Visit Rome Guide & Rome Tourism

Visit Rome Guide & Rome Tourism

Rome Guides & Rome Attractions

Guide to Rome, Italy

Rome has 34 centuries one of the most important and revered world.

In the historical overview is a unique case: it is shown, in part, the Etruscan tombs, Republican holes, imperial temples, early Christian basilicas, medieval bell towers, Renaissance palaces and baroque churches.

The city is often referred to as eternal is unique in its style, throughout its history and its contemporary character.

Rome the capital of the world

Rome is a city of passion and gives rise to the capital of Italy for the glorious past and is the geographical heart of the nation. All roads lead to Rome, says a popular proverb, and it is unthinkable for an Italian not to visit Rome, Caput Mundi (capital of the world), at least once, to see the Colosseum, St. Peter, the Roman Forum and enjoy a plate bucatini amatriciana.

On the historical level Rome is a unique case, is the representation of the whole history of Europe and the Mediterranean in one city in the world. Is there anything that remains of Rome, the city seduces and recall is strong, again and again, despite the disadvantages that such a big city can often be at the level of livability, traffic chaos. There is always something to discover in Rome, something to linger to watch, a city where the present is vibrant and is intertwined with the past in the frame of its unique inhabitants and their talk about Roman.

The three parts of Rome

In Rome, history, legends, monuments and culture coexist side by side by the buildings of institutional power. Parliament, Provincial, Municipal and hundreds of other national and international organizations have their headquarters in the capital. There are accounts that Rome is also the world center of Catholicism, with the Vatican State. The three rome, the Imperial (historical), the medieval papal (religious) and the capital of Italy (institutional), while co-exist as different, giving each one a meaningful contribution and helping to mold the character of Rome and increase its importance.

Hints about the history of Rome

The history of the city of Rome was certainly singular alternated sumptuous ages with others of decadence, moral decay, and immense wealth, in a town that still has always been able to flourish and perhaps this was the name of the Eternal City. It was capital, but never the town hall in the sense of autonomy of city government, typical of other Italian towns, was not a homogeneous social community, for example a middle class of artisans and traders, but was always governed from above, then by the first emperors and popes . They especially wanted to leave monuments, or rather a monument (the city itself), and passed down to posterity to celebrate their memory. The “Renovatio Urbis”, the revitalization and humanistic culture found in Rome exciting moments. The Renaissance was promoted by a great humanist Leon Battista Alberti, in order to harmonize the work of the architects wrote a famous treatise in which he explained as any construction project in Rome was to be both restoration and reform.

Christian Rome

Among the many churches of Rome suggest a visit to the Basilica Santa Maria in Cosmedin, one of the finest medieval churches in the city, famous for its arcade is located in the Mouth of Truth, a large marble disc that looks like a mask Triton. According to legend, whoever tells a lie with his right hand resting inside the mouth is bitten by a mask and lose the hand. Last but not least, the Basilica of San Clemente, which summarizes the various epochs of Roman history: it was built in the twelfth century and built a building on the current street level of the fourth century, which in turn covered in a home where the second century the cult was celebrated of the god Mithras (it was also felt that this house possessed a foundation dating back to Republican).

The famous squares of Rome

Rome has a wonderful collection of squares, you’ll know when you visit, beautiful places to take a well deserved break. The Piazza Navona, one of Rome’s most famous squares, holds the ruins of a stadium built by Domitian in the year 86 AD The center is recognized by the three fountains, including the Fountain of the Four Rivers by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Baroque buildings that flank it. In the Renaissance, during special holidays, the square was flooded with water and inside there were carried out mock naval battles. One of the favorite meeting places for tourists, is the Piazza di Spagna at the foot of the stairway of Trinita dei Monti. Looking at the staircase, on the right is the Keats-Shelley Memorial. The square is also adorned with a fountain shaped like a boat (called the Four Rivers), which is believed by Pietro Bernini, father of the more famous Gian Lorenzo. From the Spanish Steps you can take Via Condotti, the street of boutiques and shopping, and n. 86 there is the famous Greek Cafe, the oldest cafe in Rome.

Trevi place in the district is one of Rome’s most popular meeting places, not a piazza but a fountain, the Trevi Fountain. It is considered one of the most famous, if not the most famous fountain in the world, not only for its architecture also been immortalized in the famous film La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini. Behind it lies the baroque Palazzo Poli. Do not neglect Piazza del Quirinale, where you can enjoy a magnificent view of Rome and St. Peter’s, Piazza Venezia and in turn dominated by the famous ‘typewriter’, as it is often the huge monument to King Vittorio Emanuele II namely, the Altar of the Fatherland (also known as the Victorian, after the king), a national monument built in 1885-1888 within which was buried the body of the Unknown Soldier. Not far away lies the Piazza Barberini, which houses the Triton Fountain, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1643.

Rome is unforgettable for everyone who visits it, hard to describe in a few pages. At sunset, the city takes on ever-changing colors, incomparable and fascinating Rome romantic of couples. An eternal city and discover why visiting his greatest monumental structures, from the Colosseum to the Palatine to the Capitol, or even just walking through the town’s oldest … among the seven hills of Rome, where history, art and culture live forever.