Rome

capital and largest city of Italy

Colosseum

ancient Roman amphitheatre in Rome

Tarquinia

Italian comune

Cerveteri

Italian comune

Galleria Borghese

art museum in Rome

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

art gallery in Rome, Italy

Trevi Fountain

fountain in Rome, Italy

Tiber

river in Italy

Capitoline Museums

Italian museum in Rome

Santa Maria Maggiore

largest Catholic Marian church in Rome

Roman Forum

archaeological site in Rome, Italy

Santa Costanza

church

Ponte Sant'Angelo

This is a footbridge connecting Castel Sant'Angelo with the other side of the Tiber. It is a Roman bridge completed in 134 AD by Hadrian, to give access to his newly constructed mausoleum. Pilgrims used this bridge to reach St Peter's Basilica, hence it was earlier known as the "bridge of Saint Peter". In the seventh century, the castle and the bridge took on the name Sant'Angelo, when it is said that an angel appeared on the roof of the castle to announce the end of a plague. The statues of ten angels on the bridge reflect its name.

Trastevere

rione XIII of Rome, Italy

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

palazzo

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

church

Circus Maximus

Ancient Roman circus in Rome

Piazza Navona

Piazza in Rome, Italy

Janiculum

hill in western Rome

Aventine Hill

one of the seven hills of Rome, Italy

Piazza Barberini

square in Rome, Italy

Gardens of Vatican City

private urban gardens and parks in Vatican City

Piazza di Spagna

square in Rome, Italy

Piazza del Popolo

square in Rome, Italy

Via Giulia

thoroughfare in Rome, Italy

Palace of Justice, Rome

Wandering around the shopping and residential district of Prati, close to the Vatican, you may notice rather a lot of lawyers' nameplates outside buildings. This is also Rome's legal district because of the proximity of the Palazzo di Giustizia or Palace of Justice. This massive monstrosity on the banks of the Tiber was built on alluvial soil, which necessitated a concrete platform to support the foundations. Despite this, later settlement of the building led to the need for restoration work in 1970 and it is said to be still sinking. There were many allegations of corruption during its construction, something not unknown in the Rome of today, and this, combined with its appearance, gave rise to its nickname of the Palazzaccio or Ugly Palace.

EUR, Rome

project for the 1942 Rome Universal Exposition

Piazza Colonna

square in Rome, Italy

Zoomarine

amusement park in Torvaianica, Rome, Italy

Via Veneto

thoroughfare in Rome, Italy

Via della Conciliazione

thoroughfare in Rome, Italy

Piazza della Rotonda

Piazza Farnese

Passetto di Borgo

Pope Nicholas III connected Castel Sant'Angelo to St. Peter's by a covered fortified corridor called the Passetto di Borgo. This proved useful for Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome (1527). You can still see much of the Passetto by walking along the Borgo Sant'Angelo, which runs parallel to, and north of, the Via della Conciliazione.

Piazza della Minerva

square in Rome, Italy