Looking for something different for Halloween? Here a selection of 14 museums with a death-themed collection.
Born from the patronage of the popes who gathered for centuries and commissioned outstanding works, the Vatican Museums are considered among the most beautiful museum complexes in the world (13 museums different from one another), with one of the finest art collections in the world.
It is one of the most beloved places to Romans and tourists, the ideal place to spend time while sitting at a table in a bar, between sculptures and Baroque architecture.
If you are in Rome and intend to come back, then do not hesitate to throw a coin into the famous Trevi Fountain to fulfill your desire.
With its domed and columned portico, the Pantheon is one of the most famous Roman monuments. According to a legend, it is the place where Romulus, after his death, was seized and taken to heaven by an eagle. Temple dedicated to all gods (Pan- all Theon- gods), was built by Emperor Hadrian between 118 and…
It is strange how what was the manhole of a sewer, has become one of the monuments of Rome where tourists most love to be photographed.
You cannot go to Rome and not see Piazza di Spagna with its Spanish Steps (Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti), which with its 135 steps seems to climb to the sky. Wonderful setting for fashion shows and famous star of many films, the Spanish Steps is known and loved around the world.
The Villa Borghese Park is the green “heart” of Rome. Designed in 1605 for the hedonistic Cardinal Scipione Borghese (favorite nephew of Pope Paul V), modified over the centuries by his successors, purchased by the state in the early twentieth century, this public park is today, a real garden of delights.
With its dome by Michelangelo and the monumental façade, the Basilica of St. Peter dominates the spectacular colonnaded portico of St. Peter’s Square colonnade, Bernini’s masterpiece.