Brief Travel Guide to Hidden Rome
Travel guide to Rome (Italy) presenting the best places to visit in this beautiful city, rich in masterpieces and architectural jewels.
Purpose of this article is to introduce hidden treasures and places in Rome unknown to the mass but enchanting for their beauty and historical value.
(We reccommend to choose an hotel in the center of Rome in order to be walking distance from all these places)
Pasquino
When in Rome the Pope was also king, a feared and inflexible sovereign, the Romans found their way to make political satire, by making the statues talk instead of the citizens. Pasquino is the symbol of this freedom of expression, immortalized by poets and dialectical literature.
Palazzo Spada
The antique facade and the courtyard rendered precious by a game of perspectives to great effect. And then the picture gallery of Villa Giulia, precious and discreet. Via Giulia is long and ordered, like the idea of he who desired to create in the 16th century as transportation artery in the quarter of the Tuscan bankers in the city.
San Pietro in Vincoli
The statue of Moses, sculpted by Michelangelo with great verisimilitude and power to provoke its author to throw down his chisel crying “why don’t you speak?”. Among history and legend, the tale of a monument which was never finished but also very much re-touched by artists through the years.
Arco di Costantino
When Christianity become the official religion of the Roman Emperor by the will of Costantino, this triumphal arch was erected, the last example of an architecture destined to die togheter with the remains of the pagan age.
Teatro Marcello
The little Colosseum as it has been defined, is in the reality a theatre and thus has a semicircular plan with respect to the oval of the Flavian Amphitheatre. Its history narrates private and public events, from antiquity to mediaeval times.
Bocca della Verit
The oldest place of settlement in Rome, just two steps from the river at its best point of crossing. The Greek community and the cult of Hercules, the present church (Santa Maria in Cosmedin) and the legend of the mouth of truth: a surprising curiosity for children.
Gianicolo
The most beautiful panoramic point of Rome, almost a terrace which looks out on the roofs and domes. A place of historical battles. A beautiful garden beloved by adults and children who finds here a Sunday traditional puppets shows.
Via del Corso
The city of the 19th century and its breathing in the organization of Giuseppe valadier for Napoleon Bonaparte. The monumental entry into the city from the North, its legends and the story of the churches which flank it.
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