Villa Torlonia is a villa in Rome, which overlooks Via Nomentana, in the Nomentano district. The construction of the villa as it is today only began in 1806 by the architect Giuseppe Valadier for the banker Giovanni Torlonia Raimondo who had purchased the property in 1797 from the Colonna family. Villa Torlonia is surrounded by […]
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The Truglia Tower is a tourist destination not to be missed during a trip in Italy. The tower was built in 1532 over a previous Roman tower. After the destruction of Barbarossa was rebuilt in 1611 and destroyed again in 1623. Between 1870 and 1969, the Torre Truglia was used as headquarters of the Guardia […]
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The Archbasilica of St. John Lateran was built in the fourth century in the area then known as the Horti Laterani formerly owned by the family of Laterani confiscated and became part of the imperial properties at the time of Nero. The main façade was built in 1732 according to the project of Alessandro Galilei. […]
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Saint’Angelo Bridge is located in Rome, in front of Castel Sant’Angelo. Ponte Sant’Angelo was built in Rome in 134 by the Emperor Hadrian to connect the left bank of the mausoleum, probably by architect Demetrianus. Each year the Saint’Ange bridge attracts thousands of tourists.
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Castel Sant’Angelo is a monument and a tourist spot in Rome, on the right bank of the Tiber opposite the bridge Aelius (current bridge Sant’Angelo), close to St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, in the district of Il Borgo; Castel Sant’Angelo is connected to the Vatican by the fortified corridor “Passetto”. The castle was radically […]
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