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The center of Rome in its entirety is a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Vatican Museums and the Capitoline Museums‘ collections are so vast that the singular “Museum” was not good enough. 
The Colosseum is, together with the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Taj Mahal and Sydney’s Opera House probably the most iconic tourist attractions of the world. There are quarters in Rome that boast more than 40 churches, all of which have something interesting to offer. Rome has it all: Monuments of every kind, churches and basilicas, catacombs underground and obelisks reaching up to the sky, parks, piazze and palazzi, wide streets like the Via dei Fori Imperiali and narrow alleys like the ones that make Trastevere into such a beautiful and intimate neighborhood, aqueducts, fountains and bridges, more than 100 museums and uncountable art galleries, and everywhere you go ruins paying homage to one of the first important western civilizations.
Quirinal Palace
The Quirinal Palace (in Italian Palazzo del Quirinale, or simply Quirinale) is a Renaissance palazzo on the Quirinal Hill in the Trevi district in Rome. At the moment it its the seat of the President of Italy, but it started … Continue reading
Saint Salvatore at the Laurels
The Church of Saint Salvatore at the Laurels (San Salvatore in Lauro) is located in the Ponte district in the center of Rome. It supposedly gets its name from a laurel tree that used to exist nearby. Saint Salvatore at … Continue reading
Palazzo Montecitorio
The Palazzo Montecitorio is the present seat of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian State. It is located in the Piazza di Monte Citorio in the Colonna district in the center of Rome. It is built on an artificially … Continue reading
San Francesco di Paola ai Monti
The church of San Francesco di Paola ai Monti is the national church of the Calabrian community in Rome and is located in the Monti district, not far from the Colosseum. It was constructed in two different stages, first by Orazio … Continue reading
Ponte della Musica
The Ponte della Musica (“Bridge of Music”) connects the Lungotevere Cadorno and the Foro Italico to the Piazza Gentile Da Fabriano and the Via Guido Reni (where the MAXXI 21st century art museum is located) in the Flaminio district of … Continue reading
Ponte Milvio
Ponte Milvio is a bridge in the north of Rome, in the Della Vittoria quarter, connecting the Piazzale Cardinal Consalvi to the Piazzale di Ponte Milvio. The bridge achieved an unexpected notoriety thanks to the movie Ho Voglia di Te … Continue reading
Teatro dell’Opera
Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera is the city’s main opera and ballet venue. The building has undergone many changes of name over the years and holds 1,600 people. Like Francesco Saverio De Merode, who had bought a big part of the land … Continue reading
Piazza Trilussa (Trastevere)
Piazza Trilussa is a square in the area of Trastevere in Rome. The piazza lies close to the banks of the river Tiber, across from the Ponte Sisto bridge. Piazza Trilussa is especially famous because of the beautiful fountain designed … Continue reading
Fontana Paola
The Fontana Paola in Rome was commissioned by Pope Paul V Borghese and stems from the beginning of the 17th century. The Romans call it the Fontanone, which would mean something to the lines of the “Giant Fountain”. It is … Continue reading
Ponte Sisto – Between Piazza Trilussa and Campo de’ Fiori
The Ponte Sisto in Rome connects the Via Pettinari in the rione Regola with the Piazza Trilussa across the river in the quarter of Trastevere. Particularly at night the Ponte Sisto is very busy, since it also connects the Campo … Continue reading
Via del Moro (Trastevere)
The Via del Moro connects the Piazza di Sant’Apollonia to the Piazza Trilussa in Trastevere on the opposite bank of the river Tiber. Many of Rome’s piazza’s and streets are named after churches, but the Via del Moro is an exception, … Continue reading
Galleria Borghese
Villa Borghese is Rome’s most famous park, with a number of interesting museums, including the Etruscan Museum and the Modern Art Museum. The best one of these, however, is the Galleria Borghese, on the south-western edge of the park, at … Continue reading
MAXXI Architectural and Art Museum
The MAXXI architectural museum is partly devoted to noted 20th century architects and their works, and partly to even more contemporary emerging figures and trends in the architectural world. The MAXXI Art Museum on the other hand is focused mainly … Continue reading
Gardens of Sallust
The Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) were landscaped gardens in the area that is now known as Sallustiano (6th regione) in Rome. They were created by the historian Sallust in the 1st century BC on a property that used to … Continue reading
Monte Testaccio – An Artificial Hill Made of Ancient Broken Pottery
Monte Testaccio is an artificial hill. It was formed between 140 B.C. and 250 A.D. from fragments of broken pottery, hailing from the millions of amphorae that were utilized in order to transport the goods that were unloaded in the … Continue reading
Saint John in Lateran (San Giovanni Laterano)
In Italian the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran is called San Giovanni in Laterano. The official name of the church is Arcibasilica Papale e Cattedrale del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano, however, which … Continue reading
Palazzo degli Anguillara
The Torre degli Anguillara can be seen on top of the Palazzo degli Anguillara in the Piazza Sonnino in the district of Trastevere in Rome. The part on the side of the river is the oldest part of the building. … Continue reading
Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
The Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem) is one of Rome’s seven pilgrim’s churches, which means that it is possible to receive an indulgence there. An indulgence is the remission, under certain conditions, … Continue reading
Olympic Stadium
The Olympic Stadium in Rome (Stadio Olimpico) is the city’s biggest sports facility and, with a capacity of almost 73 thousand people, also one of the biggest in Europe. It is used for the home matches of the two Roman … Continue reading
Trinità dei Monti Obelisk
The obelisk located in front of the Trinità dei Monti church at the top of the Spanish Steps was originally placed in the Orti Sallustiani (Gardens of Sallust). Unlike many obelisks in Rome it is not an original Egyptian one, … Continue reading