With this year’s weird winter finally gone, one of the major attractions in Rome is making a comeback: rooftop bars! With so many hotels and restaurants in the city center’s grand old buildings, roofs often turn into fully-fledged extra quarters for these establishments. Due to the mild climate in the city they can be enjoyed […]
by C. P.
In the very heart of the unique Quartiere Coppedè in Rome, just in front of the monumental Baroque archway that leads to the beautiful Piazza Mincio, is a building usually called Villino delle Fate, Fairy Tales Cottage, because of its particular architectural style. Completely asymmetrical, the building mixes together different elements as a gothic staircase, […]
by fromhometorome
A district within another district, Quartiere Coppedé, between Piazza Buenos Aires and via Tagliamento in the chic area of Quartiere Trieste in Rome, was built during the 1920s by the architect Gino Coppedé, after whom it was named. Famous all over the world for its unique charming and magic atmosphere, Quartiere Coppedè is one of […]
by fromhometorome
The Mausoleum of St. Constantia, Emperor Constantine’s daughter, also known as Costantina, built in 340 A.D., is the only surviving and well preserved monument in Rome from the time of Constantine. Part of a monumental complex of buildings, comprehending the imposing ruins of the old Constantinian basilica dedicated to St. Agnes, a Christian girl martyred […]
by fromhometorome
Between the many Roman catacombs usually built along the consular road out od Rome, the Catacomb of Priscilla along Via Salaria, close to Villa Ada, because of the impressive number of people buried here, was known in the past as the Queen of the Catacombs; two popes, Marcellinus and Marcellus I, were buried here as […]
by fromhometorome
