Rome
About Rome
Rome, Italy’s capital, is a sprawling, cosmopolitan city with nearly 3,000 years of globally influential art, architecture, and culture on display. Ancient ruins such as the Forum and the Colosseum evoke the power of the former Roman Empire. Vatican City, headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, has St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums, which house masterpieces such as Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes. The 18th-century Spanish Steps sit at the heart of Rome’s high-end shopping district, with designer boutiques lining Via Condotti and Via Borgognona. Visitors toss coins into the iconic, baroque Trevi Fountain. The Pantheon, dating to the second century A.D., holds Raphael’s Renaissance-era tomb. Rome’s hearty cuisine includes such traditional dishes as carbonara, amatriciana, and saltimbocca. After-dark activities range from seeing one of Verdi’s classic operas at Teatro dell’Opera to club-hopping in working-class Testaccio, once the city’s slaughterhouse district.
Colosseum
Colosseum, is an oval amphitheater in the centre of the city of Rome just east of the Roman Forum and is the largest ancient amphitheater ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheater in the world today and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Colosseum is built of travertine limestone, tuff, and brick-faced concrete. The Colosseum could hold an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 spectators at various points of its history over the centuries. It was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Roman mythology.
Papal Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican or simply Saint Peter's Basilica is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal enclave that is within the city of Rome. It has been described as holding a unique position in the Christian world and as the greatest of all churches of Christendom. The pope presides at a number of liturgies throughout the year both within the basilica or the adjoining St. Peter's Square.
Roman Forum
The Roman Forum also known as Forum Romanum is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum.
Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and one of the largest museums in the world.
Trevi Fountain
Trevi Fountain is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. It is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. According to legend, coins are purportedly meant to be thrown using the right hand over the left shoulder into the Trevi Fountain. Tossing one coin into the Trevi Fountain means you will return to The Eternal City of Rome, tossing two coins means you will return and fall in love, and tossing three coins means you will return, find love, and marry. The fountain has appeared in several notable films such as Roman Holiday, the eponymous Three Coins in the Fountain, Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, and The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
Pantheon
Pantheon is a former Roman temple, now a Catholic church, in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus. The building is cylindrical with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns under a pediment. A rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered concrete dome, with a central opening to the sky. The Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.
Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the pope, in Vatican City. The chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today, it is the site of the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescos that decorate the interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment, both by Michelangelo.
Piazza Navona
Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones, and hence it was known as "Circus Agonalis". It is one of the largest and most beautiful piazza squares in Rome with three impressive fountains. Surrounding the square are restaurants and street artists, painters, and musicians who add a lively atmosphere to the scene.
Spanish Steps
Spanish Steps are a monumental stairway of 135 steps in Rome, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church at the top. The Spanish Steps have been featured in several notable films. Today, at the top of the Spanish Steps you will find a cluster of artists painting visitor’s portraits.
Castel Sant'Angelo
Castel Sant'Angelo is also known as The Mausoleum of Hadrian is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano Rome. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle and is now a museum. In the upper floor there is a large terrace where you can take amazing photographs of the city from above.
Best Time To Visit Rome
The best time to visit Rome is from April to May and from September to November when the days are bright and sunny and evenings are cool.
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