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0 Min Read 2022-11-14 No Reply

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romeiswow, Tips & Tricks

Did you know you can now book a private experience in Rome with me?

Just check out on Rome is WOW for the ultimate list of my exclusive tours and authentic local experience.

Why you love it:

  • every experience is designed on you, special needs included
  • you want to live an authentic experience in Rome
  • you are curious and want to know more about the art, the history and the traditions of the this magical city called Rome
  • you want to meet a real private local expert
  •  you don’t want to share your guide with other people during the tour
8 Min Read 2021-05-15 No Reply

The Pyramid of Cestius

Archaeology

The Pyramid of Cestius was built in the 1st century BC along the Via Ostiense, as usual at that time. Despite that, it is one of the most unusual funerary monuments in Rome.

At first sight, one might believe to be in Egypt, or maybe in Las Vegas.

But it is in the center of Rome, in the Ostiense district, and with a 20-minute walk you can reach the Colosseum. Instead, the Via Ostiense takes you to Ostia, the ancient port of Rome.

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9 Min Read 2021-03-07 No Reply

Saint Peter in chains Basilica and Michelangelo’s Moses: 5 good resons to visit it [VIDEO]

Churches, Tips & Tricks

A stone’s throw away from the Colosseum, the basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in chain) tells us about historical events, breathtaking artworks and fascinating legends.

There are tons of  reasons to climb the Esquiline Hill in Rome, and visit it will not leave you disappointed.

In this post I will focus on the basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli and 5 good reasons to visit it.

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5 Min Read 2021-03-03 1 Reply

The Capitoline Hill in Rome: the greatness of a small hill [VIDEO]

Archaeology, Design, Squares, Walking into the History

History books tell us that Rome was founded on seven hills.

First Romulus created a small village on the Palatine Hill; later this village incorporated others, to form the city of Rome.

Not far from the Palatine Hill is a small hill, the smallest of the legendary seven.

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8 Min Read 2021-02-14 No Reply

Jupiter and Ganymede: an immense passion for the ancient world

Paintings

1700 was an incredibly vibrant century in Rome from the artistic point of view; crossroads of artists, intellectuals, connoisseurs and art lovers, the Eternal City was an incubator of ideas that, developing, have shaped our vision of classical aesthetics.

(another post about neoclassic art is here)

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10 Min Read 2020-04-14 No Reply

A Van Gogh painting in the Vatican Museums

Paintings

By crossing the entrance of the Vatican Museums we mostly think about art, history and religion. We think about the power of Roman sculptures and the calm of Egyptian statues. To the timeless perfection of the Renaissance frescoes by Michelangelo and Raphael.

And that’s exactly where we have to go: halfway between the rooms frescoed by Raphael for popes Julius II and Leo X and Michelangelo’s sensational Sistine Chapel. There, in the rooms frescoed at the end of the 1400s by Pinturicchio for Pope Alexander VI Borgia, we find a museum of modern art; this is the collection opened in 1973 by Pope Paul VI, one of the thirteen museums of the Vatican Museums.

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