Marked by 28 centuries of history, Rome is an open-air museum that offers visitors the remains of its ancient past, countless churches and magnificent fountains.
A walk in ancient Rome
Start with the procession of Roman antiquities in the center of the city at the Colosseum, universally known symbol of Rome. Built between 72 and 82 AD, it could hold up to 50,000 people from attending gladiator fights or wild beasts.
Walking up the Via dei Fori Imperiali, stop to visit the Roman Forum and Imperial Fora, then cross the square Venizia to reach the Capitol, symbolizing 2500 years of Roman history. With its 460 meters long and 180 meters wide, the Capitol is the smallest of the seven hills of Rome, but also the most prestigious.
The Vatican state within a state, and the Sistine Chapel
Rome is inseparable from Christianity and the lives of popes.
The Vatican is the second major step of visiting the city. State in the city, the current limits of the Vatican have been specified by the Lateran agreements in 1929. Remainder of former Papal States, is located on what was known in antiquity the ager Vaticanus, small plain on the banks of the Tiber.
In the Holy See, you can admire the sublime Sistine Chapel, located in one of the papal palace halls of the Vatican, decorated with frescoes of the famous painter and sculptor Michelangelo.
To the tunes of Dolce Vita: the Trevi Fountain
Immortalized in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, the Trevi Fountain is one of the icons of Rome.
Supplied with water since 2000 years, the Trevi Fountain today face monumental gave Nicola Salvi in the eighteenth century.
It represents the god in a chariot Ocean led by sea horses and tritons. At right, the bas-relief the legend says that a virgin would have indicated the location of the source of Roman soldiers.
The Trevi Fountain is a must for tourists who come to throw two coins by the wish to return one day to Rome. But no question of recovering the money in the fountain! The carabinieri monitor reckless tourists and the money collected is paid to the Italian Red Cross.