Day: January 19, 2018

From the south, the Palatine Hill descends sharply towards Circo Massimo, an elongated strip of green, where most chariot races took place in ancient times. The arena could possibly house 200000 betting viewers and if it was even half …

Villa Borghese and further north

The hill of Pincius above Piazza del Popolo sits on the edge of the city center and gives rise to a series of parks and gardens that make up the largest open space in Rome - Villa Borghese, consisting of the grounds of the 17th-century palace of Scipion Borghese, purchased …

Esquilin and the route north towards Termini

Located on the other side of the main road from the Esquiline Coliseum, it is the highest and largest of the city's seven hills. In ancient Rome, this area was one of the most fashionable residential districts. After the fire in …

South of Piazza Venezia

Via dei Fori Imperiali leading from Piazza Venezia to the most interesting ancient monuments is a somewhat soulless boulevard established in 1932 r. by Mus-solini. Previously, there was a tangle of medieval streets winding around the ruins of the ancient city center, …

North of Termini

Near, north of Piazza della Repubblica, on via XX Settembre stands the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria built by Carlo Maderno. Its interior is one of the most impressive examples of baroque ornamentation in Rome. For modern eyes …

Via Nazionale and further east

Five minutes from the gallery runs straight east via Nazionale which connects Piazza Venezia and the city center with the Stazione Termini and the districts beyond. It is, in a way, the main shopping street in Rome, a …

South of Piazza di Spagna

From the church you can walk either left past the French Embassy to the Pincio terrace and Villa Borghese gardens or south along via Sistina to Piazza Barberini, a busy intersection at the end of the via del shopping street …

Area immediately southeast of Piazza del Popolo, from the hills of the gardens of Villa Borghese to the Spanish Steps, this is the Rome of the newcomers, formerly an artistic district of the city. They came here in the 18th and 19th centuries. bedekerowcy in the search for color, exotic experiences, giving the area …

Old Town

From the Capitoline Hill you have to go a bit north to the real center of Rome, Old Town, which takes up most of the triangular plane of the earth pressed into the bend of the Tiber above Corso Emanuele. In Roman times it was the Field of Mars (Campus Martius), situated …

Jewish Quarter and Surroundings and Isola Tiberina

In contrast, walk along Via Arenula across the river to the Jewish Quarter. It is easy to get lost in a tangle of narrow streets and alleys, which is falling into decline, but you can also breathe in the atmosphere …