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Things to do in Mentana Italy – what to see attractions and activities

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Fiano Romano (11 Km)

Area Archeologica Lucus Feroniae

Lucus Feroniae is an important archaeological site that testifies to the periods of Roman civilization. The area was discovered in 1952, during the excavations that brought to light several amphorae and stones with inscriptions. Historical sources testify that inside the ancient area stood a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Feronia.

Fiano Romano (11 Km)

Lucus Feroniae

Lucus Feroniae is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Capena. The place was inhabited by citizens who belonged to three different ethnic groups: Latins, Sabini and Etruscans. During the Imperial Age, the city, which became an independent community, took the status of a colony. Currently there are only a few walls left of the city.

Rome (11 Km)

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.

Fiano Romano (13 Km)

Villa romana dei Volusii

The Roman Villa of Volusii is located in an archaeological area discovered in the year 1960. The building was built around the year 50 BC by Quinto Volusio. The villa is built on two levels. On the upper level is the stately residence. Inside the rooms were decorated with floor mosaics with geometric patterns and natural subjects. Even today, the villa continues to maintain its traditional structure.

Sacrofano (14 Km)

Piazza San Biagio

Piazza San Biagio is one of the best known squares in Sacrofano and houses the beautiful church of SS Giovanni Battista and Biagio.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa romana imperatore Adriano

Villa Adriano is located in Tivoli in the province of Rome. In the past it was the residence of Emperor Hadrian, from whom it takes its name. The villa complex occupies an area of about three hundred hectares, thus constituting a real city. The architecture of the villa represents the power and wealth of the emperor. Since 1999 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Teatro Marittimo

Villa Adriana was built by the will of the Emperor Hadrian. The Maritime Theatre is one of the first buildings of the villa. The building consists of only one floor. In 1999, Villa Adriana was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Piccole Terme

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Cento Camerelle

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Hospitalia

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Terme con Heliocaminus

The Thermal Baths with Heliocaminus are the oldest spa building in Villa Adriana and owes its name to the presence of a circular room with heliocaminus. The room was heated by the hypocaust system, and it was also made up of a sudatio due to the presence of oven vents. In addition, there was also the rectangular frigidarium and the calidarium obtained in two baths for hot baths.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Peristilio Detto Cortile delle Biblioteche

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Sala Absidata Detta dei Filosofi

The Apsidate Hall of Philosophers takes its name from the presence of seven niches, where statues of some essays were assumed to be placed. The peculiarity of this room was its porphyry cladding of the walls and the floor. From the latest research it shows that this room could be used, given its breadth, also as a waiting room for guests.

Tivoli (15 Km)

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.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Tempio della Sibilla

The Temple of the Sibyl was built around the 2nd century BC on an artificial construction near Tivoli. The building was accessible through stairs and there was also a 1.76 metre high travertine podium. Today of the construction remains only the lower part of the two columns of the facade and the walls of the cell decorated by semi-columns on the outside. The temple in 978 was a place of assistance and distribution of alms to the poor.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Tempio di Vesta

The Temple of Vesta was built at the end of the 2nd century BC. The building consisted of 18 columns, of which only 10 are left. On the settlers there are capitals according to the Corinthian-Italic style. From the temple, you can admire the fantastic landscape of Villa Gregoriana and the waterfalls below the Gregorian Bridge. The temple of Vesta is the most famous monument of ancient Tibur.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Padiglione di Tempe

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Tre Esedre

The Three Exedre Building is a monumental vestibule, and it was the residence of Emperor Hadrian. The lobby is interrupted by the presence of a large fountain surrounded by statues. The structure has a covered room with marble paved space on which there are three exedras, from where the building takes its name.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Quadriportico con Peschiera

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Ninfeo

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Grandi Terme

Tivoli (15 Km)

Parco di Villa Gregoriana

Villa Gregoriana is a beautiful nature park in the city of Tivoli. It was set up in 1834, at the behest of Pope Gregory XVI, after the River Aniene diverted thus bringing the arrangement of a new waterfall. The structure is dominated by two temples located in the acropolis and consists of different natural elements, panoramic views and caves that make it the most visited park in the city.

Tivoli (15 Km)

Villa Adriana: Pretorio

Tivoli (15 Km)

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 (16 Km)

Villa Gregoriana

The Gregorian Villa was built in 1835 for the desire of Pope Gregory XVI. It is located in the town of Tivoli. In the villa there is a natural area of great historical value. In 2002 the area was taken by the Italian Environment Fund and in 2005 it was reopened to the public.

Rome (16 Km)

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.

Rome (16 Km)

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.

Rome (16 Km)

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.

Rome (16 Km)

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.

Tivoli (16 Km)

Museo Civico

Rome (17 Km)

Villa Ada

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

Sacrofano (17 Km)

Parco regionale di Veio

The municipality of Sacrofano is part of the Regional Park of Veio. The park is characterized by interesting historical, naturalistic and landscape elements.

Rome (17 Km)

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.

Rome (17 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Sacrofano (18 Km)

Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

The Church of San Giovanni Battista was rebuilt at the end of the fifteenth century on a medieval church of which its ancient bell tower preserves. The ceiling is decorated with paintings and inlays and contains in the center a canvas with Saints John the Baptist and Biagio. Inside a large urn, the bones of San Giustino are preserved.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Sacrofano (18 Km)

Monte Musino

Inside the Veio Park is Monte Musino, a wooded area used in the past for the construction of places of worship and military buildings. The remains of an ancient fortress are also observable here.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

Ipogeo di via Livenza

Rome (18 Km)

Porta Pia

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (18 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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 (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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 (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

Hydromania

Rome (19 Km)

Bioparco di Roma

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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 (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (19 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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!

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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 (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

Rome (20 Km)

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.

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