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Aventino - Terme di Caracalla - Circo Massimo
A circular marble sculpture of a large face with an open mouth, which was in all likelihood used as drain cover, owes its allure to the superstition according to which the “Bocca della Verità” bite
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To an untrained eye the Circus of Maxentius just looks like a vast green pasture where locals jog or take their dogs for a walk, but in ancient times this oblong ground was, as its
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The term columbarium refers to a burial chamber which walls are covered with rows of niches in which cinerary urns, small clay pots containing the ashes of the deceased, were placed.
The discovery of mithraeum dates back to the 1930s when works began on the creation of the repository for the stage of the National Opera Theater at the site of the old Pantanella pasta factory.
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In the fourteenth century, the Savelli Family built its castle on the Aventino Hill, thereby making its fortress impregnable.
The Municipal Rose Garden, one of Rome’s most romantic gardens of Rome, develops on the slopes of the Aventine, in front of the remains of the Palatine Hill, just above Ci
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The temple is one of the best preserved of ancient Rome.
A custom of the ancient Romans’ daily routine was a visit to the baths.
A refined and elegant district, Aventino is known for its extremely beautiful medieval churches and its Rose Garden (Roseto Comunale), although mainly for its Orange Grove and the most famous “Keyhole” in the world.
The Orange Grove (Giardini degli Aranci) is a splendid former monastic orchard enclosed by walls offering a truly breath-taking panorama, while the Keyhole gives a wonderful furtive peep straight onto St. Peter’s itself!
Moving slightly southwards, the Caracalla Baths(Terme di Caracalla) unfurls before us, whose famous ruins over the summer forms the sumptuous backdrop for the staging of famous operas.
For sports enthusiasts, nothing could be more pleasant than jogging through the tree-lined Viale delle Terme di Caracalla. As for the romantics among you and those “with serious intentions”, there is the gorgeous deconsecrated little church of Santa Maria in Tempulo, where civil marriages are celebrated.
What about the night-lifers? Rest assured: there is a brand now top spot “L’Aranciera” (located next to the home of the late, great Italian Film Actor Alberto Sordi), which is a favourite for both formal evenings and for the “clubbers” among you.
