Rome Things to Do

 27 Reviews  This Monumental fountain commemorats the reopening in 1612 of n aqueduct originally built by Emperor trajan in AD 109.The aqueduct was renamed the Acqua paola" after Paul V,the Borghese pope who... 

 14 Reviews  Let me be honest and say it, I was just too tired and lazy to climb up by this stairs because from the bottom it looks miles away. Santa Maria in Aracoeli originally belonged to the Greek monks,... 

 10 Reviews  Right by the Colosseum. Our tour group took us there as the last part of our tour of the ancient forum and such. It was part of our tour ticket price. It was air conditioned, a little corny but all in... 

 19 Reviews  located to the right when you enter st. peter's is michelangelo's famous scuplture "the pieta". this sculpture of mary and the dead jesus was finished in 1499. a deranged person damaged the statue in... 

 12 Reviews  What to see? - Colosseo - Arch of Constantine - The Roman Forum - Palatine Hill - Trajan's Markets - Mamertine Prison - Flavian Palace - The Circus Maximus - Colle Oppio Park and Domus Aurea -... 

 12 Reviews  The modern day (still 12th century!) level church is probably the least interesting part of this church although there is a charming little courtyard. It's the excavations below which are the real... 

 27 Reviews  At the top of the Velia, in Via Sacra, we found the Arch of Titus which was built by the Senate after the Emperor's death. By this arch the Senate paid respect and honour to Emperor who conquested... 

 15 Reviews  On the Piazza Colonna stands the Colonna di Marco Aurelio. It dates from AD 180 and the bas-relief around the shaft depicts the campaigns of Marcus Aurelius against the Germanic tribes and the... 

 24 Reviews  The first picture shows the interior of the Dome. The second picture is taken in the terrace of the Basilica: these are the saints that look at the Piazza, on top of the façade. The third picture is... 

 8 Reviews  This was not on our plan to go, but since we were attending church across the street at Saint Susanna's we took a few minutes to enter this church before services were prepared. (Try to be respectful... 

 15 Reviews  When I arrived at this small crossroad of the Via del Quirinale and the Via del Quattro Fontane, I wondered why Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590) had ordered to build four fountains at this spot? Actually... 

 6 Reviews  Santa Maria del Popolo is a church that was built in 15th century by Pope Sixtus IV when he enlarged a former chapel into a church. The legend says that the small chapel was built by Pope Paschal II... 

 13 Reviews  Tradition of Swiss guards still looking after the Pope. This goes back to the days of them being mercenary soldiers and for pay will defend to the death. They make this vow, and it is a great... 

 9 Reviews  The construction of the Domus Aurea was considered as one of the craziest enterprises of the city . It was built after the big fire of Rome in 64 AD, that destroyed two thirds of the city. The... 

 10 Reviews  Inside the Vittoriano monument is located the "Museo Centrale del Risorgimento Italiano". Risorgimento is often translated by Independence but it is in fact a period of Unification of the various... 

 8 Reviews  The Palace of Justice is an imposing, impressive building which is one of the landmarks on the western bank of the Tiber. It serves as the seat for the supreme Court of Cassation, and also houses the... 

 10 Reviews  This humongous temple was started by Emperor Maxentius and completed by Constantine in in AD 315. The structure - the largest in the Forum - is characterized by three vast barrel vaults. You have to... 

 14 Reviews  The Temple of Saturn was located right next to the Basilica Julia and had big importance in ancient Rome, as a matter of fact it was always used as a public treasury and as a repository for the... 

 9 Reviews  These three standing columns and the entablature fragment above them are all that remains from the Temple of Castor and Pollux. They are from the last reconstruction of the temple in the early 1st... 

 19 Reviews  Via Guilia is one of the prettiest streets in Rome. We read about it on a walking tour guide and so made a point of finding it and walking the length. It is beautiful and very quiet. We saw mostly... 

 6 Reviews  On the square of Spania we find the Barcaccia Fountain, built in 1598 with the order of the Pope Urbano VIII to commemorate the disastrous flood caused by Tevere river in the same year.Its over... 

 17 Reviews  The Barberini Pope, Urban VIII, comissioned this fountain from the famous Baroque architect-sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1642. It is located in Piazza Barberini, near the Palazzo Barberini. The... 

 15 Reviews  If you like Greek-Roman sculptural art you will find in the Roman museums statues you will never forget because of their beauty. On the contrary of what many think they are not at the Vatican museum...