CUPOLA DI SAN PIETRO
Cupola offering a beautiful view of the Vatican City in Rome.Read more
GALLERIA DELLE CARTE GEOGRAFICHE
A gallery dedicated to maps in Rome.Read more
PINACOTECA VATICANA
Read moreThis museum was created by the Treaty of Vienna (1816), which provided that the works returned by France would be exhibited to the public. This was done under Pius XI in 1932. It is a pleasure, because the rooms are not visited very often. Finally, a little quiet in these crowded galleries! You can therefore enjoy the art gallery, which presents, in chronological order, works that allow you to follow the evolution of religious painting from the 2nd to the 17th century. This is one of the richest collections of paintings in Italy, you would be wrong to ignore it! To help you see more clearly, here are the works not to be missed:
Melozzo Da Forli (1438-1494): Sixtus IV and the librarian.
The painters of Umbria: The Perugino (The Virgin and Child) and the Pinturicchio (Coronation of the Virgin).
Raphael (1483-1520), with the famous Madonna of Foligno and the Transfiguration. Not to mention the tapestries on Raphael's drawings.
Giovanni Bellini (1429-1516) and theDescent of the Cross.
The primitives are represented by a last judgment of a still very Byzantine style (11th century).
Giotto and his students: the triptych Stefaneschi (1315).
Fra Angelico (1400-1455) and his pupil Gozzoli: the Virgin in Glory and the Stories of St. Nicholas.
Filippo Lippi (1406-1469): Coronation of the Virgin Mary.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519): Saint Jerome.
Titian (1490-1576): Our Lady of Saint Nicola dei Frari.
Le Caravage (1573-1610): Descent of the Cross, which made a lot of noise because of its realism.
BASILICA DI SAN GIOVANNI IN LATERANO
Basilica in Rome, the oldest church in the world.Read more
CHIESA DI SAN LUIGI DEI FRANCESI
Church of the French in Rome whose interior is decorated by the Dominiquin ...Read more
BASILICA DI SAN MARCO EVANGELISTA AL CAMPIDOGLIO
Church with one of the best preserved basilical plans of Rome, from the IV ...Read more
VILLA D'ESTE
Villa with beautiful frescoes, beautiful gardens and beautiful view in ...Read more
OSTIA ANTICA
Read moreThe legend makes the site the place of landing of Dido and its own. Ostia was founded by King Ancus Martius in the th century BC The port is located at the mouth of the Tiber River and owes its name to its latin origin, misled, which means "mouth".
During antiquity, Ostia was the port of Rome. The city, which has been able to reach the 100 000 inhabitants, has peaked in the first century of our era. Travellers and goods travel there, sailors and traders lived there. Ostia, a military port and commercial port, has always followed the evolution of Rome: military conquests and then commercial development. Populated by many foreigners, it was a bit of the Empire that stood there. Ostia fell into the torpor following the decadence of Rome and then the fall of the Roman Empire. Its progressive silting and an unhealthy environment have led its last inhabitants to abandon it.
Ostia site, which is now about 4 km from the coastline, was rediscovered only at the beginning of the th century. It has become Ostia Antica, offering visitors an archaeological treasure, among the best preserved in the ancient world. It allows to discover the life of a great ancient city through the centuries of its existence, from its foundation until the introduction of Christianity into its walls.
MUSEI VATICANI
Read moreThe Vatican Museum site offers five illustrated guided tours of photographs. It also puts on line the calendar of museums opening times that it is sometimes good to check.
MUSEO NAZIONALE ROMANO - PALAZZO ALTEMPS
A remarkable Roman palace preserving one of the most important collections ...Read more
GLUE DEL GIANICOLO (JANICULE)
Hill, for a long walk, with a beautiful view of Rome.Read more
PIAZZA DEL POPOLO
Square with the Flaminio obelisk, a pleasant pedestrian area, a place for ...Read more
MUSEO NAZIONALE ROMANO - PALAZZO MASSIMO ALLE TERME
The Palazzo Massimo houses a section of the Roman National Museum and one ...Read more
SCALINATA DELLA TRINITÀ DEI MONTI
Scalanita is a large staircase with 138 steps that offers an exceptional ...Read more
CAMPO DEI FIORI
We go to the piazza Campo de' Fiori for its colourful market during the ...Read more
ROME VIDEO GUIDE
Video guides, made by an official guide, allow you to visit Rome at your ...Read more
MY VESPA TOURS
Tour operator specialized in the organization of tours of Rome or its ...Read more
CASA DI AUGUSTO
South-facing imperial residence with excavated objects on the hill.Read more
OBELISCO DELLA MINERVA
One of the Egyptian obelisks transported to Rome during the Empire.Read more
PIAZZA DELLA ROTUNDA
A beautiful and lively square, with a fountain and an obelisk, facing the ...Read more
IL VITTORIANO
Monument built in homage to the Italian unity, one of the most imposing ...Read more
FORO DI TRAIANO
Read moreIt is the largest and most sumptuous of the forums. The Trajan Forum is a 300 m x 190 m quadrilateral, built in 112 AD. It is best known for housing the famous column that bears his name. Bounded by the basilica Ulpia, the forums of Caesar and Augustus and the markets of Trajan, this forum was designed by the great architect Apollodore of Damascus. For its construction, an entire hill was razed to the ground between the Quirinal and the Capitol, to give the necessary scale to the complex.
Trajane column. At a height of 10 Roman feet, corresponding to 30 m, it tells in 17 marble rings and 155 paintings the story of Trajan's victorious campaigns against Dacia, today's Romania. It is the main monument of the forum. The column is inflated to half height, to avoid the impression of concavity that its height would cause; the relative size of the figures in its bas-reliefs in relation to the whole increases as the viewer moves away from it. Try it, it's obvious! The 2,500 scenes that adorn the column provide very valuable insights into the military techniques and equipment of the time. To find out more, casts displayed at the EUR-Museum of Roman Civilization make it possible to analyse the smallest details. The base of the column housed the emperor Trajan's gold funeral urn, unfortunately it was stolen in the Middle Ages. The statue of Saint Peter, at the top of the column, has replaced the statue of the emperor since the 17th century, which is now lost
PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO NATURALISTICO DI VULCI
Read moreLocated in the Castello dell'Abbadia, the museum gathers the archaeological discoveries of the Site site. The park is a large ensemble dedicated to the development of what remains of the ancient city of Vulci. In addition to the Archaeological Museum, some areas can be visited, as well as tombs such as those of François (the name of his discoverer) and inscriptions.
VILLA BORGHESE
Read moreThe most famous Roman historical villa. It is not only a pleasant walk for the Romans and tourists, but also offers many museums. It is rightly called the'museums park '. It houses Galerie Borghese, the Canonica Museum, the Etruscan National museum, the national gallery of modern art… It is a huge park that plays in Rome the role of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. It occupies the height of the Pincio and extends to the balcony of the same name that dominates piazza del Popolo. It encompasses the gardens of the villa Giulia north of the Pincio. This park was part of the vast ensemble of the great areas of accreditation of the noble Romans, which, for the most part, did not resist the real estate explosion after 1870. The park is adorned with numerous statues, copies of many ancient buildings, and countless small buildings, such as those dedicated to Adonis, Faustina, and Diane or this fountain at Seahorses.
ANXIETY TEMPIO DI GIOVE
The rest of the temple of Jupiter is on top of Mount Sant'Angelo.Read more
SANT'ANGELO LAYING
Emblematic bridge of Rome spanning the Tiber and opening a majestic path to ...Read more
PALAZZO LATERANENSE
The second floor of the Lateran Palace houses the Vatican Historical ...Read more
BASILICA DI SAN PIETRO IN VINCOLI
Very ancient basilica housing the chains that Saint Peter, imprisoned in ...Read more
BASILICA DI SAN PAOLO FUORI LE MURA (MAJOR BASILICA OF SAINT PAUL OUTSIDE THE WALLS)
Church with a remarkable pinacoteca, one of the four major basilicas of ...Read more
MAUSOLEUM OF AUGUST
An impressive circular tomb, rich in history, in Rome.Read more
PINCIO TERRACE
Read moreFrom the right of the church Santa Maria del Popolo, you can climb to the Jardin garden at the edge of Villa Borghese. The climb to the Pincio is stiff and little recommended to the tired or disabled tourist, but the view from the lookout is striking, especially in the morning, in the lift. On the Terrasse terrace, a road goes down to La Trinité-des-Monts, passing at the foot of the Villa Medici.
MUSEO CARLO BILOTTI ARANCIERA DI VILLA BORGHESE
Museum housing a permanent collection of works of art donated by Carlo ...Read more
BASILICA DI SANTA CROCE IN GERUSALEMME
Basilica among the seven pilgrimage basilicas that preserve a fragment of ...Read more
CITY AND STATE OF VATICAN
The smallest state in the world and its famous monuments.Read more
CHIESA DI SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA
Gothic church in Rome with the tomb of Cardinal Pimentel.Read more
ROMAN DOMUS OF PALAZZO VALENTINI
Ruins of ancient Roman houses under the Valentini Palace in Rome.Read more
TEMPIO DI CASTORE E POLLUCE
Read moreThe temple of Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri) is said to date back to the early 5th century BC, after the two brothers appeared to the Romans on the battlefield during the war against the Latins. Dedicated to these twin gods who protected the riders (sons of Jupiter and Leda, and Helen's brothers), he suffered multiple destruction. The last one spared only three Corinthian columns from the time of Augustus, which are still admired.
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA IN COSMEDIN
Church with an elegant seven-level bell tower and a large porch in Rome.Read more
MUSEO NAZIONALE ETRUSCO DI VILLA GIULIA
A remarkable museum dedicated to the Etruscan civilization in Rome.Read more
CASTELLO ORSINI-ODESCALCHI
Castle in Bracciano, one of the largest and best preserved in Italy.Read more
MUSEO DI SCULTURA ANTICA GIOVANNI BARRACCO
Read moreThis museum houses a rich archaeological collection, bequeathed to the city of Rome by Baron Giovanni Barracco, and is therefore an essential stopover for lovers of Greek, Roman, Assyrian and Egyptian antiquities. His 400 works are distributed in 9 rooms, depending on their civilization. You can admire the head of Alexander the Great (Room VIII), those of Paris and Mars (Room IX), and a remarkable Egyptian stele (Room I).
MAUSOLEO DI SANTA COSTANZA
Mausoleum of the fourth century with remarkable mosaics in Rome.Read more
VIA GIULIA
Street, lined with palaces and churches, between the Vatican and the ...Read more
LARGO DI TORRE ARGENTINA
Square hosting the remains of ancient temples in Rome.Read more
PALAZZO COLONNA
Visit this palace and admire the decoration with painted stucco and murals.Read more
COPPEDÈ DISTRICT
Neighborhood with mythological frescoes and medieval imagery in Rome.Read more
BASILICA MONASTERO DI SANTA CECILIA IN TRASTEVERE
Basilica built on the remains of the house of Saint Cecilia in Rome.Read more
NECROPOLI DI SAN PIETRO
Beautifully decorated mausoleums in a necropolis, where Saint Peter was ...Read more
STANZE DI RAFFAELLO
In the Hall of Constantine, the pope received guests for official events.Read more
TEATRO DI MARCELLO
The theater of Marcellus is one of the most important Roman theaters, ...Read more