows each. The large eighteenth-century arch portal opens onto a harmonious courtyard with an elegant porch attributed to Raphael, adorned with statues and in the bottom by two large nineteenth-century fountains.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta San Pancrazio

Porta San Pancrazio is located in the Gianicolensi walls and was built between 1854 and 1857 by the architect Virginio Vespignani. It was built on the ruins of the door built by Marcantonio De Rossi in 1648 and in 1951 the Museum dedicated to the Roman Republic of 1849 and to the Garibaldina tradition was built. There are two sections on display: that of the History Garibaldina Risorgimentale and the History and Events of the Italian Partisan Division Garibaldina.

Monuments

Gianicolo

The Gianicolo is part of one of the hills of Rome whose height is eighty-eight meters. The name comes from the god Janus who would have founded a town known as Ianiculum. It was connected to the city of Rome in the era of Anco Marzio, through the Sublicio Bridge from where the ancient road coming from ancient Etruria passed. Particularity of the Gianicolo is a singular cannon that shoots hello at noon.

Fountains

Fontana dell'acqua Paola

Fontana dell'Acqua Paola is one of the most beautiful fountains of the seventeenth century that was built by two famous architects: Giovanni Fontana and Flaminio Ponzio. Its style is typical of the Baroque. Today, this fountain is visited by thousands of tourists. It is the ideal place to admire one of the most beautiful views of Rome.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Sciarra

Villa Sciarra, part of the urban villas of Rome, is a construction built by Urbano II. Since 1549 the villa had several owners and in 1849, it became the property of Prince Maffeo II of Sciarra from whom it also took its current name. In 1896 the Sciarra sold the property to the Company of Credit and Land Construction Industry, which was later passed to an American passionate about gardens, George Wurts. The area of the villa is characterized by a variety of fountains depicting mythological characters and is available to all interested parties.

Churches and places of worship

Tempietto del Bramante

The Tempietto del Bramante is a Renaissance building located in the center of one of the courtyards of the convent of San Pietro in Montorio in Rome. This monument was commissioned to Bramante by the King of Spain because the convent belonged to a Spanish congregation. The theme was to celebrate the martyrdom of Saint Peter and, probably, the beginnings of construction refer to 1502. The structure of the building is that of a cylindrical body, inside which we find the cell that is surrounded by Doric colonnades.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro Quadrato

The Palazzo della Civiltà in Rome, was built from 1938 to 1940. The building has a square plan and has 54 arches per façade, for this reason, it was also renamed the Square Colosseum. The Palace was declared a building of cultural interest. The 28 statues represent 'human arts and activities'. The Square Colosseum with its special architecture has become the background or quote for many films.

Churches and places of worship

Oratorio di S.Lucia del Gonfalone

The Church of S.Lucia del Gonfalone is located in the historic center of Rome. The history of the church is closely linked to the foundation of the ArchConfraternity of Gonfalone. The first news dates back to the mid-1200, however, as the building was rebuilt between 1863 and 1867, has a nineteenth-century façade. The church has been the subject of numerous interventions, to note, in particular, the table of the sixteenth century, depicting the Madonna del Gonfalone and a wooden Crucifix, also from the 16th century. The building follows the rules of the Italian Baroque.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Corsini

Palazzo Corsini is a Roman palace built in the lower part of Villa Corsini. The palace was built in 1736 by Ferdinando Fuga. In 1883, the palace became the first Italian national gallery. Today it is a headquarters with eight rooms built according to the seventeenth-century use. From 1659 Riario Cristina of Sweden lived in the palace. In 1689 the Queen died there. It is a palace rich in history and is available to all culture lovers.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Farnesina

Villa Farnesina is located in front of Palazzo Corsini, in via della Lungara. It was built from 1506 to 1510 for the banker Agostino Chigi. It is one of the most beautiful villas of the Italian Renaissance. The building has a simple design, which harmonizes with the garden. The most important fresco in the room is the work of Raphael “Galatea”. On the upper floor of the villa, there is a beautiful living room of the Perspectives. Today the villa is open to the public and very well preserved.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Falconieri

Palazzo Falconieri is a 16th-century palace located in Rome. In 1638 Orazio Falconieri commissioned Francesco Borromini to bring it from 8 to 11 spans. There are two large baroque herms with female busts and hawk heads, which are the work of Borromini. On the prospectus overlooking the river is interesting the loggia consisting of three arches dating back to 1646. Of great value are the great staircase and the stuccoes of the ceilings. Today there is the headquarters of the Academy of Hungary, which owns a specialized library with more than 20,000 volumes.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Farnese

Palazzo Farnese was built by Antonio Sangallo, continued by Michelangelo and completed by Giacomo della Porta in 1514. It is one of the most beautiful Renaissance palaces in Rome. The palace belonged to one of the best-known families in Renaissance Rome and today it is home to the French Embassy. To visit it, you need to book in time.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo di Giustizia

The Palace of Justice in Rome was built by the Perugino architect Guglielmo Calderini, in the years 1889 - 1911. It is one of the major works created after the proclamation of Rome capital. By the Romans it is called Il Palazzaccio. The building is inspired by the late Renaissance and Baroque architecture according to the Umbertine style. On the sides of the entrance are the statues of 6 jureconsults. The upper part of the rear facade is enriched with a bronze coat of arms of Casa Savoia. Inside, the Hall of the Court of Cassation is adorned with several frescoes.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo dei Congressi

The Palazzo dei Congressi is located in Rome and is a project by Adalberto Libera. It was built in 1938 and completed in 1954. Its renovation led to the installation of new multimedia technological equipment and was able to host large projections.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre Anguillara

The Anguillara Tower and the adjacent palace date back to the 13th century. Count Everso II had several of its parts rebuilt in 1455 and later the palace passed to Alessandro Picciolotti from Carbognano, namely the one who was the vassal of the Anguillara. After a renovation by the architect Fallani in 1902, the tower was made, especially in battlements. Since 1921 the complex was under the directives of the Dante study company “Casa Dante”.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Cenci

The palace was erected in the twelfth century, with a particular architecture. On the façade there are two portals framed by rustic ravines, one of which is surmounted by a coat of arms with the head of Medusa. Currently at Palazzo Cenci there are the offices of the XIV Senator Studies Commission and the offices of the Administration.

Fountains

Fontana delle Tartarughe

The Turtle Fountain was designed between 1581 and 1588 by Giacomo della Porta and the sculptures were created by Taddeo Landini. The fountain is built in bronze and consists of four ephebes who play with 8 dolphins resting on the pools. This causes the fountain to have a complex architectural structure enriched with marble and is distinguished from the Roman fountains of the 500. Legend says that the work was done by Duke Mattei to amaze the father-in-law who did not want to give him his daughter.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Spada

Palazzo Spada is a building in which both the Galleria Spada and the Council of State are located. The palace was built in 1540 for the honor of Cardinal Girolamo Capodiferro. The peculiarity of the building is the fact that due to the precise mathematics and engineering used in the construction phase it creates the optical illusion of being longer than it actually is, characteristic typical of the Italian Baroque. Inside the rooms you can watch paintings, antique sculptures, antique furnishings and furniture.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Montecitorio

Palazzo Montecitorio is the building where the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic is located. The construction of the building was commissioned to Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Innocent X in 1953. The idea was to create a residence for the Ludovisi family. After the Unification of Italy, the building houses the Chamber of Deputies and for this reason new classrooms were built.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Chigi

Seat of the Italian government since the 1961, it is located in the heart of Rome along Via del Corso. Conceived by Pietro Aldobrandini, it was purchased by the Chigi family, who named it. In 1922 Benito Mussolini transferred here the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sala dei Mappamondi, the anteroom of Salone del Consiglio, Sala del Consiglio dei Ministri and Studio del Presidente del Consiglio are the most beautiful rooms to visit.

Monuments

Obelisco di Axum

The Obelisk of Axum comes from the homonymous city and was built between the first and fourth century AD by Egyptian artists. It was placed in Rome in October 1937 after a long journey, where hundreds of Italian soldiers had been hired for transport. For its construction, metal wedges were used that strengthened the obelisk from the inside. Despite the fact that the Obelisk was returned to Ethiopia in 2005, only in 2008, a construction site was started to rebuild the stele, and this thanks to Italian funds.

Archaeological Sites

Circo Massimo

It was the largest stadium of the ancient Rome, popular for its chariot races. Its first wooden structure was built in 329 BC, but a fire destroyed it. Emperor Augustus rebuilt it and added a large obelisk as decoration, today visible in Piazza del Popolo. The Circus became a stone construction, the Marble Stadium, more than 600m long and 150m wide during Trajan reign.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Celimontana

Villa Celimontana was founded in 1553 by the noble Mattei Family. The villa is a public park in Rome, which contains numerous finds from various eras and origins. Today this villa, now a park, is open to the public who can admire it in all its splendor, along with all the works that are inside it.

Archaeological Sites

Palatino: Domus Augustana

The Domus Augustana was part of the private building of the Domitian Palace and was close to the Domus Flavia, on the Palatine Hill. The construction that dates from 81 to 92, was the work of the architect Rabiro. But the discovery of the building took place much later and precisely in the 18th century. The building was divided into two different levels and formed by small rooms and various peristiles.

Monuments

Antiquarium

Archaeological Sites

Palatino: Domus Flavia

Domus Flavia is part of what was Domitian's Palace in the Palatine Hill area in Rome. The building was built by the architect Rabirio in the late 1st century, but the complex was discovered only in the 18th century. To access the Domus Flavia, it was enough to introduce yourself from the octagonal classroom that entered the center of the building, which was rectangular or rather peristyle and at the center of which there was a fountain.

Archaeological Sites

Casa di Livia

The House of Livia is close to the Magna Mater. The building preserves frescoes dating back to the last quarter of the first century and is one of the few Republican homes left on the Palatine Hill.

Monuments

Arco di Trionfo di Constantino

The Arch of Constantine is the largest triumphal arch (6.5 meters long and 11.45 meters high) and is located near the Colosseum, in Rome. The monument was erected to celebrate the victory of Constantine I in the battle of Ponte Milvio against Maxentius, which took place on 28 October 312 AD and possesses considerable historical and artistic importance. The construction of the arch was made with marble for the pylons, while the attic was made of masonry, also covered in marble.

Archaeological Sites

Palatino Domus Tiberiana

The Domus Tiberiana was the first imperial palace on the Palatine Hill. The building was built by Emperor Tiberius on the west of the hill. Above are the Farnesian Gardens of the 500 and, until today, only the edge of the area has been explored, while the central area remains unexplored yet. The surrounding areas remain unvisible, while a group of 18 rectangular rooms dating back to the era of Nero has been preserved. In the 8th century AD the Domus Tiberiana was used as the residence of Pope John VII.

Archaeological Sites

Arco di Tito

The Arch of Titus was built in 81 AD by the Roman Senate for honor of Emperor Titus after his death. It is a triumphal arch with a single arch on whose façade you can see four semi-columns in marble. It is mainly structured in marble, but has an inner core in cement and a travertine plinth. It is the symbolic monument of the Flavian era

Monuments

Arco di Tito

The Arch of Titus is dedicated to Emperor Titus in memory of the Jewish war made by himself in Galilee. The Arch has only one arch located in the western part of the Forum of Rome. The monument not only presents a detachment from the Hellenic architectural model, but is characterized by important innovations both from a structural and artistic point of view.

Archaeological Sites

Tempio di Venere

The Temple of Venus was built by Hadrian and inaugurated in 135 AD on what was the statue of Nero in the Domus Aurea. Built on an artificial terrace, it had on the sides a porch with forty-four columns in gray granite, as well as, in the center, a propyleum. The building features the rooms dedicated to the goddess Rome and the one dedicated to Venus, which was located on the side of the Colosseum.

Archaeological Sites

Atrium Vestae

The Atrium Vestae known as the House of the Vestals, was the seat of the priestly college of the Vestals of Ancient Rome. The residence of the Vestals became part of it since the second century BC. The current appearance of the complex dates back to the last restoration that occurred after the fire of 191. The rooms are articulated around a porch courtyard inside which there are beautiful fountains.

Archaeological Sites

Tempio dei Castori

The Temple of the Beavers or the Dioscuri is located near the Basilica Giulia, in the area of ancient Rome. The construction of the Temple was started by the dictator Aulo Postumio Albino, in memory of the apparition of the Dioscuri, to signal the Roman victory over the Latins in the battle of Lake Regillo in 499 BC Temple was composed on the front of eight Corinthian columns fluted with pario marble, while on the sides it was formed by eleven columns. In the past it was a meeting place for the Senate and from 160 BC, in front of the temple, an important court was established.

Archaeological Sites

Palatino

The Palatine Hill is located between the Velabro and the Roman Forum and is one of the seven hills of Rome. According to legend, Rome originated on the Palatine Hill and recent excavations testify that it had been populated as early as 1000 BC. Romulus chose this place to found the city, and the Romuli house was actually one hut located in the northwest corner of the hill, where Augustus' house was then built. The site is now a great open-air museum and can be visited during the day.

Archaeological Sites

Foro Romano: Portico Medioevale

The Medieval Portico of the Roman Forum stands among those that were the Basilica of Maxentius and the Temple of Romulus. In its walls we can see engravings left on the mortar beds, which give the construction a formal regularity. During the excavations of the building were also found some parts of the sidewalk of the Via Sacra and fragments of a fresco, which probably belonged to a Republican house.

Archaeological Sites

Basilica Iulia

The Basilica Iulia was built by Giulio Caesar in 54 BC and is located on an area previously occupied by the Basilica Sempronia. The Basilica was for civil use and served at the same time as a court, a trade exchange and a headquarters for commercial contacts. The Centumviri resided in the inner nave, the 105 members who made up the old Roman court. Nowadays, only a few remains remain of the old building.

Archaeological Sites

Foro Romano

It was the heart of commerce, business and religion of the ancient Rome. The main monuments to see in the Forum are the Arch of Titus, the Temple of Saturn, Temple of Vesta, the Church of San Luca e Martina all located along the Via Sacra.

Monuments

Arco di Settimio Severo

The Arch of Septimius Severus, was built in 203. The bow is dedicated to the Emperor Septimius and his children, Caracalla and Geta. The style of the reliefs, is rather of a narrative character. The story includes war scenes, victories, gods, Roman soldiers with prisoners etc. the exterior of the arch is clad in marble. It is the oldest arch in Rome that has columns free and not leaning against the pylons.

Archaeological Sites

Carcere Mamertino

The Mamertino Prison, or otherwise known as Tulliano, is the oldest prison in Rome. The Tullian consists of two floors of caves, of which the oldest dates back to the VIII-VII century BC. According to legend, the Mamertino prison was the place where the first Pope of Rome was imprisoned, while According to Christianity, it was the place of detention of the Apostle Peter. The place is located below the Church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami, where in Roman times, justice was administered.

Archaeological Sites

Foro di Cesare

The Forum of Caesar is the first of the Imperial Forums. Work on its construction began in 54 BC, and concluded in 46 BC. The forum was presented as a long square surrounded by colonnades with two naves, closed from the front of the temple of Venus. Parent. Tourists are fascinated by visiting this complex.

Archaeological Sites

Fori Imperiali

The Imperial Forums were built by Roman emperors and included a series of monumental squares built between 46 BC and 113 AD. centuries a political, economic and religious center of the city, but it has never had a unitary character. The forum complex is of great cultural value.

Churches and places of worship

Madonna dei Monti

The Madonna dei Monti is the church that rises in the street that runs along the ancient route of Argiletum. It was designed in 1580 by Giacomo della Porta at the behest of Pope Gregory XIII, who gave approval after the various testimonies of the sacredness of the place. The church has a harmonious façade with Corinthian capitals, symmetrical niches and large frames enclosed by a gable where the local emblem is dominated.

Archaeological Sites

Foro di Augusto

The Forum of Augustus is one of the Imperial Forums of Rome and was built for the will of Augustus. It was located in a rectangular square with arcades next to it. The building was isolated from the popular district of the Suburra by a wall, 33 meters high, in blocks of peperino and gabina stone. In medieval times, the podium was occupied by the church of San Basilio, which is no longer found.

Archaeological Sites

Foro di Traiano

The Forum of Trajan was built between 107 and 112 AD, at the behest of the Emperor Trajan and inaugurated in 112 AD. The complex of 300 meters long and 185 meters wide included the square with a floor consisting of white marble slabs, a statue representing Trajan, a colonnade porch on both long sides and a large semi-circular living room. The Forum of Trajan, represents the last built and the largest of the Imperial Forums of Rome.

Museums

Mercati di Traiano

The Mercati di Traiano is an extensive complex of buildings on the slopes of Colle Quirinale. The complex previously extended beyond the limits of the current area and was destined for administrative activities and was linked to the grandiose urban planning system of the Imperial Forums. The structure exhibits recompositions of scores of the architectural and sculptural decoration of the Fori obtained with original fragments, casts and stone integrations.

Monuments

Colonna Traiana

The Trajan Column is a monument consisting of 19 colossal blocks weighing almost 40 tons each, has a diameter of 3.83 meters and is 29.78 meters high. A bronze statue of Trajan was placed on the top. It has been a novelty in ancient art and is the point of arrival for the historical Roman relief.

Archaeological Sites

Mercati Traianei

The Trajan Markets are located between the Forum of Trajan and the Quirinal Hill. The construction, which dates back to the second century AD, was designed by the architect Apollodoro from Damascus and inaugurated by Trajan. The complex consists of a public building, the Ulpia Basilica, the Trajan Column, two libraries and a temple. The facade of the Traianean Markets consists of two floors, made of bricks. The Trajan Markets can be considered the first shopping centers. Inside them, apart from the markets, you can also visit the Palatine Museum.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Colonna

Palazzo Colonna was built in the fourteenth century. The building has a Roman Baroque style construction. The facade on the square has a portal between two columns dominated by a window with a curved gable and two garlands that descend on the door. The facade of the building on Via Del Teatro di Marcello has seven windows with characteristics equal to the main ones. On the ground floor there is a beautiful portal that dates back to the fifteenth century. A plaque from 1970 recalls that “On 16 December 1870 the Municipality of Rome opened the first female elementary school here”.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo della Banca d'italia

The palace was built between 1886 and 1892, by Gaetano Koch. The building occupies an area of about ten thousand square meters. The main facade has a large central body with a cornice. With the grand courtyard and the staircase of honor, this property is considered the most impressive of modern Roman palaces. The building is closed to the public and is visible only from the outside.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Pallavicini Rospigliosi

Palazzo Pallavicini Rospigliosi, built by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, is located in Rome, on the Quirinale hill. The art gallery includes more than 500 paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works of art by artists, such as Annibale Carracci, Pietro da Cortona, Nicolas Poussin, Botticelli, Lorenzo Lotto, Guido Reni and other artists of the Renaissance-Baroque period. The building is located in the place where the remains of the Baths of Constantine were found.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo delle Esposizioni

It is the biggest interdisciplinary exhibition area located in the heart of Rome that houses cultural events. It is provided with a 139-seats cinema hall, the Auditorium, the Forum, as well as a café, a restaurant and a bookshop. The palace offers combined services such as art exhibitions, Theatre, books presentations and more events.

Monuments

Quirinale

The Quirinale Palace, since 1946 is the official residence of the President of the Republic. The building is located on the homonymous hill of Rome and several Italian artists contributed to its realization, among them also Pietro da Cortona. For a long time it was the summer residence of the pontiff and from 1870 it became the royal palace of the Savoy and then later moved to the service of the Head of the Italian Republic.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo del Quirinale

It is the official home of the President of the Republic, located on the top of the Quirinale hill. It was built in the late 1500s as residence for Pope Gregory XIII. Impressive is the Monte Cavallo Fountain and its statues of Castor and Pollux, Roman copies of the Greek originals.

Museums

Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica

The National Institute for Graphics was founded in 1975 from the union of National Calcography and the National Cabinet of Prints. The union of the offices in 2008 also brought together all the beautiful collections of the Calcography and the Cabinet of Prints. Currently, there are numerous works of a calcographic character, woodcut, artist videos and photographs collected since the opening of the structure.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Carpegna

It was built between 1949 and 1954. It has neoclassical architecture with an elegant style. The facade of Palazzo Carpegna was made of rusticated Renaissance with molded frames and from Roman brick wall textures. Palazzo Carpegna has hosted historical and contemporary figures.

Monuments

Fosse Ardeatine

March 1944, German troops shot 335 Italian soldiers and civilians in the Fosse Ardeatine. This massacre took place as a retaliation to an attack that had struck and killed 33 German soldiers by the partisans and members of the Italian Patriotic Action Group. After World War II, in memory of the Italian military killed in this massacre, a monument was inaugurated in 1949.

Cemeteries

Cimitero di Domitilla

The Catacomb of Domitilla is among the largest cemeteries in Rome. Through a modern staircase you access a small Basilica dedicated to Saints Nereo and Achilleo. It consists of three naves, separated by two rows of four columns. The only column is decorated with the beheading of Achilleo. A 3rd century fresco depicting the Christ Good Shepherd is of great interest. It contains several paintings from the 3rd and 4th centuries, among which that of the Epiphany stands out.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe di Domitilla

Monuments

Monumento Naturale Galeria Antica

The Galeria Antica Natural Monument is part of the history of the ancient city of Galeria, which had its thriving development from the Middle Ages until the 17th century. The city was uninhabited for more than two centuries, but we know it was built on a tuff spur and surrounded by the waters of the Arrone River. Between greenery and lush vegetation there are some monuments such as the church of Sant'Andrea, the grinding wheel and the ancient fortress.

Walls, towers and gates

Tor San Michele

Tor San Michele was built at the behest of Pius V who decided to dedicate it to its protector, the Archangel Saint Michael. It was built to replace Tor Boacciana, the seat of the papal customs. It was decided to proceed with the construction of the new tower following the overflow of the Tiber, which occurred in 1557. Michelangelo Buonarroti was commissioned to build the tower, but he did not finish the project, as, after his death the task passed to Giovanni Lippi. Until the 19th century the tower was used as a lookout and later became a lighthouse.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre Boacciana

The Boacciana Tower was built on what were some Roman ruins, or rather on the ancient lighthouse of Traiano in Ostia. The construction was used by the Babaciani family, from which the name Boacciana then derives, as a sighting point of the sea at the entrance of the river. In 1557 the tower ceased its coastal defence activity due to the advancement of the coastline.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di Giulio II

The Castle of Giulio II is a building symbol of Renaissance military architecture. The perimeter system that characterizes the architectural structure connects the main tower to the other two towers. During the period of the pontificate of Giulio II, the strategic and military value of the structure was partly reduced by the addition of residential environments, in which traces of frescoes can still be found of the time attributable to Baldassarre Peruzzi.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta Ardeatina

The Ardeatina Gate is part of one of the gates that opened in the Aurelian Walls in Rome. Its characteristic is that it has present, both inside and outside of its wall, a piece of paved road from the Roman era, of which the signs of the wagons that passed there are visible. On the inside of the walls a tomb was found probably wanted by the Emperor Aurelian who, among other things, wanted to accelerate the construction of the walls by enclosing pre-existing structures.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta San Sebastiano

The San Sebastiano Gate is part of the defensive walls of the Aurelian Walls and is one of the best preserved. It was called the Appian Gate and only in Christian times was it renamed “Porta San Sebastiano” because the way leads to the basilica and catacombs of San Sebastiano. The current appearance is due to the honorian makeover when the door was designed with only one fornice, while in the initial construction there were two.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta San Paolo

Porta San Paolo is one of the gates of the Aurelian walls built by the Emperor Aurelian in 275 AD. that could be reached through Via Ostiense. Originally it was built on two twin arches with two semi-circular towers. Later, several restorations changed their appearance by establishing an entrance arch and an arched door. Inside we can find the Museum of the Via Ostiene which offers visitors an illustration of the topography of the territory between Rome and Ostia.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre di Santa Balbina

The Tower of Santa Balbina is located in the garden of the church of Santa Balbina, in the Adventino in Rome. It was created to defend against looting, as the hill in which the church stood was an area very isolated from the others. The Tower is made of brick and, still, we work to bring it back to its original appearance since, for many centuries, it was covered with layers of plaster.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre della Moletta

The Torre della Moletta is part of one of the medieval buildings of Rome and is located in the archaeological complex of the Circus Maximus. The name of the tower comes from an adjacent water mill called Fosso San Giovanni, which the Romans also called Acqua Circoli. The current form of the construction was given in 1145 by the Frangipane family and it was decided that it should have a quadrangular plan and blind arches at the top.

Walls, towers and gates

Mura di Rocca Savella Diroccato

The Walls of Rocca Savella are located in the romantic Parco degli Aranci in Rome and are the walls that overlook the Clivo di Rocca Savella. These walls are part of the fascinating medieval castle started by Cencio Camerario and ended in the thirteenth century at the time of St. Francis and San Domenico. The Fortress stopped playing the role of fortification in the sixteenth century and later became a garden enclosed by the walls.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre degli Anguillara

The Anguillara Tower and the neighboring palace date back to the 13th century. Count Everso II had several of its parts rebuilt in 1455 and later the palace passed to Alessandro Picciolotti from Carbognano, namely the one who was the vassal of the Anguillara. After a renovation by the architect Fallani in 1902, the tower was built, especially in battlements. Since 1921, the complex has been under the directives of the Dante study company “Casa Dante”.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre Caetani

The Caetani Tower has its beginnings with the history of the Pierleoni family, who settled in the Ripa district in the tenth century. Only in 1300 the tower passed into the hands of the Caetans who consolidated its structure. Because of the floods, the family abandoned both the tower and the fortress. Later in 1638 the complex was transformed into a convent.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre degli Annibaldi

The Tower of the Annibaldi was annexed to the complex of S. Maria in Monasterio, granted by Honorius III to the Counts of Tuscolo who entrusted it to the Hannibalds. After the building of S. Maria in Monasterio fell into ruins, the Tower passed to the Maronites. The construction rests on a Roman base developing in brick at the top. On the southwestern side there is a semi-circular compartment that connected the different floors.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre dei Conti

The Tower of Counts was erected in 1238 at the behest of Pope Innocent III who had it built for his family, the Counts of Segni. Built on the structure of one of the four exedras of the portico of the Temple of Peace, it was covered with travertine slabs of the Imperial Forums. The building was also nicknamed “Torre Maggiore” due to the fact that it exceeded fifty meters in height. Today, the building is almost halved or twenty-nine meters in height following the earthquake of 1348 and others in subsequent periods.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre dei Borgia

The Torre dei Borgia was erected in the twelfth century and belonged to the Cesarini first, and to the Margani later. In fact, we still find the coat of arms of the family to which it belonged above the louver. Currently, this tower is today a bell tower, precisely that of the Church of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti. The construction has a square base and a compact brick grinding wheel. At the end of the fifteenth century, a crowning with travertine beccatelli was added to her.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre dei Margani

The Torre dei Margani dates back to the twelfth century and was the property of the Roman family of the Margani who, in 1305, obtained this building from the then owner Andrea Mellini. The structure is divided on three floors and rises on the base of an ancient Roman portico. On the façade are set fragments that symbolize a floral motif and an eagle of Roman origin. There were many additions during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries such as, for example, the garden veranda located on the right of the same tower.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre dei Capocci

The Tower of Capocci was built by the Arcioni family in the Middle Ages and, later, passed to the family of Capocci, of Viterbo origins. The upper part of the Tower consists of brick that can be placed in the twelfth century and the height of the entire building is thirty-six meters. The base of the building is square with seven floors and a terrace bordered by a masonry parapet.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre del Grillo

The Torre del Grillo was erected in the twelfth century by the Carboni family and belonged in the periods following the Counts. During the 17th century the Grillo purchased the tower from Baldassare dei Conti and crowned it with a stucco frieze with the inscription 'Ex Marchione de Grillis'. Note the irregular plan of the building, which also has numerous windows with white marble frames on the north side.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre del Papito

The Papito Tower dates back to the fourteenth century by the Papareschi and, after several demolitions of adjacent buildings, in 1941 it remained isolated as it appears now. With the restoration works of Antonio Muñoz, the doors that were on the ground floor were closed and, subsequently, a small porch in medieval style was also built. Some coats of arms of Roman families were also walled up, for example of the Boccamazzi.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre delle Milizie

The Tower of Milizie dates back to the 13th century and is one of the best preserved noble towers in Rome. It was built by the architect Marchionne Aretino and, after several passages to noble families in Rome, it was declared a national monument in 1911. Antonio Muñoz made some restorations in the following years and, from 1927, the Tower became part of the Mercati di Trajan complex.

Walls, towers and gates

Tor Sanguigna

Tor Sanguia is part of what remains of the ancient residence of the Roman family of Blood, which had its seat until the fifteenth century. His history is imbued with bloody events, such as the beheading of Riccardo Sanguini occurred in 1406 as he deployed with the Colonna. It became an emblematic tower of the area, during the 19th century, it was incorporated into the adjacent building by the Sagnotti family. Currently, only two sides of the tower can be seen as a result of the current building.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre dei Da Ponte

This Tower is close to Castel Sant'Angelo. When it was built, it was positioned at a strategic point for controlling the River Tiber. According to some testimonies it is assumed that the Tower is actually a remainder of a castle that could have been built in the 13th century.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta Pinciana

The Pinciana Gate was built in 403 AD when Onorio enlarged an ancient poster of Aureliano. Its structure is protected by two semi-circular towers and the central arch is in travertine. The name of the door comes from the Gens Pincia, who owned the homonymous hill. The construction is part of one of the few doors, in which the restorations did not affect the appearance of origin.

Cultural centers

Stadio Olimpico

It is one of the most famous sport venues in Rome. Built in 1953, it is located in the Foro Italico and was used during the 1960 Olympic games. Designed by the architect Annibale Vitellozzi, its structure is characterised by continuous rings of tiers.

Libraries and archives

Biblioteca Vaticana

It is the library of the Holy See located in Vatican City. Pope Nicholas V located the library in the Vatican in 1448 displaying in it Greek, Latin and Hebrew codices. Today, it has 75,000 codices, the most important collections of historical texts.

Streets and Squares

Via Veneto

Famous Street in Rome that spans from Piazza Barberini to Porta Pinciana. Designed at the end of the nineteenth century, its name was chosen after the First World War in memory of the Vittorio Veneto fight. Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita consecrated its fame.

Parks and nature reserves

Giardini di Villa Borghese

It’s a large park to the north of the centre of Rome. It takes its name from Villa Boghese building that houses the Galleria Borghese. To see the Pincio Gardens, the reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, and the Bioparco to the north.

Viewpoints

Monte Cavo

It rises on the Alban Hills in a hilly area of volcanic origin, it is the highest peak and reaches almost a thousand meters.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano

The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. It is a group of buildings, comprising the Papal Apartments, some of the Catholic Church's government offices, chapels, the Vatican Museums and the Vatican Library. The most famous Room is the Sistine Chapel with its renowned ceiling frescoes painted by Michelangelo.

Archaeological Sites

Via Appia

It is one of the most ancient roads, built in 312 B.C by Appius Claudius Caecus and spanned 350 miles.Made of large stones, it connected Rome to Brindisi and was a strategic place because it allowed access and trade to the east. Today many important tombs and architecture line its borders: the Christian catacombs, San Sebastian tomb, San Domitilla tomb, San Callixtus tomb. The Via Sacra, a part of the Appian Way, passes through the Roman Forum and borders the Palatine and the Circus Maximum, as well as the Caracalla’s Bath.

Churches and places of worship

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

It is the most important of the Roman churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The Basilica, standing on the top of the Esquiline Hill, has preserved its original primitive early Christian structure. The bell tower has a Romanesque style and is the highest one in Rome. Its coffered ceiling is adorned with the emblem of the bull of Alexander VI.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe

They are ancient subterranean burial areas, Jewish and Christian, outside the walls of the city. They date back from the second century to the fifth A.D. Among the most important catacombs are those of Praetextatus, San Sebastiano, San Callisto and the Jewish Catacombs of the Villa Torlonia.

Historic Centres

Domus Area

It was built by Nero after the fire of the 64 AD. Gold, jewels and gems adorned most of its rooms, as well as statues plundered from Greece and Asia Minor. The entrance was located on the Via Sacra and the house extended along the valley where later was built the Flavian amphitheatre. In the heart of the structure was the huge statue of Nero realized by Zenodoros, about 30 meters high.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa Adriana

The villa is a remarkable complex of classical buildings built by emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century A.D. Its blend of architectural elements from Egypt, Greece and Rome makes it a unique heritage. Among the impressive buildings we can find the Maritime Museum and the Hall of the Philosophers. A beautiful spot in the grounds to visit is the Vale of Tempe, the legendary haunt of the goddess Diana.

Cultural centers

Mose

The famous sculpture created by Michelangelo Buonarroti was commissioned by Pope Julius II for his tomb in 1505. The Moses, in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli represents the biblical character with horns on his head, in the posture of a prophet collocated on a chair between two marble columns.

Fountains

Mose

The famous sculpture created by Michelangelo Buonarroti was commissioned by Pope Julius II for his tomb in 1505. The Moses, in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli represents the biblical character with horns on his head, in the posture of a prophet collocated on a chair between two marble columns.

Lighthouses and observation points

Colle Palatino

It is one of the famous seven hills of Rome located between the Circus Maximus, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Emperors Augustus, Cicero and Marc Antony lived on this hill while in the Middle Age many churches and convents were built on this area. Many the ruins found here: the remains of the Stadium of Domitian’s Palace, the Site of the Domus Flavia, the Temple of Apollo and the Temple of Cybele.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Montecitorio

Today seat of the Senate of the Italian Republic, it is located between Piazza del Parlamento and Monte Citorio. Cardinal Ludovisi commissioned the building to Gian Lorenzo Bernini but the original plan was completed and modified by Carlo Fontana, to be finally rebuilt during the early 1900s by Ernesto Basile. His Art nouveau influence is visible in the Transatlantico and the debating chamber, both rich of Art nouveau decorations.

Archaeological Sites

Area Sacra di Largo Argentina

The Sacred Area of Largo Torre Argentina is a square located in the Campo Marzio area of Rome. The name comes from the Torre Argentina and was named so by a master of papal ceremonies, Johannes Burckardt. The archaeological site was discovered during the construction work of 1926 — 1928, and, in the area, the remains of four temples were discovered, representing one of the most important archaeological complexes of the republican age.

Walls, towers and gates

Porta del Popolo

The People's Gate owes its current appearance to a sixteenth-century reconstruction of what was the Flaminia Gate. The external facade of the Door was commissioned to Michelangelo who transferred the office to Nanni di Baccio Bigio. For his execution he was inspired by the Arch of Titus. The original circular towers were replaced by two watchtowers with square plan and the building was surmounted by great elegance battlements.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di Isola Farnese

The Farnese Castle dates back to the 13th century and is located in the city of Rome. It was built by the Orsini family and passed in the 16th century, under the ownership of the Farnese family. Inside it was built the baronial palace, which dates back to the early Middle Ages, and owes its current form to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. It is currently in excellent condition and is open to the public.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Venezia

Palazzo Venezia was built between 1455 and 1467 in Rome. The building represents the Renaissance model of the architect Leon Battisti Alberti. In addition, in the building there are rich collections derived from the former Kircherian Museum and Castel Sant'Angelo. The artistic material is composed of works from the Middle Ages and Renaissance such as porcelain, silver, bronzes, sacred furnishings, paintings, ivories, weapons and crystals. The museum collects both Italian and foreign productions.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Bonaparte

The Bonaparte Palace was built by the architect Giovanni Antonio De Rossi. It is located in Piazza Venezia. The Palace has elegant architecture, with three floors and gable windows. It is characterised by a balcony on the first floor called Mignani with the writing “Bonaparte” above. The rooms were decorated by Rinunccini with frescoes and eighteenth-century stuccoes.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Doria Pamphilj

The Doria Pamphilj Palace holds most of the masterpieces of the private collection of the homonymous family, a collection unique in the world. In the gallery you will find the works of the greatest masters, such as Caravaggio, Titian and Raphael, and also the works of the many Flemish masters of the Baroque era.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Salviati

The palace was built in the mid-sixteenth century by Giulio Romano for Filippo Adimari. In 1849 it became a barracks of French troops and in 1870 it became the property of the Italian State, becoming the first seat of the Military Court. Inside the palace there are important sixteenth-century frescoes that tell the stories of the apostles. In the library, instead you can find admirable frescoes by Annibale Brugnoli, with episodes of the wars held at the end of the nineteenth century.

Museums

Galleria Doria

The Doria Gallery was founded in 1651 and is a private collection located in Palazzo Doria Pamphilj. In the gallery we can admire numerous works and goods such as furnishings, statues and paintings. The palace consists of four galleries which have the most precious works in the world and of medieval and Byzantine art.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Collegio Romano

The Roman College was built from 1582 to 1584 at the behest of Gregory XIII Boncompagni. It was also the scene of the debates between Galileo and Segneri. It was the seat of the Kircherian Museum, of which also today it supports part of the collection. To date, the eastern wing of the building welcomes the headquarters of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, instead, the second wing that overlooks the homonymous square houses the High School Ennio Quirino Classico Visconti.

Churches and places of worship

Oratorio del Crocifisso

The Brotherhood of the Crucifix was established in 1520. It was restored in 1801 and 1878. Today it is home to the Oratorio Musicale Romano. The façade at the bottom has an architraved portal surrounded by two empty niches. At the top, instead, it has a large tombstone in memory of Cardinal Farnese who contributed to the construction of the oratory. The interior has frescoed walls with stories of the Cross, works from the 16th — 17th century.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Sciarra

Palazzo Sciarra is a wonderful building located in Rome. It was built at the behest of the Sciarra family. The palace is characterized by an arch adorned with two fluted columns and a capital, which were considered one of the 'Four Wonders of Rome'. Today Palazzo Sciarra is a destination for tourists, visitors and art experts from all over the world.

Churches and places of worship

Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena

The Church of Santa Maria Maddalena dating back to 1586, is located in the homonymous square. Its construction was entrusted to Camillo de Lellis, who transformed it into the headquarters of the Order of the Camillians. The structure has a Rococo style. Work on the internal renovation began in 1630 and were completed around 1699, but the consecration of the new Church took place only on 4 May 1727. The works were led by several architects, including Carlo Fontana, Giovanni Antonio de Rossi and Giuseppe Sardi.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Capranica

The palace was erected in 1451 in memory of Cardinal Domenico. Architecture is one of the Romanesque architectural examples of the early Renaissance. It is very similar to Palazzo Venezia with Guelfa cross windows and also retains some Gothic windows. For a long time the palace was transformed into a cinema, bearing the same name.

Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo di Montecitorio

Palazzo Montecitorio is a building in Rome, where the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic is located. The building, both in the structure and in the decorations, adapts to the pre-existing urban planning. The facade of the building consists of a polygonal of five scores with the elements of freshly blown stone, from which leaves and broken twigs come out. At Palazzo Montecitorio there are more than a thousand paintings and sculptures dated between the 16th and 20th centuries. A large part of these works can be found in the Chamber of Deputies.

Monuments

Colonna di Marco Aurelio

The Column of Marcus Aurelius is a monument located in Rome and was built between 176 and 192 as a celebration of the victories of the homonymous emperor during the Marcomannic battles. The column has a height of 29.6 meters and consists of a spiral of 19 rocks with a diameter of 3.7 meters entirely covered by bas-reliefs that present scenes of battles won during the wars indicated above .

Natural Areas

Parco di Vejo

The Park was established by law no. 29 of 6/10/1997. The entire protected territory is of valuable historical, archaeological and landscape value.

Archaeological Sites

Zona archeologica Ostia Antica

The Osta Antica Archaeological Zone takes the name of Ostia, or rather Bocca del Fiume, as it is where the Tiber ended its course before it leaved into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The river changed its course in 1575 to sag north. This area was inhabited in remote times and played a military role. In addition, Ostia represented the coexistence of different races and cultures.

Archaeological Sites

Necropoli Santa Rosa

The Necropolis was discovered in 2003 in the Vatican City and is part of the Roman necropolis of via Triumphalis. The construction dates from 23 BC to 337 and contained lower class tombs, freedoms and slaves. Of great interest are the plates and stars with inscriptions indicating the craft or place of origin of the buried characters.

Archaeological Sites

Excubitorium VII Coorte dei Vigili del Fuoco

The Excubitorium VII Fire Brigade Cohort was discovered in 1865 and obtained towards the end of the 2nd century AD. The complex is located in the interior of a private house and has a large classroom where they come from preserved traces of the lararium decorated and dedicated to the guarding genius of the brigade. Inside it, we find numerous graffiti, which are the testimony of the daily lives of the same.

Bridges

Ponte Fabricio

The Fabricio Bridge is the oldest in Rome and connects the Tiberina Island to the left bank of the Tiber. It originally replaced another wooden bridge and the current structure was erected in 62 BC by Lucio Fabricio or by the “curator viarum”. In ancient times, the bridge was also called “Lapideus” due to a restoration carried out by the consul Emilio Lepido. Over the course of two thousand years it has preserved both its function and the structure of origin.

Archaeological Sites

Acquedotto Vergine

The Virgin Aqueduct is the only still functioning Roman aqueduct of ancient Rome. It was inaugurated on 9 June 19 BC to feed the area of Campo Marzio and above all to supply the homonymous spas. The aqueduct collected in an artificial reservoir several pounds and aquiferous veins variously harnessed and was about 20 kilometers long, almost completely underground.

Archaeological Sites

Mitreo di Santa Prisca

The Mithraeus of Santa Prisca was discovered in 1934 and is located in the homonymous church below the Aventine in Rome. Initially, the mitreum was planted on a pre-existing private house, dating back to the first century AD. The construction of the mitraeum dates back to the second century AD and consisted of several underground rooms covered with a vault barrel. The main environment of the mitraeum is a rectangular room of 11.25 meters long by about four in width. On both sides there are counters on which the participants probably took place.

Archaeological Sites

Mitreo di Palazzo Barberini

The Mitraeus of Palazzo Barberini dates back to the 3rd century AD, located inside a building from the 2nd century. It was discovered in 1936 during some work on the construction of the Savorgnan building in Brazza. The Mithraeus is particular in that there is a fresco representing Mithra on the bottom and two masonry pallets running parallel along the two long sides, where the faithful sat for the sacred banquet. The Barberini mitreum is one of the best preserved among those we know.

Archaeological Sites

Case SS. Giovanni e Paolo

The Roman houses SS Giovanni and Paolo are the rest of a Roman residential complex of the homonymous Basilica below. These houses were discovered in the '800, by the then rector of the Basilica, Father Stanislaus, digging over twenty rooms of which thirteen are frescoed. The latter were made at different times.

Archaeological Sites

Ipogeo di via Livenza

Archaeological Sites

Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo

The Mithraeus of Santo Stefano was built around 180 AD. It is located on the southwestern slopes of Celio, in the underground part of the Church of Santo Stefano. From the excavations emerged the great complex of the Castra Peregrinorum, namely the barracks of provincial armies detached in Rome. Initially, the mitraeum had a rectangular base of about four meters by ten meters and in the following century, breaking down a wall, doubled its size.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe Santa Domitilla

The Catacombs of Santa Domitilla, a Christian cemetery in ancient Rome date back to the 3rd century. It is the largest cemetery of its kind in the ancient city and are also known as the catacombs of Saints Nereo and Achilleo. The catacombs were composed of ambulacres excavated entirely that develop on four levels for an extension of 15 km, on which more than 150,000 frescoed burials were placed.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe San Callisto (II sec)

The catacombs of San Callisto are part of a vast community catacombal network from the end of the second century AD and are located in Via Appia Antica. The catacombs are named after Pope Martyr St. Callisto born in 217 and died in 222. Of the above ground structures are visible only two apsided funerary buildings that are the eastern and western trichòra. Along one of the galleries open the cubicles called “of the Sacraments” where the oldest paintings of the catacombs are preserved.

Archaeological Sites

Catacombe Santi Marcellino e Pietro

The Catacombs of Saints Marcellino and Pietro are located in the basement of the parish of Santi Marcellino and Pietro in Via Casilina in Rome. It is part of a complex called Ad Duas Lauros ('to the Two Laurels'), probably due to the presence of two laurel trees found on this site. The period of the construction of these catacombs can be placed at the time of the persecution of Diocletian.

Adventure Parks

Cinecittà World

Adventure Parks

Hydromania

Adventure Parks

Parco Scuola del Traffico

Adventure Parks

Sea Life Aquarium

Zoological Gardens and Aquariums

Sea Life Aquarium

Zoological Gardens and Aquariums

Bioparco di Roma