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VISITITALY WHAT TO SEE LAZIO

Things to do in Lazio Italy – what to see, best cities, attractions and activities.

Welcome to Lazio in Italy, one of the most popular vacation destination in the world. If you’are planning to visit Italy for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed. Find out what to see in the main cities of art such as Rome the Eternal City, Viterbo the city of the Popes, Ostia Antica and its ruins, what to do on a day trip to the sea or in the mountains, which are the most unusual villages in Lazio to visit. Whether you travel by motorbike or camper, or you decide to visit Lazio in summer or winter, on a rainy or sunny day, whether you have two or three days available, Visititaly always offers you the right tips for planning a trip. Travelers will appreciate this italian region with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Lazio and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

Rome and its surroundings: nature and relax

The Castelli Romani are located a short distance from Rome. This area extends around the two volcanic lakes of Albano and Nemi, which is not only appreciated for its natural beauty, but also for its rich historical and cultural heritage.

Lazio's coastline is interesting and varied, composed of long beaches and beautiful reefs. Ostia is Rome's most popular beach and is always crowded. We recommend you take the coastal road that goes from Ostia to Anzio, passing by sand dunes and fishing huts. The most fascinating area of coastline is located to the south, the location of Circeo National Park, which is covered by the greenery of oak forests, coastal lakes and sand dunes. The park faces the marvelous archipelago of the Pontine Islands, including the famous holiday resorts of Ponza and Ventotene. Other interesting locations are Terracina, Sperlonga and Gaeta, picturesque sea-facing villages which have become attractive sea resorts.

The territory to the north of Rome is covered by woodland and includes three splendid volcanic lakes. Lake Bolsena and Lake Bracciano are bathing destinations with numerous water sports. Near Bolsena, the beautiful area of Civita di Bagnoreggio, known as “the dieing city”, is worth a visit. Lake Vico is located within a nature reserve: it is much appreciated for canoeing, hiking, cycling and horse riding tours.

The National Park of Gran Sasso and Laga Mountains are located near Rieti. This area offers walks in the wilderness and beautiful, primeval nature, with views of rare beauty and vast panorama. This park includes the highest summit of the Apennine Mountains (2915 meters).
Thermal baths: the ancient Roman’s were very aware of the concept of well-being. Lazio's volcanic origin led to the formation of a wealth of thermal baths, with the most famous in Viterbo and Fiuggi, one of the most important centers in Italy.

written by Cedric Mills - Last update: 02/09/2022

Viterbo - Monuments

Rocca Albornoz

The Rocca Albornoz or National Etruscan Museum is located in the city of Viterbo. It was built in 1354 by Cardinal Gil Alvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, from whom it takes its name. Its structure is very simple and linear, embedded in a complex of ancient buildings, in excellent condition. There is also a fountain in front of the museum. Overall it is a beautiful structure that best represents the architecture of the time in which it was built. It is currently open to the public at set times.

Montefiascone - Castles, palaces and mansions

Rocca dei Papi

The Papal fortress dates back to 1207 and is located at the top a hill in a strategic and dominant position and in the past was the residence of the popes. After a long period of neglect, it has been the subject of a total restoration, respecting the original form, and that allowed to change its use in an ideal place to host events, exhibitions and cultural events. Currently the castle is open to the public and houses the Museum of Architecture of Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane.

Orte - Museums

Museo d'Arte Sacra di Orte d'importanza diocesana

The Museum of Sacred Art of Orte of Diocesan Importance, inaugurated in 1967, as well as being the first diocesan museum built in Lazio, has the merit of being housed in the oldest container of the town: the church of San Silvestro, from the middle of the eleventh century. To the exhibition spaces of the original venue, a section has recently been added to the exhibition spaces set up in the nearby Palazzo Vescovile. The two sections of the museum differ in the chronology of the works on display: in New Year's Eve, those relating to the VIIII-XVI centuries prevail, in the Episcopal Palace there are instead canvases from the 16th century to the 20th century

Collalto Sabino - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di Collalto

The first traces of the history of the Castle of Collalto, in the Province of Rieti, belong to 1350. The castle passed between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries in the hands of many noble families, of which the Soderini, who subjected the structure to various renovations for defensive purposes. The current appearance preserves seventeenth-century — eighteenth-century stretches and today we can admire both the square central tower and the two towers at the corners.

Formia - Museums

Museo Archeologico Nazionale

The National Archaeological Museum of Formia is located in the elegant historic center of the village. It houses statues and archaeological finds for a long time exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. The main hall of the Museum shows the visitor a composition of amphorae and remains of shells from ancient age. In the same room there are statues dating from the first to the second century AD depicting the virility of the heroes, while in the second room, two acephalous female statues are observed.

Cervaro - Museums

Museo Demoantropologico con Sez. di Arte Orafa

The museum contains rare gold objects from ancient times and documents the importance of the territory in the treatment of gold. At the beginning of the twentieth century there were almost thirty shops working this material, the citizens were all connoisseurs regarding this field. Inside the gallery we find different materials and machinery that help to work gold. Here you can also find jewels created in Cervaro between the end of the seventeenth century and the twentieth century.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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”.

Rome - 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.

Scauri - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa di M. SS. Immacolata

In ancient times it was the Ducal Chapel of the Caracciolo Carafa family, and since 1931 it became the Parish of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of Scauri. Also frequented by the wife of Vittorio Emanuele III, Elena of Savoia during her holiday, where she went to hear Mass. The patroness is celebrated on 8 September with a solemn procession of the statue of the Virgin Mary, carved by the South Tyrolean cabinetmaker Giuseppe Obletter, in 1954.

Santa Marinella - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di San Severa

The Castle of Santa Severa dates back to the 11th century, and is located by the sea. In the past, in front of this structure, the ancient Etruscan port of Pyrgi was located. During the thirties, the Castle became a summer home for numerous fascist hierarchs. In the mid-sixties, the Pious Institute of Santo Spirito, at the time owner of the Castle of Santa Severa, ordered its restructuring. The works were led by Riccardo Medici and were completed in 1970.

Velletri - Museums

Museo Civico

The Civic Museum was reopened a few years after several renovations and interventions on the construction. It was opened to the public, for the first time, in 1920 by engineer Oreste Nardini. Nowadays, most of the most important works that were there at the beginning, have been moved to museums far from Velletri, such as the 'Pallas of Velletri', kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The gallery is divided into two sections: the archaeological section and that of Geopaleontology and Prehistory of the Alban Hills. The first includes the Sarcophagus of the Labor of Hercules, the Slab of the Prayer, and the Volsche ceramics. The second, on the other hand, is a journey in the Prehistory of the Alban Hills.

Tarquinia - Archaeological Sites

Case le Centocelle - Cencelle villag (IX sec) abbandonato

The city of Centocelle was built in 854 to host citizens, escaped the wrath of the Saracen strikers. It was built by Pope Leo IV, and initially it took the name of Lviv, later the fugitives called it Cencelle. It was inhabited for only 35 years because, as soon as the attacks of the Saracens ended, the population returned to the coast. In 889 on the ashes of Centocelle, the city of Civitas Vetulas was founded, namely the current Civitta' Vecchia.

Tivoli - Castles, palaces and mansions

Rocca Pia

The Rocca Pia was built around the fifteenth century, by the will of Pope Pius II Piccolomini from whom, among other things, it also takes its name. Work began in 1461 after a visit by the Pope himself, who entrusted the task to the architects Varone and Niccolò. The Pope's intent was to build a building that controlled the interior of the city and access to the Aniene valley. The structure consists of two major towers located outward to set greater defense. Inside we find several rooms distributed in each of the two structures.

Tivoli - Castles, palaces and mansions

Villa d'este

Tivoli in Latina host two most famous villas that one can find in the entire Lazio: Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este both of which are not only Tivoli’s major tourist attraction sites but also part of the UNESCO World Heritage list. Located close to River Aniene, the town has a splendid climate housing wealthy Romans for their holiday retreats. Villa d’Este is a beautiful garden and a complex palace that was built in 1560 being the vision of cardinal d’Este who narrowly became a pope.

Lido di Ostia - Monuments

Monumento a Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Monument to the artist Pier Paolo Pasolini is located in the homonymous park of Idroscalo, in Ostia, where he was murdered. The sculptor Mario Rosati created a work in honor of the great Italian artist: a monk Greek column, synonymous with a broken life, with around two doves spreading their wings as a sign of freedom and with a full moon, an element of poetry, that overlooks the group. The sculpture is in Michelangiolese style, and some quotes of the works of the great Friuli artist surround the stone path that leads to the monument.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - 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.

Rome - Museums

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.

Rome - 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.

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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”.

Rome - 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Rome - 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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: 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.

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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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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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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.

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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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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.

Palestrina - Castles, palaces and mansions

Palazzo Barberini

Palazzo Barberini was built in the eleventh century, on the remains of the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigena in the center of Palestrina. It was built at the behest of the Colonna family and in 1630 the building was sold to Carlo Barberini who together with his son Taddeo carried out a reconstruction of the structure remained intact until the present day. Since 1956, after having been purchased by the State, the Palace was used as a National Archaeological Museum Prenestino.

Palestrina - Churches and places of worship

Santuario della Fortuna Primigenia

The Sanctuary of Primigenia Fortune was built around the second century BC and represents the complex dedicated to the cult of Fortuna Primigenia, that is, of the first of the many children of Jupiter. Devotees and faithful went to the oracle asking for responses for their needs. The fate was extracted by a child called Iupiter Puer, loved by Preneste's mothers. The structure of the Sanctuary was divided into six artificial terraces connected by ramps and staircases.

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Rocca dei Borgia

The Fortress of the Borgia was built in the fifteenth century at the behest of Pope Sixtus IV and authorized in 1483 by Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia. Below the fortress was donated by the Cardinal to his daughter Lucrezia, then passing under the management of the Farnese who expanded its walls on a project by Antonio Sangallo the Younger. The property has a wonderful Renaissance style noble hall and the remains of two palaces and four bulwarks have also come to us.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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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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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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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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

Guarcino - Hermitages

Eremo di S. Agnello

The Hermitage of S. Agnello is located in the Garcino mountains. This is almost imperceptible to the naked eye, as it is immersed in vegetation. It is assumed to have been built in the tenth century by a rich Neapolitan family. Precisely the fact that it is so isolated and distanced from the rest of the country, makes it an even more beautiful and suggestive place. In fact, it's the ideal place for everyone who wants to meditate and break away from the chaotic daily life.

Itri - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello Carafa

The castle was built in the 9th century, at the behest of the Duke of Gaeta. In the tenth century the structure was modified by the Duke's nephew, Marino I, who added a second tower. Over the centuries he had several owners, who modified and enlarged the building in turn. Currently, the castle can be very well visited, and in it there are exhibitions, markets and various ceremonies. It is said that the ghosts of the sentenced to death wander in the castle, so it's the ideal place for horror enthusiasts.

Ladispoli - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello dei Monteroni

The Castle of Monteroni or Castellaccio was built around the fourteenth century along the route of the Via Aurelia and in its area known for the ancient Etruscan mounds. Its function, during the first century of construction, was as a tavern and post office for pilgrims who traveled the route mentioned above. The denomination of Castellaccio derives from the fact that after World War II the fortress was in a poor state of preservation.

Minturno - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa dell'Annunziata

It was built around 1300 at the behest of the Minutilli family, in Gothic style. It underwent several renovations over the centuries due to the damage caused, first by the Turks in 1552, then by the Franco-Polish troops in 1799 and the fire of 1888 and also since the last World War. In 1930, after the demolition of the Baroque altars, the “Madonna with the Child” and “The Crucifixion” came to light by Giotto or one of his students, while traveling from Naples (1333).

Fiumicino - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di Torrimpietra

The Castle of Torrimpietra was built in medieval times and in 1254 it was among the possessions of the Normanni Alberteschi family. At the beginning of the 16th century the property passed to the Peretti family who also had a stately home built. After a magnificent period, the noble family sold the Castle to the Falconieri princes, who commissioned the painter Pier Leone Ghezzi to decorate the interior. After a period of decadence of Torre in Pietra and after the Falconeri became extinct, the Castle was restored by Senator Luigi Albertini in 1926.

Civitavecchia - Castles, palaces and mansions

Forte Michelangelo

Fort Michelangelo was erected in 1535, by Giuliano Leno and Antonio da Sangallo, students of Bramante, who directed the works of the Fort until his death in 1514. The idea of a fortress was born at the time of Pope Giulio II della Rovere, who had decided to erect a fortress to defend the port of Civitavecchia and thus ensuring the tranquility of its citizens. The main tower, known as the Maschio, was entrusted to Michelangelo Buonarroti, from whose fort it also takes its name.

Anzio - Walls, towers and gates

Torre Astura

Torre Astura was built at the end of the twelfth century by the locals, the Frangipans. The maritime fortress, in addition to its first owners, passed into the hands of many other people, who also changed its appearance, to get to what we see today. For many years he did not have the attention of travelers, being a poor place full of peasants and robbers, what changed over the years. In recent decades it was used as a scenario for the films of “Pinocchio” and “Brancaleone alle Crusades”.

Atina - Museums

Museo Civico

The Archaeological Museum of Atina is one of the most important civic museums in the area. The latter was officially known in 1978 and was born to collect and show the public the archaeological findings. The museum is divided into five rooms (A, B, C, D, E). Inside the museum, in addition to a large collection of archaeological objects from the Comino valley, we also find the prehistoric finds of Samnite and Roman. It is currently open to all interested in history and art.

Bracciano - Museums

Museo Civico di Bracciano

The Civic Museum of Bracciano is set up inside the former convent of Santa Maria Novella and performs the function of illustrating through materials and objects of the place the history and life of the city and its inhabitants. The exhibition is divided into three sections that trace the first years of the settlement of the Etruscans until the civil society of the 19th century. Particular interest is the historical and artistic room that welcomes in particular the Christ Salvador Mundi, the work of the circle of Andrea Bregno.

Albano Laziale - Archaeological Sites

Sepolcro degli Orazi e Curiazi

The Sepulchre of the Horatii and Curiatii is one of the symbols of Albano Laziale. Archaeological studies have found that the tomb dates back to the first half of the first century BC. This tomb consists of a square base on which four truncated conical towers rise at the corners and a central one of which very little remains. The construction is covered with pepperino slabs that alternate bands are arranged in a vertical and horizontal position.

Allumiere - Hermitages

Eremo della Trinità

The Hermitage of the Trinity is located in the locality of Allumiere, in the province of Rome and is among the oldest sanctuaries of the Tolfa Mountains. It is certainly not the construction period, due to various renovations, but it is assumed in the period of the Middle Ages. Among the oldest documents to mention are the Bull of Pope Innocent IV. The Sanctuary survived until the mid-600 and was renovated in the 19th century. Currently, the restoration of the monument was completed, precisely in 2002 and is accessible to the public under the care of the religious.

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