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A photo of the presentation of my book in Amsterdam. Thanks to all the people who attended and a special thanks to the Dante Alighieri asso...

A big thanks to all the people who attended the presentation of my book "Discovering the Colosseum" at Dante Alighieri's assoc...

My book "Discovering the Colosseum" has been published and it is now available on the best online bookstores like Amazon, Google P...

Another exceptional finding: the second arch of Titus. The first one, still in place is at the beginning of the Sacred Way (at one of the en...

A wonderful video of Hadrian's villa and Villa d'Este in Tivoli seen by a drone. The Majestic ruins of Hadrian's villa and the s...

Beautiful video...Rome as a drone would see it, not bad! http://video.corriere.it/da-piazza-navona-colosseo-spettacolo-roma-vista-drone/b1...

The only pyramid of Rome has been recently brought to a new life thanks to a Japanese tycoon who sponsored its restoration. The colour you c...

Seeing the ruins of Ostia antica from the sky is incredible. A perspective totally different which will let you appreciate this beautiful ar...

Today Rome celebrates   2768 years ! According to the tradition, it was founded on top of the Palatine Hill on April 21, 753 BC. Th...

The ancient harbour of Trajan was a masterpiece of the roman engineers. Built as a perfect hexagon, it could host a huge number of container...

For the people who don't want to miss a wonderful part of Rome normally neglected by tourists yet extremely fascinating take bus 118. Fr...

In Rome they have been working since 15 years to the construction of the third line of the metro (metro C). Aside from some corruption and v...

A wonderful initiative : the pope gives the opportunity to a large group of homeless people to have a free guided tour of  the Vatica...

Street food, well...let's spell it properly: streeat food! Many times this means good food at a reasonable price. In few days in Rome t...

The horseback statue of Vittorio Emanuele II   at the Vittoriano is 12 meters high and stands out with its mass at the center of...

Dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of Italy, is one of the most photographed monuments in Rome. Its gigantic white mass dominat...

Very close to the Pantheon, in a square called Piazza Sant'Eustachio, there is a church where on top of the facade there is a deer in...

On the Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome visible today in the way Michelangelo arranged it, it was built the temple of Juno...

 The Pyramid of Cestius Not all the italian cities can boast a pyramid...but Rome does! Close to San Paolo's gate there is the...

The Palatine hill is the richest hills of Rome in terms of history. The Palatine stands on one side of the Roman forum and looks upon the Ci...

The Appian Way                 The Appian Way from Rome to Brindisi                    The Appian Way w...

To enjoy the tipical atmosphere of a roman pizzeria together with the voices of loud locals and with their excellent pizzas, once you are in...

 The Basilica of Maxentius is one of the greatest buildings of ancient Rome that we can admire today. It was built at the beginning of the ...

The Pantheon was first built in the I century B.C. by Agrippa, (as it is written on the facade) son in law of Augustus. After two fires ...

The Fountain of the Four Rivers is in the center of Piazza Navona. It was realised according to a project of Bernini in 1651 and it ...

Why there is a fountain with the shape of an old boat in front of the Spanish steps? The fountain was built in 1627, a century before the...

According to the tradition, who throws a coin from the back inside Trevi's Fountain, one day will come back to Rome. Thousands of...

San Clemente, very close by the Colosseum, is a church built on three levels: the upper and lower basilica and a roman house (II century ...

The Protestant Cemetery was built to bury all those people for whom the burial in a catholic cemetery was forbidden either because they ...

As you can see from the picture, the pizzeria La Montecarlo looks anonymous from outside but it is a real true-roman pizzeria. It is full...

The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze statue realised by the Etruscans in the V century B.C. During the XV century the twins, made by Pollaiolo...

Who loves sicilian specialities and wants to taste exceptional recepes even in Rome, shouldn't miss a visit to Mondo Arancina (Aranc...

The square of Campo dei Fiori, close to Palazzo Farnese, is particularly famous because of what happened to the philosopher Giordano Bruno,...

One of the masterpieces of Borromini can be admired in Palazzo Spada, in Piazza Capo di Ferro, close to Campo de' Fiori. The palace w...

The "big noses" are the small fountains which distribute water for free, 24/7, throughout the whole city of Rome. They are call...

The church of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, founded in IV century A.D. by St. Helen, mother of the roman emperor Costantine, takes its name fr...

San Carlo alle Quattro fontane is a tiny church not far from Via Nazionale. It is one of the masterpieces of the roman baroque. It was re...

Costantine was a roman emperor from 306 till 337 A.D. He was one of the most important characters of the roman empire and his reign repre...

Raffaello Sanzio is one of the most important artists of the Renaissance period. Born in Urbino, in the Marche region, in 1483, he was pa...

The School of Athens is one of the frescos which decorates the Room of the Signatura, one of the four rooms depicted by Raphael in the Vati...

On the Aventine hill, at the end of via di Santa Sabina, there is the Villa del Priorato di Malta, home to the Grand Priory of the Sovere...

The supplì is a tipical roman (and more generally from Lazio) speciality. They are rice balls, with pieces of melted mozzarella inside, w...

 Caravaggio was one of the greatest painters of all times. Despite his short life (he was 39 when he died) revolutionized the way of paint...

The Young Sick Bacchus, Caravaggio Scipione Borghese was the nephew of Paulus V, pope between 1605 and 1621. He is famous mostly beca...

The "grattachecca" is a must for anybody who visits Rome, especially during the summer months. The word is tipically roman and ...

The Giolitti ice parlour is in via Uffici del Vicario, 40, few meters from the Montecitorio palace. It is probably the best ice parlour...

The opera house of Rome was inaugurated in 1880. Several operas were performed here for the first time: the Cavalleria Rusticana and Iris...

Inside the Palace of Santi Apostoli, very close by Piazza Venezia, there is the cenotaph of Michelangelo. A cenotaph is a monument whic...

Inside the ghetto there is a church built inside the ruins of what is called the Portico d'Ottavia. This church is actually known wit...