The Pieta by Michelangelo, the Saint Theresa by Bernini, the Marcus Aurelius, the She-Wolf… Rome’s art masterpieces include many a statue, but for the most part visitors coming to the city ignore that sculptors have kept producing must-see works way after the end of the Baroque era or the collapse of the Roman Empire. This […]
by C. P.
Power plays, revolutions, wars, and just the need for modernization. All of these are factors in the changing shape of Rome: what you now can appreciate in its current layering (Imperial-meets-Medieval-meets-Renaissance-meets-Rationalism… and so on and so forth) once looked very different, and hard decisions had to be made that brought about the destruction, plain and […]
by C. P.
Over the past few days, the first half of the massive renovation works involving the church of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza were unveiled – even though they’re still ongoing, they are a very good signal for the city, as this Baroque masterpiece had been closed for 5 years, since it was partly damaged by the terrible […]
by C. P.
When planning your trip to Rome, you’ve had it hammered into your brain from multiple blogs, books and YouTube videos that it’s enough to cross the river Tiber to enter a magical land where life is more authentic, people all know each other and food is better than anywhere else in the Eternal City. These […]
by C. P.
According to Ferdinand Gregorovius, the great historian who lived in Rome from 1852 to 1874 studying the city, the Urbs Aeterna had once over 900 towers. That “once” was the Middle Ages, and the towers, most of them tower houses, were scattered through the city to defend the territory and a number of elite families […]
by C. P.
Over the past few years, an ever increasing number of tourists is venturing out of the city center of Rome. Be it because they’re on a repeat visit or they are overwhelmed by the crowds they encounter near the city’s most famous landmarks (2020 notwithstanding!), we at From Home to Rome couldn’t be happier: our […]
Stopped as it was by the Covid-19 outbreak, an exhibition on the Roman painter Artemisia Gentileschi will be viewable in London until January 2022. At this time it is certainly not possible for us to fly abroad and attend it in person, but what we can do instead is to take a walk around the […]
by C. P.
9/11 is a date forever etched in global memory because of the tragic events in New York, but it has an even deeper meaning for Romans: it’s the day Beatrice Cenci was executed in 1599. A killing so unfair that over the centuries Beatrice became a heroine and a symbol, celebrated by the likes of […]
by C. P.
2020 will mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death (on April 6), who was only 37 when he died in Rome. The new year will see a number of important events dedicated to the genius artist from Urbino: among them, an exhibition in London, which will be preceded by a similar display at the Scuderie […]
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Last month we began an exploration of Testaccio, the main Roman neighborhood by our managed accommodation on Via Annia Faustina. This area of the city is known by international travelers as the place where most food tours happen, as well as a clubbing destination. What most visitors ignore is the sheer amount of historic landmarks […]
by C. P.
