Villa Farnesina A little gem of gracious living, decorated by some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, including Raphael. The loggias are now glassed in to protect the precious frescoes, but they were originally open, embodying the ideal of … Continue reading
Piazza Navona The elongated oval of Rome’s loveliest square hints that it is built atop Domitian’s o ancient stadium . This pedestrian paradise is filled with cafés, street performers and artists, milling tourists, kids playing football, and splashing fountains. Bernini … Continue reading
Palatine Hill top 10 Features 1.Domus Flavia Marked today mainly by the remains of two fountains, this imposing edifice was the official wing of a vast emperors’ palace, built by Domitian in AD 81. 2.Livia’s House This 1st-century BC structure, … Continue reading
Gazing on it today, a picturesque shambles of ruins and weeds, you would hardly guess that the Forum was the symbol of civic pride for 1,000 years. Its humble beginning, more than 3,000 years ago, was as a swampy cemetery … Continue reading
Bernini presented the design of this fountain to pope Innocent X Pamphilj, in an attempt to regain the pope’s favor after a long period of disgrace. In the latest of the daring architectural designs for the fountains of Rome, Bernini … Continue reading
The low relief of the Vicomagistrates’ altar is a particularly fine 1C sculpture, which probably decorated the lower part of an altar. It shows a procession of people leading animals to the temple for the sacrifice; following the four Vicomagistrates … Continue reading
Key available from the rector of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina. This small octagonal temple was built in the Renaissance style in 1509 by Benoit Adam, a Frenchman and member of the Rota (Roman Catholic ecclesiastical court); over the door … Continue reading
The palace, which belongs to the Massimo, one of the oldest families in Rome, cor prises three separate buildings. The one on the right of the church of San Pantale (designed by Valadier in 1806) is known as the Pyrrhus … Continue reading
This is a network of passages, partially underground, which probably linked the various Imperial buildings which occupied the hill. It dates from Nero’s reign, although the arm linking up with Domitian’s Domus Flavia must have been added later. The stuccoes … Continue reading
This was one of Domitian’s projects. It looks like a gigantic trough (some 145m/159yct long) surrounded by a two-storey portico. Some say it was designed to stage private games and spectacles for the Emperor; others say it was a garden … Continue reading
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