The eternal city

The Basilica of St. John Lateran

The Cathedral of St John Lateran (S. Giovanni in Laterano) is certainly one of the most ancient and most important of the Christianity after St. Pietro, because the principal Cathedral in Rome.
 

Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums constitute the largest museum complex in the world.

Capitoline Museum

The creation of the Capitoline Museums has been traced back to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a group of bronze statues of great symbolic value to the People of Rome. T Piazza del Campidoglio's current appearance dates back to the middle of the XV century when it was designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

The Roman Forum

The forum was, for the roman culture, the aggregation point par excellence: the market, the tribunal, the most important religious buildings were within it.

Sant'Angelo Castle

Built by the emperor Adrian as his mausoleum, it was begun in 123 A. D. and received the remains of the members of the imperial dynasty up to Caracalla.

Piazza del Popolo

Coliseum

Its true name is Anfiteatro Flavio, everybody knows it by the name of Coliseum and it is the symbol itself of the city of Rome in the world. It was built in 72 A. D. by Vespasian and finished eight years after by his son Titus.

Piazza Navona

It rises on the ancient Domitian Stadium, whose elliptic shape it maintains. It is of one of the most beautiful and most famous squares in Rome, in which you can admire masterpieces by artists like Bernini, Borromini e Giacomo Della Porta, who were among the most important exponents of Baroque Art.

In the square there are three magnificent fountains: the central one, the Rivers' Fountain made by Bernini who built it as a base for the Egyptian obelisk here transferred from Maxentius Circus; the lateral ones, Moor's Fountain and Calderoni's Fountain, that were designed by Giacomo Della Porta before Bernini built the memorable central fountain. In the center of the square, in front of the berninian fountain, the Church of St. Agnes in Agone stands, made by G. Rainaldi and Borromini; it represents a magnificent example of Baroque building. Within the church you can see in the basements the ruins of the original church and of Domitian's Stadium.

The place, one of the most frequented in Rome, both by tourists and Romans, is a meeting-place that welcomes thousands of people till very late at night, offering, in the neighborhoods, night-clubs and restaurants of all sorts; the wine shops of the area are quite famous.



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St. Peter's Basilica

San Peter's Basilica is situated in Città del Vaticano, the residence of Popes since 1377. The present church stands on the ruins of the ancient early Christian church dedicated to Peter, where the grave of the apostle is placed.

Piazza Venezia

This famous square stands at the foot of the Capitol and houses the monumental "Altare della Patria".

Piazza di Spagna

Una This square is characterised by the big flight of steps of Trinità dei Monti, built in the XVIII century, at whose foot lays the elegant Fountain of Barcaccia by Pietro Bernini. On the top of the flight of steps you can see an Egyptian obelisk, behind which stands the Church of Santa Trinità dei Monti built in 1495.

The area is famous all over the world for the presence of numerous boutiques of "made in Italy": Armani, Versace, Valentino, are only some of the names you can find walking on Piazza di Spagna and the elegant Via Condotti. Since some years ago, the flight of steps has become the theatre of fashion parades in Rome.
 
From Piazza di Spagna you can arrive, by walking up the flight of steps, to the panoramic terrace of Pincio, from which you can enjoy one of the most suggestive views on the city. 
 

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Trevi Fountain

The most famous fountain in Rome, built by the architect Salvi who made it in 1735 under Clemente II's pontificate.