Of Rome’s seven hills, the Capitoline Hill is the smallest and most important. Numerous history books have told its history, and dozens of thousands of tourists pass through it every day, but most visitors are unaware that they are treading on a real mystery. We’re not here to tell you about Michelangelo’s design for the […]
Whether you’ve visited Rome’s Capitoline Hill before or this is the first time you’ve climbed its steps, you probably already know its history, that civilizations were established here long before the city was founded, and that temples lie beneath the buildings Michelangelo imagined when he redesigned the space on the hill. Making sense of […]
by C. P.
There’s some poetic justice in the new temporary exhibition set up at the Villa Caffarelli branch of the Capitoline Museums: the display, under the name “Domiziano Imperatore. Odio e amore” (“hate and love“), celebrates the assassinated emperor in the very place he helped rebuild: the cornerstones of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus are right below […]
In previous instalments of this blog we learned more about the “talking statues” of Rome or the return of one of the city’s most important collection of sculptures. However, we realized that we never wrote anything about Rome’s most important statues! You may be drawn to the city for its beautiful fountains, the Colosseum or […]
by C. P.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working non-stop with tourists from different areas who’ve been given the green light to travel again: restrictions have eased not only here, but in their respective countries too. We’re humbled that they chose Rome (and From Home to Rome!) for their first trips after more than a year, […]
Along with the exhibition on Raphael, it should have been the great art event of the first half of 2020, but then Covid hit and all museums closed down: that’s why the first ever showing of the “long lost” Torlonia Marbles has even greater significance for Rome at this time. This all-new display, called “The […]
by C. P.
Museums all over Italy have reopened to the public on May 18, more than two months after the start of the government-sanctioned lockdown from the last month of March: a much needed good news, and one that brings us closer, at least emotionally, to the end of the Coronavirus pandemic. Rome, of course, will be […]
by C. P.
An increasing number of world museums is allowing users stuck at home under Coronavirus lockdown to keep enjoying their cultural offer and their magnificent masterpieces by setting up “virtual tours” of their collections and their establishments. Rome has joined enthusiastically the initiative, with Vatican City and Italy’s capital joined into bringing art online to anyone […]
by C. P.
For most visitors to Rome, the Roma Pass is a very convenient way to make the most of the city’s public transport while simultaneously having access to a network of affiliated museums at free or discounted prices (depending on the type of Roma Pass purchased!). So you can see why it has been popular as […]
Italy’s fashion powerhouses keep donating money to restore part of Rome’s incalculable historic heritage: months after announcing the opening of the Largo di Torre Argentina area, the iconic Bulgari brand is joined by two more formidable “colleagues”, coming to the aid of ancient Rome. The rebirth of (the temple of) Venus Fendi has announced that […]
by C. P.
