Castel San Pietro Romano: bread, love and unforgettable sunsets
Up to 763 meters to capture a sunset, the sun extinguishes in a thousand shades on the skyline of the Eternal City, along the profile of the Dome of San Pietro and the mountains that surround it with the castles perched, up to the sea and the Ponziane Islands . This is why Castel San Pietro Romano is known as "The balcony of Lazio". Since 2017 he has been in the club of the most beautiful villages in Italy, with a fixed appointment: every 21 June, the summer
A thousand years in an “archaeological box” on the Aventine
More than a thousand years in a "box". You pass through the door of a Roman condominium, in Piazza Albania, to find a unique museum in the world. The “Archaeological box of the Domus Aventino” is the story of an excavation that shows in one fell swoop how that part of Rome has been transformed from age to age, for a thousand and 100 years. Incomparable mosaics, structures and materials, which from the eighth century BC reach the third century after Christ. From the first terraces in the
The moon over the Colosseum, in the backstage of beasts and gladiators
In the basement of the Colosseum in the light of the moon along the paths crossed by beasts and gladiators. The new and evocative itinerary proposed in the evening (from 6pm to 10pm) is the ancient backstage of the most famous amphitheater in the world. "The moon over the Colosseum" is the name of the guided tour program that will take place every Friday and Saturday until January 8, 2022. The Colosseum seen from a new perspective thanks to the recent restoration of the entire surface of the spaces
Museum of Roman Ships reopened after twenty years
Today it is the airport from which one arrives and leaves in flight on routes around the world, in the remote past the largest port of the Roman Empire. To help the imagination for a journey through time of over one thousand and five hundred years is the Museum of Roman Ships. It is one of the most important collections of ancient boats in the Mediterranean. It is now open to the public again after twenty years of closure for restoration and is located exactly in the place
Tivoli, in the ancient acropolis between temples and waterfalls
The Aniene waterfall, the temples, the sacred wood. Three clues on the traces of the acropolis of ancient Tibur to be discovered in a guided tour in stages through the history and myths of Tivoli. A small journey that can start from piazza Rivarola. The itinerary The route winds through piazza delle Mole, the famous temples of Tivoli, Vesta and Sibilla, the church of Santi Giorgio and Martino and via degli Stabilimenti. The description of the poet Horace The most incisive description of the acropolis of ancient Tibur is due to the
Spotlights on the Plauzi Mausoleum
Spotlights on the Plauzi Mausoleum in Tivoli. It is the monumental cylindrical tomb overlooking the Aniene built near Ponte Lucano by the consul of 2 BC. M. Palutius Silvanus for his family and descendants. It is located along the Via Tiburtina and is one of the lesser known treasures to the general public. The Superintendence of Archeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan area of Rome has included it in a special itinerary: "Between Lazio and Sabina, minor places of culture in the Tiburtine area, the Aniene
“Roma Baccalà”, chef Paglia champion of innovation and tradition
In September at Garbatella, in the pop heart of Rome, cod was staged. A unique gastronomic journey between tradition and innovation. Ostissimi, the Association of Hosts of Rome animated the second edition of "Roma Baccalà", proposed in a thousand variations for lunch and dinner. Four days, in Damiano Sauli square, dedicated to his “irresistible connections between food, religion, history, myths and chance”. A ground on which Rome plays a leading role. A young chef from the capital, Rocco Paglia, was awarded the "First prize for culinary art Acir
Marco Simone golf, Italian Open to Nicolai Hojgaard
Nicolai Hojgaard is the winner of the DS Automobiles 78th Italian Open. At the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (par 71) in Guidonia Montecelio (Rome) the Dane won with a score of 271 strokes (66 69 65 71, -13). For him this is his first career success on the European Tour. The best blue of the competition is instead the Apulian Francesco Laporta, fourth with 273 (66 70 69 68, -11). Fifth place with a score of 274 (65 70 70 69, -10) for Edoardo Molinari. Closes 34
The Domus Aurea reopens with a major exhibition
The Domus Aurea finally reopens, after the forced closure due to the Covid emergency. Doors open from June 23, 2021 with an extraordinary event. An exhibition not to be missed linked to the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the death of Raffaello Sanzio which will remain open until 7 January 2022. The title: “Raffaello and the Domus Aurea. The invention of the grotesques ". An extraordinary tale The exhibition “Raffaello and the Domus Aurea. The invention of the grotesques "tells how the discovery of this architectural complex, one of
“Absolute Dante” at the Basilica of Maxentius. The Divine Comedy read and told by artists
The Colosseum Archaeological Park pays homage to the Supreme Poet Dante Alighieri to celebrate the 700th anniversary of his death with a festival that will take place in the Basilica of Maxentius. "Author readings" of unpublished texts inspired by a song, a verse, a character from the Divine Comedy or another work are scheduled from 1 to 20 July. Dante pop: De Gregori and Ambrogio Sparagna for the first evening The first evening is entitled "Dante, a pop epic", organized in collaboration with the Art Museum of the city of