Rome - Villa Borghese

Villa Borghese gardens

Rome

Villa Borghese is a large park in the city of Rome, containing different types of green: the Italian garden with large areas of English style. There are also buildings, fountains and ponds and monuments. It is the third largest public park in Rome (80 hectares) after Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada and extends largely […]

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Rome - Pantheon

Pantheon

Rome

The Pantheon (Greek for ” temple of all the gods “) is a building of ancient Rome , built as a temple dedicated to all gods, past, present and future. The people of Rome call it the ” Rotonna or Ritonna ” (” La Rotonde “). It was rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian between 118 and […]

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Rome - Palais de la civilisation de la societé italienne - Eur - Palace

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

Rome

The Palace of the Civilization of Italy (Palazzo della Civilta Italiana), sometimes called Palace of the Civilization of Labour (Palazzo della Civilta del Lavoro), is a monumental building that is located in Rome, in the modern EUR district. Designed in 1936, its construction began in July 1938 and it was inaugurated, although incomplete, in 1940; […]

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Rome - Saint Mary Major - Sainte Marie-Majeure

Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

Rome

Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica (Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore) in Rome is one of the four major basilicas. It is the property of the Vatican. It is the largest monument and the oldest Roman church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. On the night of August 4, 358 A.D., the Virgin appeared in a dream to […]

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Rome - Piazza di Spagna

Piazza di Spagna

Rome

Piazza di Spagna (Piazza di Francia in 1600), is one of the most famous squares in Rome (Italy). It is named after the Palazzo di Spagna, the headquarters of the Spanish Embassy. It is at the bottom of the grand staircase of the eighteenth century Trinità dei Monti, in the district of the boutiques of […]

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