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Outside the City Walls
When you say "fuori le mura" (outside the city walls) to a modern-day Roman, one of the first things he'll think of is the Basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. The Basilica is situated in the Eur zone of Rome, just steps away from the incredibly long Via Ostense, and is one of the city's four patriarchal basilicas (the other three being those of San Pietro or St. Peter's, Santa Maria Maggiore, and San Giovanni in Laterano). The basilica is a 19th century reconstruction, more or less...
Tevere & Trastevere
Ponte Sisto: its here, on the bridge which links the Italian capital's two liveliest zones, Trastevere and Campo dei Fiori, that this journey discovering life on Rome's riverbanks commences. In the evenings, Campo dei Fiori heaves with the crowds of young people who habitually gather beneath the statue of Giordano Bruno, all apparently oblivious to the hooded figure of the great Renaissance philosopher and poet towering above them. Early each morning, the piazza is transformed in market (the...
Roman Baroque
Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini. These two men were responsible for great part of the baroque marvels which grace the roads and piazzas of Rome. One of the most important masterpieces of Baroque Rome is, without doubt, Bernini's colonnade in Saint Peter's Square, designed by the great architect, sculptor and painter, so as to give the mother church of Christianity an ellipse which would embrace the whole of humanity. The monumental, four column deep colonnade is comprised of a...
The City of Popes
Enclosing them in a loving embrace, Gian Lorenzo Bernini's colonnade welcomes both tourists and faithful alike to the Basilica of St Peter. This is the true heart of Christianity where, on occasions of great religious importance, thousands of people gather. Realised between 1656 and 1667 for Pope Alessandro VII Chigi, the colonnade measures 240 meters in length, sustained by 284 columns and topped by 140 statues. At the center of the piazza, stands the Vatican obelisk, brought to Rome by...
Imperial Treasures
A tour of imperial Rome inevitably commences with the Colosseum. Known also as the Flavian Amphitheatre, the Colosseum was the largest arena built in the Roman Empire, with a capacity for a staggering 50 thousand spectators. Erected in the 1st century A.D by the emperors of the Flavia dynasty, the Colossuem, since its inauguration, hosted only the most impressive of spectacles, including the legendary disputes between gladiators. Today, it is the Colosseum itself and not gruesome imperial...
Capital gains
Rome: the eternal city, the place where Italy's "Dolce Vita" was born. The historic center of Italy's magnificent capital city is testimony to the constant cultural and artistic activity which has animated Rome since the times of the Emperor Augustus to this very day. In the 17th century Bernini redesigned Piazza Navona, once the site of the Diocletian stadium, placing his impressive Fountain of Rivers right in its center. In the 18th century, a great number of the architectural...

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