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The church of Santi Cosma e Damiano was made by order of Pope Felice IV (and thus also defined Basilica "Beati Felicis") in an aula of the Foro della Pace, in 527.
Its late Baroque external hides treasures dating back mainly to the Middle Ages: stand the ciborium and the floor of Cosmati, the magnificent schola cantorum and the mosaic of Roman school depictin
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Referred to as the “Mother of all churches in the world”, the Basilica of St. John Lateran constitutes the perfect linkage between the pagan and Christian eras.
The Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls is one of the four papal basilicas of Rome, the second largest after St. Peter’s.
The stateliness of Carlo Maderno’s seventeenth
Santa Cecilia, music’s patron saint, became martyr here on 230 d. C.. The church, founded before C.
SANTA MARIA IN COSMEDIN The church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin was founded in C.VII, on the place where once was the Ara Maxima Erculi (a big hall with a porch from Flavius’ time, from which one onl
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The Basilica was probably the first official place of Christian worship in Rome.
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is the most important and best preserved of Roman churches dedicated to the Madonna.
Founded on the ruins of a temple dedicated to Minerva Calcidica during C. VII, it was rebuilt with Gothic shapes during C.XII.
Founded by Pietro, priest from Illiria, between 422 and 432, on an antique "Titulus Sabinae" probably raised in the house of a Sabina matron that then ended up identifying itself with the saint wit
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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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A celebrated and picturesque market by day, Camp dè Fiori quickly turns into a hub for nightlifers in the evening.
The Carcer Tullianum is one of the most important and fascinating monuments of the Roman Republic at the time. It holds a great historical and archaeological wealth for over 3,000 years.
Alberto Moravia, writer, traveller, intellectual, lived through the Twentieth century and gave his distinctive voice to European culture.
The Centrale Montemartini is a fine example of the successful reconversion of an industrial archaeological building into a major museum.
The name of the church refers to different stories about the history of martyrs.
Nel 1551 sant’Ignazio di Loyola commissionò all’architetto fiorentino Nanni di Baccio Biggio il disegno di una Chiesa per la Compagnia di Gesù.
One of the famous baroque churches for its scenographic setting and for its solemnity, the church of St Charles of the Four Fountains is often unjustly forgotten.
The church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola was built on a drawing by the Jesuit mathematician Orazio Grassi, on the basis of projects by Carlo Maderno and others, and to the expense of Cardinal Ludovico
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