Piazza Spagna
by pili
"The sitting room" of the city. You can sit on the stairway and, from there you can see Via Condotti - one of the most exclusive shopping streets in Rome. -
In the upper part of the stairs, there is a church - Trinitá dei Monti -, and bottom of the stairs you can see a fountain: "Della Barcaccia" (Fountain of the Old Boat), designed by Bernini´s father, that compared to the other fountains in the city isn´t attractive at all.-
Lugar de reunión de los turistas. Es un clásico sentarse en sus escaleras y desde allí observar la Vía Condotti – la más exclusiva arteria comercial de Roma -. En su parte superior se encuentra la Iglesia de la Trinitá dei Monti y al pié de la escalera hay una fuente – La Fontana della Barcaccia – que comparada con las restantes fuentes de Roma es, a mi criterio, no muy bella.-
Villa Adriana
by CourtneyLyn
The emporor Hadrian's Villa is located near Tivoli, about an hour outside Rome. The whole villa is very well preserved. You can wander around all day, in and out of buildings almost 2000 years old. This place is also not too crowded by tourists. At times you can find yourself all alone surrounded by Roman history.
Hanging around in Trastevere
by Turska about Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere
We aren´t intrested in nightclubs,but we like to stay up late,and watch people.At this piazza you can sit at fountains steps free,and watch men selling strange toys,women selling roses,clowns making fun of themselves,and living monuments trying to stand still,when people stear at them.You can also buy an ice-cream,or if you want a glas of wine,it´s possible-but read the price-list,some places are quite expensive-when other ones are cheapThis is like a village in the town.
There are also some drunks,but they don´t harm you,if you don´t harm them-or so it seemed.
Chocolate Paradise
by Graceful about Non solo bevi
I love sweets and chocolate, so htis is the perfect place, dinner with the base ingrediant being cocoa! the menu' is quite immaginative, having things like spicy chocolate and love elixers elisir piccante al cioccolato/Spicy Chocolate elixer
A major Roman Basilica.
by breughel
On a rainy winter day I took the opportunity to visit this major basilica which I had not seen during my previous stays in Rome. I knew that the basilica of St Paul had been entirely rebuilt after the fire of 1823, and thus expected to see a somewhat banal remake, during the 19th century, of the original church. I was mistaken and much amazed when I discovered this architectural wonder.
I entered by the large transept at the Via Ostensie and already in this part of the Basilica I got lost in admiration looking up at the coffered ceiling with his blazons of the popes.
When I arrived in the middle of the transept I could discover in the darkness the immense nave divided into five aisles by 80 imposing monolithic columns made of granite.
The Basilica of Saint-Paul is imposing by the force of its proportions and the relative simplicity of its decoration. It preserved the plans of a Roman Empire basilica since it was built on order of the emperor Constantine in the 4th century.
The frontage is preceded by a large atrium surrounded by colonnades. This part dates from the 20th C. Works are going on so that the frontage is only partially visible from Viale di San Paolo.
The cloister, on the right of the transept, is remarkable by the elegance of the small columns of various forms decorated with pieces of marble and gildings.
Open 7 - 18 h. Free entrance.
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