These thermal baths were built by Tito in 80 AD and were situated on the north-east area of the Colosseum, right next to the Domus Aurea and maybe, in part, the two laid one upon the other. The whole occupied the southern slopes of the Colle...
The tower is situated in via dei Portoghesi, in the nearby of Piazza Navona.
The palace was inhabited by a nobleman, who had one son and a monkey. One day, the animal took the child and climbed to the top of the tower. The desperate father...
Foro Italico, formerly Foro Mussolini, is a sports complex in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini (literally Mussolini's Forum) under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti. Inspired by the...
The archaeological excavations under Palazzo Valentini open to the public on a permanent basis from October 16, 2010 and the new archaeological area of the Domus Romane will enhance the art and historic heritage of Rome.
The project for...
The fountains are fed by the Acqua Paola and are the decoration of the square, dominated by the imposing Renaissance palace of the Farnese family, today the residence of the French Embassy. The large dull-grey granite ponds decorated with rings...
The Spada Gallery is located in the Palace with the same name that formerly belonged to the cardinal Girolamo Capodiferro (1502-1559), who assigned its construction in 1548 to the architect Bartolomeo Baronino. The rich decorations on the facade...
The Museum of the Treasure of the Basilica of Saint Peter is of great historic and artistic interest. It keeps holy paraments and valuables offered for devotion to the Vatican Basilica.
Of particular interest is a ciborium by Donatello,...
The museum’s collection consists of the most precious objects of the Basilica, also called the “Bethlehem of the West”, such as holy relics, chalices, ostensories and liturgical vestments.
The items are exhibited in eight rooms and are...
The Mario Praz Museum was opened in 1995. It is located on the third floor of Palazzo Primoli. The House-Museum looks like an aristocratic twentieth century residence.
It exhibits the collection of antiquities of Mario Praz (Rome...
The National Museum of Pasta Food is managed by the Agnesi Foundation and is housed in the sixteenth century Scanderbeg Palace near Trevi Fountain.
The collection was started by Vincenzo Agnesi in 1958 and was at first housed in the...
The monument was built by emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD) together with the Aelius bridge in front of it to become a mausoleum for himself and for his successors. It was completed by Antoninus Pious in 139 AD. In 271 the monument was incorporated...
The palace was the seat of the Provincia di Roma, now Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale.
The palazzo was first built by cardinal Michele Bonelli, nephew of pope Pius V, who, in 1585, acquired a pre-existing palazzo from Giacomo...
The Parco dell'Appia Antica offers visitors an unforgettable experience in a setting full of charm where nature and archaeological monuments melt in harmony, elements that have always characterized this part of the Agro Romano between Rome and...
In this square is one of the biggest and well supplied markets of Rome. It was created by the will of the people around 1900 to slow down the massive area urbanization.
The Committee for the economic and moral improvement of Testaccio,...
In Piazza Vittorio was one of the main open markets of the city (today in the ex Caserma Pepe close by). The square was built in 1870 and was given the name of the first king of Italy.
In the middle of it is a garden and the ruins of a...
Ponte Testaccio connects the Tiber embankment having its same name with the Portuense Quarter through a single reinforced concrete arch.
It was the first bridge to be inaugurated after the end of the war although the need for it had been...
Rome Rose Garden is a public garden located opposite the Circus Maximus on the Aventine Hill. The park was established in 1931. Over 1100 varieties of roses are grown there, many of them gifts from countries around the world. The Rome Rose Garden...
The church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini was built for the first Pope Medici, Leo X, who started up a competition for the construction of the building. Despite the presence of Raphael among the competitors, Sansovino’s work was selected. The...
The church, bearing a small monastery annexed, is located on the ruins of the Tempio del Sole. Its construction started under the papacy of Stefano II (752-757 and was then completed by his brother Paolo I who entrusted it to the...
The Church was consecrated in 1221 by Pope Honorius III: on the wall of the left nave, the inscription commemorating the event is visible. It was dedicated to Saint Anastasius, like the previous one, and only in 1370 was it called "of Saints...
The Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex, north of the city. The structure is an asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee and it is intended primarily for...
About a century before the tragic events of Beatrice Cenci, the Spanish complex on the Janiculum was enriched by the Tempietto built in the middle of the church courtyard. Although this little masterpiece by Bramante dates back to 1502, it had...
The Villa Celimontana (previously known as Villa Mattei) is a villa on the Caelian Hill, best known for its gardens. Its grounds cover most of the valley between the Aventine Hill and the Caelian. The principal entrance is near the Piazza della...
Villa Lante on the Janiculum is a Renaissance villa on the hill above Trastevere, designed by Giulio Romano, a pupil of Raphael. It is one of the best-preserved 16th-century villas in Rome, and today it is the seat of the Finnish embassy to the...
The present look of the villa is the result of changes carried out in the first years of the 20th century by the last owners George Wurts and his wife Henrietta Tower. When her husband died, Hernietta gave the villa to Benito Mussolini on...
Villa Torlonia is a large public park on via Nomentana, in Rome, with a group of eccentric 19th- and 20th-century buildings now turned into museums. It was the residence of the Torlonia princes and then of Mussolini: a place for strolling among...
Villa Wolkonsky (in Italian, the word villa usually includes not only a large building but also its grounds) is the official residence of the British ambassador to Italy in Rome.
It was originally owned by a Russian princess, Zenaǐde...
Immersed in the greenness of the Parco dei Gordiani, that owes its name to the imperial family of the III century AD considered the owner of this area, together with the remains of the villa and its properties, we can see the ruins of the...
In the 16th century a palazzo was built for Cardinal Ferrero di Vercelli in the area corresponding to the northern section of Constantine’s baths, on the Quirinal hill.
During the papacy of Sixtus V Sisto V Peretti (1585-90) it housed the...
The Caffarella Valley is located between the Aurelian Walls, Via Latina, Via dell'Almone, and Via Appia Antica. An integral part of the Appian Way Park, it constitutes its main and privileged access.
At each entrance, an information panel...
The works for this bridge designed by architect Antonelli started in 1924. On April 21 1929, anniversary of the foundation of Rome, it was officially inaugurated.
The bridge is 133 m (148 yd) long and 20 m (22 yd) wide and presents only...
Designed by architect Angelo Vescovali, the bridge was built in the years between 1898 and 1901 to replace the iron footbridge of ponte di Ripetta, temporarily built in 1878.
It has five masonry arches, is covered with travertine, is long...
Designed in 1999, the bridge connects Piazza Gentile da Fabriano, in the Flaminio district, with the Lungotevere Cadorna at the height of the swimming stadium at the Foro Italico, in the Delle Vittorie district. Construction work began in...
This is a cycle-pedestrian structure located on the Tiber River, between Ponte dell'Industria and Ponte Marconi. Built by the Maeg company, it connects the area of Lungotevere Papareschi-Gassman, where the Teatro India and the Città del Gusto are...
Ponte Ducad'Aosta, built to connect the Foro Mussolini (today’s Foro Italico) with the Flaminio Quarter, was dedicated to the heroic figure of Emmanuel Philibert duke of Aosta who lead the resistance of the Italian Army at Caporetto. Designed by...
This bridge was built in the year 62 by L. Fabricius and was the first one to connect the Tiberina Island with one of the banks of the Tiber river. It is 57 m (63 yd) long and 5.5 m (6 yd) wide. Horace thepoet remembers it as the place from where...
This bridge was built in the year 62 by L. Fabricius and was the first one to connect the Tiberina Island with one of the banks of the Tiber river. It is 57 m (63 yd) long and 5.5 m (6 yd) wide. Horace the poet remembers it as the place from...
In 1932 the project of building this bridge was assigned to architect Brasini. It was initially given the name of "Ponte XXVIII Ottobre" (Bridge of October 28) in memory of the date of Mussolini’s march on Rome. Instead at the end of the war it...