The Pantheon
by pili
This is one of the best kept of Roman monuments, built by Agripa in 27 (b.c.). Inside you can find the tombs of Rafael and the kings of Italy, like Vittorio Emanuele.-
Mandado construir por Agripa (27 d.c.) es uno de las más magníficas edificaciones romanas que ha sobrevivido casi intacta hasta nuestros días. En su interior se encuentran las tumbas del pintor Rafael y de los reyes de Italia.- It´s an amazing building, with an incredible construction if you think that it is a very ancient building.
Es una edificio asombroso por lo perfecto de su construcción teniendo en cuenta la antiguedad que tiene. Tiene una abertura en su cúpula que es por donde entra la única luz que recibe el recinto.
Isola Tiberina & San Bartolomeo all'Isola
by MM212
A tiny island in the Tiber River, Isola Tiberina, is wedged between Trastevere and the Ghetto part of Rome. The island has been inhabited since ancient times and contained the Temple of Aesculapius. The 10th church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola was built on the ruins of this temple. Connecting the Ghetto with the island is Rome's oldest bridge that is still in use, Ponte Fabricio. It was built in 62 BC and is now only a footbridge.
Looking for dinner?
by gambadilegno
If you want to eat very good italian food, - move to Trastevere, a districtof the city rome. You have a great eligibility of restaurants, but very often you have to look for a longer time to find a place to seat and enjoy.
Excellent Local (non-tourist) Restaurant
by LuckyVirgo13 about Il Ristorantino
We discovered this restaurant by default (we could see the table umbrellas from our hotel room!)...and are we sure glad we did! The food is excellent and the prices are very reasonable (about 7 Euros for most main dishes). The service is wonderful and the staff is very friendly. We ate there twice during our week's stay in Rome and both times, we were very pleased with the meal and the service we received. It's an eclectic crowd...from the young couple who live in the area, to the table full of businessmen, to the policemen who stopped by to pick up to-go orders. We only saw one table of tourists in there the first night...a bunch of Italian guys from New Jersey. This is their favorite restaurant in Rome and whenever they visit, they eat here several times during their stay. I can see why...this place is great! Seating is either indoors or outside and the restaurant is non-smoking. Gabriel is the waiter who works out on the patio and is just as nice as can be! He enjoyed telling us about his wonderful city and, in turn, asked us a ton of questions about the United States and California. It's not on the menu but we asked if we could have pesto sauce with the ravioli instead of the red sauce that's listed in the menu. It was excellent! We also had the pasta with salmon, which was also great. Their version of creme brulee was wonderful!
Jubilee Church : Exterior
by JoostvandenVondel
The Jubilee Church, or La Chiesa del Dio Padre Misericordioso, is one of churches built during the archdiocese of Rome's "50 Churches for Rome 2000" project to mark the third millennium as well as to give the modern Roman suburbs a number of dignified places of worship. This church in particular is located in the non-descript neighbourhood of Tor Tre Teste which is located about ten kilometres east of the historical centre of Rome.
It is the third ecclesiastical work by architect Richard Meier who was awarded the commission to build the church in 1996. Contruction began in 1998 and the church was officially opened in October, 2003.
It is situated on a flat, triangular site from which three huge arched concrete shells soar into the blue sky. One could say that these arched shells represent three white sails bravely guiding the Church into the third millennium. The sail-like structure reminds the visitor of the architectual term for the body of a church, the nave (which itself is a nautical term). A community centre is also attached to the building making it a meeting point for both spiritual and secular purposes.
I visited the Jubilee Church with a friend of mine who is not a practising Catholic, but an admirer of architecture. Both of us were overwhelmed by the beauty of this structure. The initial strike of wonder is experienced as you make your way through a fairly banal housing project and up the road where you start to catch a glimpse of the magnificant white base followed by the glorious arches. The visitor reaches the top of the gentle hill on which the church is located and experiences the sense of an assembly space in front of the building which reminds one of the medieval functions of a church: an area where people gathered together. Take a walk around the building to witness the incredible smoothness of the arches and its dignified lines. (more details about the interior on the following page)
Although it is a small adventure to get to this church, if you have a little extra time in Rome, or are in the city on a second or third visit, I highly recommend venturing east to find this gem of contemporary architecture!
Church open from 7:30 to 12:30 and from 15:30 to 19:30 (check web-site for mass times)
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Apr 09
store window on Via dei Giubonarri
Marcus Aurelius - Palazzo dei Conservatori
Capitoline Museum - Bronze Horse 5th c. BC.
