{"id":601,"date":"2015-12-03T14:55:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/?page_id=601"},"modified":"2021-09-20T12:07:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:07:36","slug":"%d0%be%d0%b1%d0%b7%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d0%be-%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%bc%d1%83","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/%d1%8d%d0%ba%d1%81%d0%ba%d1%83%d1%80%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%b8-%d0%bf%d0%be-%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%bc%d1%83\/%d0%be%d0%b1%d0%b7%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d0%be-%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%bc%d1%83\/","title":{"rendered":"Sightseeing car excursion of Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>+39 329 448 3644 <\/b>\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:info@rusrim.com\">info@rusrim.com\u00a0 <\/a>+39 389 59 75 184<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Sightseeing car excursion of Rome<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Private\u00a0car tour in Rome &#8211; english guide with car from Eur\u00a050\u00a0for pax\u00a0 Price for the tour of\u00a06 pax Private tour 3H + 1 H free = 4H\u00a0 or Total 200Eur for the tour in case of 4pax include guide, car and entrances<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Our guides are also graduates having obtained painting, dance, music or literature diplomas and are active artists working in Italy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/colosseum-private-tour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Colosseum private tour alignnone wp-image-5874 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Colosseum private tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/colosseum-private-tour-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Colosseum private tour\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/roman-walls-tours.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Roman walls private tour of Rome alignnone wp-image-559 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Roman walls private tour of Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/roman-walls-tours-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Roman walls private tour of Rome\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-cecilia-rome-exclusive-exursions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Santa Cecilia basilica - Rome private guide alignnone wp-image-561 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Santa Cecilia basilica - Rome private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-cecilia-rome-exclusive-exursions-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Cecilia basilica - Rome private guide\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/finta-prospettiva-di-borromini-tous-of-rome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Finta prospettiva di Borromini - Private tour of Rome alignnone wp-image-552 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Finta prospettiva di Borromini - Private tour of Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/finta-prospettiva-di-borromini-tous-of-rome-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/finta-prospettiva-di-borromini-tous-of-rome-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/finta-prospettiva-di-borromini-tous-of-rome.jpg 225w\" alt=\"Finta prospettiva di Borromini - Private tour of Rome\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">VIDEO of ROME SIGHTSEEING CAR TOUR &#8211; MONUMENTS OF ROME<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>ROMA Aria Italiana modale Stile `500 by Adel Karanov &#8211; Soprano Mila Pavlova<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Private sightseeing tour in Rome - Soprano Mila Pavlova A. Karanov Rusrim.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FbITyiTyIOs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\">Exclusive excursions in Rome<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A one-day guided excursion experience\u00a0 lasting minimum 3 hours or daily tour BY CAR for groups of up to 5 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tour of main squares, fountains, churches and museums of Rome selected for you. The tour includes short walks on foot for visits of monuments and stops for taking pictures and a lunch or a coffee break.The sequence of monuments and their choice will display a historical and artistic evolution of the Eternal City. As well as a perfect overview of \u200b\u200bthe different types of styles in the arts of architecture and sculpture and painting. Many monuments, private art collections, entrances to palaces are offered exclusively by RUSRIM. tour guides.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Piazza Venezia - Venice square in Rome - ELECTRONIC MUSIC Karanov RusRim.com Private tours of Rome\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6nfQki4eLHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Rome private tours &#8211; VIDEO by Franco Buttiglieri music by Adel Karanov private guide in Rome<\/h5>\n<p><iframe title=\"Rome private tour -  Appian Way - Italy - Electronic music by Adel Karanov  RusRim.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cj6mRM1xse4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inside the guided tour experience you can choose to visit important archaeological areas like dungeons, catacombs, ancient walls, sacred places and secret areas accessible to limited number of people. The collection of Greek and Roman classical sculptures offering sculptures of emperors, athletes, mythological figures and ancient deities can be viewed in an exclusive way.\u00a0During the guided tour you can have a break for tasting of local food preferred by Roman elite. In summer the most popular organic ice cream shop in Rome is a place to drop in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Quirinale-Rome-with-private-guide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Quirinale - Rome with private guide wp-image-8171 size-thumbnail alignnone\" title=\"Quirinale - Rome with private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Quirinale-Rome-with-private-guide-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Quirinale-Rome-with-private-guide-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Quirinale-Rome-with-private-guide.jpg 155w\" alt=\"Quirinale - Rome with private guide\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Piazza-Navona-Rome-private-guide-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Piazza Navona - Rome private guide alignnone wp-image-8170 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Piazza Navona - Rome private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Piazza-Navona-Rome-private-guide-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Piazza Navona - Rome private guide\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Basilica-di-Santa-Maria-degli-Angeli-Roma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli - Roma alignnone wp-image-8168 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli - Roma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Basilica-di-Santa-Maria-degli-Angeli-Roma-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli - Roma\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Piazza-della-Repubblica-Roma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Piazza della Repubblica - Roma alignnone wp-image-8169 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Piazza della Repubblica - Roma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Piazza-della-Repubblica-Roma-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Piazza della Repubblica - Roma\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Rome individual excursion \u2013 list of monuments<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rome private excursion with art guide and car<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Piazza di Spagna -Spanish square<\/strong><em><em><em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6362\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bernini-fountain-Rome-Spanish-square-Private-tour-of-Rome.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6362\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"La Barcaccia - Bernini - Spanish square - Rome - Private tour of Rome wp-image-6362 \" title=\"La Barcaccia - Bernini - Spanish square - Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bernini-fountain-Rome-Spanish-square-Private-tour-of-Rome.jpg\" alt=\"La Barcaccia - Bernini - Spanish square - Rome - Private tour of Rome\" width=\"616\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bernini-fountain-Rome-Spanish-square-Private-tour-of-Rome.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bernini-fountain-Rome-Spanish-square-Private-tour-of-Rome-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Barcaccia &#8211; Bernini &#8211; Spanish square &#8211; Rome &#8211; Private tour of Rome<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><em><em><em><em><em>is one of the most famous squares in Rome. In the middle of the square is the famous Fontana della Barcaccia, dating to the beginning of the baroque period, sculpted by Pietro Bernini and his son, the more famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini.The side near Via Frattina is overlooked by the two fa\u00e7ades (the main one, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and the side one created by Francesco Borromini) of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1615\" style=\"width: 774px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pantheon.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1615\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Pantheon - Rome - Italy private tour wp-image-1615 size-full\" title=\"Pantheon - Rome - Italy private tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pantheon.jpg\" alt=\"Pantheon - Rome - Italy private tour\" width=\"764\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pantheon.jpg 764w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pantheon-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pantheon &#8211; Rome &#8211; Italy private tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pantheon <\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em>commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC \u2013 14 AD). The present building was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. He retained Agrippa\u2019s original inscription, which has confused its date of construction. <\/em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Piazza Navona square<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1411\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-navona-roma.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1411\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Piazza Navona - Roma wp-image-1411 size-medium\" title=\"Piazza Navona - Roma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-navona-roma-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"Piazza Navona - Roma\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-navona-roma-300x128.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-navona-roma.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piazza Navona &#8211; Roma<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-navona-roma.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><em>It features important sculptural and architectural creations: in the center stands the famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, topped by the Obelisk of Domitian, brought in pieces from the Circus of Maxentius; the church of Sant\u2019Agnese in Agone by Francesco Borromini, Girolamo Rainaldi, Carlo Rainaldi and others.<\/em><strong><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h6 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-piazza-navona-rome\/\">Piazza Navona<\/a> <\/span>3D &#8211; Private car tour of Rome with local guide<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Piazza Barberini square \u2013 <em>Fontana del Tritone or <\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-barberini-bernini-fontana-Roma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Piazza Barberini - Bernini fontana - Roma alignleft wp-image-1412 size-medium\" title=\"Piazza Barberini - Bernini fontana - Roma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-barberini-bernini-fontana-Roma-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Piazza Barberini - Bernini fontana - Roma\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-barberini-bernini-fontana-Roma-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-barberini-bernini-fontana-Roma.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><em>Triton Fountain (1642\u20133) sculpted by Bernini. \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-barberini-palace-ancient-art-national-gallery-private-tour\/\"><strong>Palazzo Barberini<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/em><em>It houses the Galleria Nazionale d\u2019Arte Antica. The sloping site had formerly been occupied by a garden-vineyard of the Sforza family, in which a palazzetto had been built in 1549. The sloping site passed from one cardinal to another during the sixteenth century, with no project fully getting off the ground. When Cardinal Alessandro Sforza met financial hardships, the still semi-urban site was purchased in 1625 by Maffeo Barberini, of the Barberini family, who became Pope Urban VIII<\/em>. <em>The rise of the Barberini, one of the most powerful of the Roman papal families, is closely connected to the ecclesiastical career of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, the \ufb01arure Pope, who was elected with the name Urban VIII in 1623.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The family\u2019s prestige in the papal city was from that moment secured and culminated in the construcrion in the grand style of the palazzo, which was to become one of the most admired in Rome at the time. Some of the main artists of the age were involved in the building and decoration of the prestigious residence: Carlo Maderno, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini sought to outdo each other in a contest of elegance. as did Pietro da Cortona and Andrea Sacchi in their paintings for the palazzo. Everything, from the architecture to the magnificence of the frescoes and interior Furnishings had to re\ufb02ect the authority and af\ufb02uence of the line which had chosen this way of leaving an indelible mark on the heart of the city. In 1629, the year in which Maderno died, the palazzo had ho ever only just been begun, so the building was then entrusted to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. the o\ufb01\u2018icial artiSI par excellence of the Barberinian court.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1410\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michelangelo-Mose-Rome.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1410\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"San Pietro in Vincoli, Moses Michelangelo wp-image-1410 size-medium\" title=\"San Pietro in Vincoli, Moses Michelangelo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michelangelo-Mose-Rome-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"San Pietro in Vincoli, Moses Michelangelo\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michelangelo-Mose-Rome-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michelangelo-Mose-Rome-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michelangelo-Mose-Rome.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Pietro in Vincoli, Moses Michelangelo<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Michelangelo Moses<\/strong><em> Having spent a considerable time on producing numerous drawing and studies, as well as choosing the marbles in Carrara, the sculptor was forced to abandon the project and concentrate firstly on the work in Saint Peter&#8217;s. Michelangelo undertook to finish this second project within seve years, but, thirty years would pass before the end product of the tomb in <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-michelangelo-in-rome-private-tour\/\">San Peter in Vincoli<\/a><\/span><\/strong> was archived on this having only been resumed in 1532 after long interruption.The figure is seated, in the face contracted in concentration and turned towards the left, the right foot rest on the ground, while the left leg is raised with only the point of the foot resting on the base. The biblical figure has a majestic, solmn air spite of the prevasive feeling of dynamism and witheld energy.<\/em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Palazzo del Quirinale <\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Quirinale-Rome-Italy-private-tour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Quirinale-Rome-Italy private tour alignleft wp-image-6364 size-full\" title=\"Quirinale-Rome-Italy private tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Quirinale-Rome-Italy-private-tour.jpg\" alt=\"Quirinale-Rome-Italy private tour\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Quirinale-Rome-Italy-private-tour.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Quirinale-Rome-Italy-private-tour-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Official residence of the President of the Italian Republic, was built in 1583 by Pope Gregory XIII as a papal summer residence.The Palace was also used as the location for papal conclaves in 1823, 1829, 1831, and 1846. It served as a papal residence and housed the central offices responsible for the civil government of the Papal States until 1870.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michelangelo-Mose-Rome.jpg\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Piazza della Repubblica\u00a0 \u2013 Piazza Esedra <\/strong><em>The former name of the piazza, Piazza dell\u2019Esedra, still very common today, originates in the large exedra of the baths of Diocletian, which gives the piazza its shape<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6365\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Piazza-della-Repubblica-Rome-private-tour.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6365\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Quirinale-Rome-Italy private tour wp-image-6365\" title=\"Quirinale-Rome-Italy private tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Piazza-della-Repubblica-Rome-private-tour.jpg\" alt=\"Quirinale-Rome-Italy private tour\" width=\"323\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Piazza-della-Repubblica-Rome-private-tour.jpg 469w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Piazza-della-Repubblica-Rome-private-tour-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Quirinale-Rome-Italy private tour<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fontana delle Naiadi\u00a0 \u2013 Republic square in Rome <\/strong><em>The fountain in this square was originally the fountain of the Acqua Pia (connected to the aqua Marcia aqueduct), commissioned this site by Pope Pius IX in 1870.\u00a0 The naiads represented are the Nymph of the Lakes (recognisable by the swan she holds), the Nymph of the Rivers (stretched out on a monster of the rivers), the Nymph of the Oceans (riding a horse symbolising of the sea), and the Nymph of the Underground Waters (leaning over a mysterious dragon). In the centre is Rutelli\u2019s Glauco group (1911\/12), symbolizing the dominion of the man over natural force and replacing a previous sculpture.<\/em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Basilica Santa Maria degli angeli e dei Martiri \u2013\u00a0The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs \u2013 Beatissimae Virgini et omnium Angelorum et Martyrum <\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6356\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Basilica-Santa-Maria-degli-Angeli-internal-Rome-private-guide.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6356\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli - internal - Rome private guide wp-image-6356 size-full\" title=\"Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli - internal - Rome private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Basilica-Santa-Maria-degli-Angeli-internal-Rome-private-guide.jpg\" alt=\"Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli - internal - Rome private guide\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Basilica-Santa-Maria-degli-Angeli-internal-Rome-private-guide.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Basilica-Santa-Maria-degli-Angeli-internal-Rome-private-guide-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli &#8211; internal &#8211; Rome private guide<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>built inside the frigidarium of the Baths of Diocletian in the Piazza della Repubblica (part of the Terme di Diocleziano emperor) by Michelangelo Buonarroti. The thermae of Diocletian dominated the Quirinal Hill with their ruined mass and had successfully resisted Christianization. Michelangelo Buonarroti worked from 1563 to 1564 to adapt a section of the remaining structure of the baths to enclose a church.\u00a0At Santa Maria degli Angeli, Michelangelo achieved an unexampled sequence of shaped architectural spaces with few precedents or followers. There is no true facade; the simple entrance is set within one of the coved apses of a main space of the thermae. The plan is developed from a Greek cross, with a transept so dominant, with its cubical chapels at each end, that the effect is of a transverse nave.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/\u0421-\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f-\u043d\u0430-\u0410\u043d\u0433\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0435-\u0420\u0438\u043c-\u0415\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0440\u0430.jpg\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Basilica di San Giovanni Laterano \u2013<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-st-john-in-lateran-arcibasilica-di-san-giovanni-in-laterano-private-tour\/\"> Lateran Basilica<\/a><\/span> \u2013 The Papal Archbasilica of St. John in the Lateran<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6367\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/San-Giovanni-in-Laterano-Rome-private-guide-1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6367\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"San Giovanni in Laterano - Rome private guide wp-image-6367 size-full\" title=\"San Giovanni in Laterano - Rome private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/San-Giovanni-in-Laterano-Rome-private-guide-1.jpg\" alt=\"San Giovanni in Laterano - Rome private guide\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/San-Giovanni-in-Laterano-Rome-private-guide-1.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/San-Giovanni-in-Laterano-Rome-private-guide-1-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/San-Giovanni-in-Laterano-Rome-private-guide-1-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Giovanni in Laterano &#8211; Rome private guide<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>It is the oldest and ranks first among the four Papal Basilicas (all of which are located in Rome), being the oldest church in the West and having the Cathedra of the Bishop of Rome. It has the title of ecumenical mother church among Roman Catholics. the Archbasilica, as indicated by its full title (provided below) was originally dedicated to Christ the Savior, with the co-dedications to the two St. Johns being made centuries later. As the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, it ranks above all other churches in the Catholic Church, including St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. For that reason, unlike all other Catholic basilicas, it is titled Archbasilica.<\/em><strong><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0Video: Laterano 3D by RusRim.com\u00a0Car tours of Rome<\/em><\/h6>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Colosseo.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Colosseo - Roma - Amphitheatrum Flavium wp-image-38 size-medium\" title=\"Colosseo - Roma - Amphitheatrum Flavium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Colosseo-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Colosseo - Roma - Amphitheatrum Flavium\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Colosseo-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Colosseo-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colosseo &#8211; Roma &#8211; Amphitheatrum Flavium<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-colosseum-individual-tour\/\">Colosseo<\/a><\/span> \u2013 Anfiteatro Flavio \u2013 Amphitheatrum Flavium<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em> <em><em>has conditioned Rome\u2019s urban landscape and it still dominates the ancient center. It was the first amphiteatheatre to be built in Rome in the form of a monument. The Flavian Amphiteathre was superior in dimensions and monumentality to all those previously built. The colosseum was furnished with a sophisticated system of drains with fed the bath and numerous fountains required to keep the vast audience cool. Tn the Colosseum there were various kinds of enterteinment like fightsbetween gladiators, exotic animals, naval battles, and capital punishment executions. During the renaissance the Colosseum has been one of the monuments which symbolise the grandeur of antique Rome.<\/em><\/em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Arco di Costantino \u2013 Arch of Costantine <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40\" style=\"width: 165px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/arco-di-constantino.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Arco di Costantino wp-image-40 size-full\" title=\"Arco di Costantino\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/arco-di-constantino.jpg\" alt=\"Arco di Costantino\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/arco-di-constantino.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/arco-di-constantino-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arco di Costantino<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>was well situated to celebrating the ventures and victories, fristly of the consult in the Republican age and later of the emperors. \u00a0It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I\u2019s victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/arco-di-constantino.jpg\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1413\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/san-clemente.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1413\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Basilica di San Clemente - Rome private guide wp-image-1413 size-medium\" title=\"Basilica di San Clemente - Rome private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/san-clemente-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"Basilica di San Clemente - Rome private guide\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/san-clemente-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/san-clemente.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basilica di San Clemente &#8211; Rome private guide<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>San Clemente and Catacombs In the basilica<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>witch was built at the beginning of the 12th century, the ancient painting have survived and most of the mosaics are intact.\u00a0 On the whole, the frescoes constituite a more sophisticated version of catacomb painting, both in their of the expressive and dynamic line and in their revival, in the early Christian sense of decorative motifs. These frescoes were rediscovered during excavations carried out in the new medieval church, at the end of the 19th century, and constitute important evidence of \ufb01gurative Roman culturenbetween the 11th and 12th centuries, as well as providing information on the original appearance of the early Christian basilica. The cycle introduces new features in Roman painting at the turn of the 11th century: narrative immediacy, the expressive distortion caused by the emphasis of emotions. and the appearance of naturalisric colouring. On the whole, the frescoes consritute a more sophisticated version oFcatacomb painting, both in their use of the expressive and dynamic line and in their revival, in the early Chrisrian sense, of decorative morifs, which are inserted in preordained architectural Frameworks. In the bowl-shaped apse there are extraordinarily well-preserved mosaics representing the Cross as Tree of Life, at the top of the hill of Paradise. There are depictions of the doves, symbols of the soul, and, at the base of the Cross, there are two elegant deer drinking from the river and a phoenix, symbols of immortality. The central scene of the Cruci\ufb01xion combines a more modern.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Sant&#8217;Angelo Castle &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-castel-sant-angelo-private-tour-in-rome\/\">Castello Sant&#8217;Angelo<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53\" style=\"width: 5322px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Castel-S-Angelo.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Castel Sant Angelo - Rome private tour wp-image-53 size-full\" title=\"Castel Sant Angelo - Rome private tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Castel-S-Angelo.jpg\" alt=\"Castel Sant Angelo\" width=\"5312\" height=\"2988\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Castel-S-Angelo.jpg 5312w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Castel-S-Angelo-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Castel-S-Angelo-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5312px) 100vw, 5312px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castel Sant Angelo<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>The Tiber is dominated by the impressive Mole of Hadrian, built at the behest of the Emperor, probably designed by him and conceived as his personal mausoleum and tomb. Begun in about 123 AD and finished a year after the death of the Emperor by Antoninus Pius, it became the burial place of the Roman emperors up to Caracalla. To reach the mausoleum Hadrian had a bridge specially built opposite the entrance to the majestic building. The mausoleum was in the form of a square at whose corners there were statuary groups. Today the corners of the massive structure are reinforced by bastions erected in the course of the 16th century on the Pope&#8217;s wishes, and there are monuments which increase the security and isolation of the mausoleum, which had the appearance of a small fortified village. The tour of the museum inside includes superb cycles of frescoes from the School of Raphael, such as the frieze by Perin del Vaga recounting the tale of Cupid and Psyche, from 1545-1547, and the frescoes of the apartment of Pope Paul III which are attributed to the young Pellegrino Tibaldi. <strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Palatine Hill \u2013 Palatino \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><em> According to Roman mythology, the Palatine Hill was the location of the cave, known as the Lupercal, where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf Lupa that kept them alive.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Rome has its origins on the Palatine. Indeed, recent excavations show that people have lived there since approximately 10,000 BC.<\/em><em>According to Livy, after the immigration of the Sabines and the Albans to Rome, the original Romans lived on the Palatine.<\/em><em>Many affluent Romans of the Republican period (c.509 BC \u2013 44 BC) had their residences there. During the Empire (27 BC \u2013 476 AD) several emperors resided there; in fact, the ruins of the palaces of Augustus (27 BC \u2013 14 AD), Tiberius (14 \u2013 37 AD) and Domitian (81 \u2013 96 AD) can still be seen. Augustus also built a temple to Apollo here, beside his own palace.<\/em><em> The Palatine Hill was also the site of the festival of the Lupercalia.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1423\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/circo-massimo-e-palatino-Rome.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1423\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Circo Massimo &amp; Palatino - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome wp-image-1423 size-medium\" title=\"Circo Massimo &amp; Palatino - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/circo-massimo-e-palatino-Rome-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Circo Massimo &amp; Palatino - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/circo-massimo-e-palatino-Rome-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/circo-massimo-e-palatino-Rome.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Circo Massimo &amp; Palatino &#8211; Sightseeing car excursion of Rome<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Circus maximus- Circo Massimo\u00a0 <\/strong><em><br \/>\nThe Circus was Rome\u2019s largest venue for ludi, public games connected to Roman religious festivals. Ludi were sponsored by leading Romans or the Roman state for the benefit of the Roman people (populus Romanus) and gods. During the Republic some Circus events, however, seem to have been relatively small and intimate affairs. In 167 BC, \u201cflute players, scenic artists and dancers\u201d performed on a temporary stage, probably erected between the two central seating banks. Others were enlarged at enormous expense to fit the entire space. A venatio held there in 169 BC, one of several in the 2nd century, employed \u201c63 leopards and 40 bears and elephants\u201d, with spectators presumably kept safe by a substantial barrier.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1422\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/appia-antica.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1422\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Appia antica - Rome private tour wp-image-1422 size-full\" title=\"Appia antica - Rome private tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/appia-antica.jpg\" alt=\"Appia antica - Rome private tour\" width=\"672\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/appia-antica.jpg 672w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/appia-antica-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Appia antica &#8211; Rome private tour<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1421\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-085.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1421\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Appia Antica - Rome private guide wp-image-1421 \" title=\"Appia Antica - Rome private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-085-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Appia Antica - Rome private guide\" width=\"242\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-085-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-085-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Appia Antica &#8211; Rome private guide<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>Appia antica<em> &#8211;<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-appia-antica-old-appian-way\/\"> The Appian Way<\/a><\/span><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy. Its importance is indicated by its common name, recorded by Statius:<\/em><strong><strong><em><br \/>\nAppia teritur regina longarum viarum<br \/>\n&#8220;the Appian way is the queen of the long roads&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/appia-antica.jpg\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/a><strong>Appia Antica<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><strong><em><br \/>\nThe road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC during the Samnite Wars.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>&#8211; Circo di Massenzio<\/strong><strong><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-058.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Circo di Massenzio - Sightseeing excursion of Rome alignnone wp-image-1416 size-medium\" title=\"Circo di Massenzio - Sightseeing excursion of Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-058-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Circo di Massenzio - Sightseeing excursion of Rome\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-058-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-058-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Appia antica - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome alignnone wp-image-1419 size-medium\" title=\"Appia antica - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-043-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Appia antica - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-043-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-043-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Appia Antica Roma<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-085.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-085.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Museo delle mura Aureliane \u2013 The <b>Aurelian Walls<\/b> museum \u2013 <\/strong><em><em>Roman walls 271 AD and 275 AD The walls enclosed all the seven hills of Rome plus the Campus Martius and, on the right bank of the Tiber, the Trastevere district. The full circuit ran for 19 kilometres (12 mi) surrounding an area of 13.7 square kilometres (5.3 sq mi). The construction of the walls was by far the largest building project that had taken place in Rome for many decades, and their construction was a concrete statement of the continued strength of Rome. Aurelian\u2019s construction of the walls as an emergency measure was a reaction to the barbarian invasion of 270; the historian Aurelius Victor states explicitly that the project aimed to alleviate the city\u2019s vulnerability.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1424\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-sabina-basilica-roma.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1424\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Santa Sabina Basilica - Rome car tour wp-image-1424 size-medium\" title=\"Santa Sabina Basilica - Rome car tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-sabina-basilica-roma-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Sabina Basilica - Rome car tour\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-sabina-basilica-roma-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-sabina-basilica-roma.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Sabina Basilica &#8211; Rome car tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Avenitino hill \u2013 Colle Aventino<em> \u2013<\/em> <\/strong><em>According to Roman tradition, the Aventine was not included within Rome\u2019s original foundation, and lay outside the city\u2019s ancient sacred boundary (pomerium). The Roman historian Livy reports that Ancus Marcius, Rome\u2019s fourth king, defeated the Latins of Politorium, and resettled them there.[9] The Roman geographer Strabo credits Ancus with the building of a city wall to incorporate the Aventine.[10] Others credit the same wall to Rome\u2019s sixth king, Servius Tullius. The remains known as the Servian Wall used stone quarried at Veii, which was not conquered by Rome until c.393 BC, so the Aventine might have been part-walled, or an extramural suburb.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2013 <\/em><strong>Basilica di<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-santa-sabina-aventino-hill-roma\/\"> Santa Sabina<\/a> <\/span>and Porta lignea di Santa Sabina<\/strong><em><br \/>\nis the oldest extant Roman basilica in Rome that preserves its original colonnaded rectangular plan and architectural style. Its decorations have been restored to their original restrained design. Santa Sabina was built by Peter of Illyria, a Dalmatian priest, between 422 and 432[1] near a temple of Juno on the Aventine Hill in Rome. The church was built on the site of early Imperial houses one of which is said to be of Sabina a Roman matron originally from Avezzano in the Abruzzo region of Italy.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Video: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/snta-maria-della-vittoria\/\">Santa Maria della Vittoria<\/a><\/span> in Rome &#8211;\u00a0original music by Adel Karanov private guide and composer<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The rose garden &#8211; Roseto comunale di Roma<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1425\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/rose-garden-rome-tour.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1425\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"The Rrose garden Aventino - Tour of Rome with private guide wp-image-1425 size-full\" title=\"The Rrose garden Aventino - Tour of Rome with private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/rose-garden-rome-tour.jpg\" alt=\"The Rrose garden Aventino - Tour of Rome with private guide\" width=\"760\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/rose-garden-rome-tour.jpg 760w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/rose-garden-rome-tour-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rrose garden Aventino &#8211; Tour of Rome with private guide<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The orange garden \u2013 Giardino degli aranci <\/strong><em><em>The park offers an excellent view of the city. The garden, as it is today, was designed in 1932 by Raffaele De Vico. The garden, whose name comes from the many bitter orange trees growing there, extends over the area of an ancient fortress built near the basilica of Santa Sabina by the Savelli family between 1285 and 1287, which, in turn, was built over an old castle constructed by the Crescentii in the tenth century.<\/em><\/em><strong>\u2013 The rose garden \u2013 Giardino delle rose<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><strong><strong>\u2013 Order of Malta square \u2013 Sovrano militare ordine di Malta Roma \u2013 Piazza Cavalieri di Malta<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-085.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TM-085.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/piramide-cestia.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Piramide Cestia - Roma wp-image-43\" title=\"Piramide Cestia - Roma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/piramide-cestia.jpg\" alt=\"Piramide Cestia - Roma\" width=\"283\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/piramide-cestia.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/piramide-cestia-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piramide Cestia &#8211; Roma<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pyramid of Cestius \u2013 Piramide di Caio Cestio \u2013 <\/strong><em>ancient pyramid in Rome built about 18 BC\u201312 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations in Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum.<br \/>\nIt should first be pointed out that the Pyramid of Cestius was not the only Egyptian-style pyramid in Rome. There was also another pyramid, known as the \u2018Pyramid of Romulus\u2019. Incidentally, during the Middle Ages, the Pyramid of Cestius was known as the \u2018Pyramid of Remus\u2019, and it was believed that these two pyramids were the tombs of the legendary founders of Rome. The larger \u2018Pyramid of Romulus\u2019, located between the Vatican and Hadrian\u2019s Mausoleum (known also as the Castel Sant\u2019Angelo), was dismantled sometime during the 16 <sup>th<\/sup> century so that its marble could be used in the construction of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Centrale Montemartini<\/strong><\/strong> \u2013<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-capitoline-collections-in-the-montemartini-power-station-private-tour\/\">Museo Montemartini<\/a>\u00a0<\/span> Collection of the musei Capitolini &#8211; <em><em>The best roman art collections and Industrial archaeology in Rome<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8185\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wounded-Niobid-Centrale-Montemartini.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8185\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Wounded Niobid - Centrale Montemartini wp-image-8185 size-large\" title=\"Wounded Niobid - Centrale Montemartini\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wounded-Niobid-Centrale-Montemartini-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Wounded Niobid - Centrale Montemartini\" width=\"604\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wounded-Niobid-Centrale-Montemartini-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wounded-Niobid-Centrale-Montemartini-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wounded-Niobid-Centrale-Montemartini-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wounded-Niobid-Centrale-Montemartini-1536x922.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Wounded-Niobid-Centrale-Montemartini-2048x1229.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wounded Niobid &#8211; Centrale Montemartini<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8184\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Temple-of-Apollo-Centrale-Montemartini.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8184\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Temple of Apollo - Centrale Montemartini wp-image-8184 size-large\" title=\"Temple of Apollo - Centrale Montemartini\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Temple-of-Apollo-Centrale-Montemartini-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Temple of Apollo - Centrale Montemartini\" width=\"604\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Temple-of-Apollo-Centrale-Montemartini-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Temple-of-Apollo-Centrale-Montemartini-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Temple-of-Apollo-Centrale-Montemartini-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Temple-of-Apollo-Centrale-Montemartini-1536x922.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Temple-of-Apollo-Centrale-Montemartini-2048x1229.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temple of Apollo &#8211; Centrale Montemartini<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8183\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Giovane-in-preghiera-Centrale-Montemartini.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8183\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Giovane in preghiera - Centrale Montemartini wp-image-8183 size-large\" title=\"Giovane in preghiera - Centrale Montemartini\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Giovane-in-preghiera-Centrale-Montemartini-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Giovane in preghiera - Centrale Montemartini\" width=\"604\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Giovane-in-preghiera-Centrale-Montemartini-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Giovane-in-preghiera-Centrale-Montemartini-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Giovane-in-preghiera-Centrale-Montemartini-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Giovane-in-preghiera-Centrale-Montemartini-1536x922.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Giovane-in-preghiera-Centrale-Montemartini-2048x1229.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giovane in preghiera &#8211; Centrale Montemartini<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8182\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Centrale-Montemartini-Rome-private-tour.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8182\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Centrale Montemartini - Rome private tour wp-image-8182 size-large\" title=\"Centrale Montemartini - Rome private tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Centrale-Montemartini-Rome-private-tour-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Centrale Montemartini - Rome private tour\" width=\"604\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Centrale-Montemartini-Rome-private-tour-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Centrale-Montemartini-Rome-private-tour-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Centrale-Montemartini-Rome-private-tour-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Centrale-Montemartini-Rome-private-tour-1536x922.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Centrale-Montemartini-Rome-private-tour-2048x1229.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Centrale Montemartini &#8211; Rome private tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/FE-389.jpg\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Best Roman ice cream shop and the old bar pasticceria<\/strong><\/strong><em>close to the Pyramid Caio Cestio<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em> <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Gelateria-Rome-private-tour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Gelateria - Rome private tour aligncenter wp-image-1444 size-full\" title=\"Gelateria - Rome private tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Gelateria-Rome-private-tour.jpg\" alt=\"Gelateria - Rome private tour\" width=\"665\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Gelateria-Rome-private-tour.jpg 665w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Gelateria-Rome-private-tour-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Italian food<\/strong><strong>shop<\/strong><strong>in Rome<\/strong><em><em><strong><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/italian-food-private-car-tours-in-Rome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Italian food - private car tours in Rome aligncenter wp-image-1447 size-full\" title=\"Italian food - private car tours in Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/italian-food-private-car-tours-in-Rome.jpg\" alt=\"Italian food - private car tours in Rome\" width=\"756\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/italian-food-private-car-tours-in-Rome.jpg 756w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/italian-food-private-car-tours-in-Rome-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><strong>Piazza Venezia &#8211;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-piazza-venezia-vittoriano-museum-rome-private-tour\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><em><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-piazza-venezia-vittoriano-museum-rome-private-tour\/\">Venezia square\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo \u2013 later Pope Paul II , alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron saint of\u00a0 Venice. The Palazzo Venezia served as the embassy of the Republic of Venice in Rome<strong>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8186\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Venice-sqare-in-Rome-Art-picture.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8186\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Venice sqare in Rome - Art picture - Piazza Venezia wp-image-8186 size-full\" title=\"Venice sqare in Rome - Art picture - Piazza Venezia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Venice-sqare-in-Rome-Art-picture.jpg\" alt=\"Venice sqare in Rome - Art picture\" width=\"360\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Venice-sqare-in-Rome-Art-picture.jpg 360w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Venice-sqare-in-Rome-Art-picture-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venice sqare in Rome &#8211; Art picture &#8211; Piazza Venezia<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_54\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fontana-delle-tartarughe-Roma.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Fontana delle tartarughe Roma wp-image-54\" title=\"Fontana delle tartarughe Roma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fontana-delle-tartarughe-Roma.jpg\" alt=\"Fontana delle tartarughe Roma\" width=\"249\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fontana-delle-tartarughe-Roma.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fontana-delle-tartarughe-Roma-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontana delle tartarughe Roma<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><strong><em>Fontana delle Tartarughe<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><em><strong> <em>\u2013 The Fontane delle Tartarughe <\/em><\/strong><strong><em><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/strong><em>(The Turtle Fountain) is a fountain of the late Italian Renaissance, located in Piazza Mattei, in the Sant\u2019Angelo district of Rome, Italy. It was built between 1580 and 1588 by the architect Giacomo della Porta and the sculptor Taddeo Landini. The bronze turtles around the upper basin, usually attributed either to Gian Lorenzo Bernini or Andrea Sacchi, were added in either 1658 or 1659 when the fountain was restored.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Fontana-delle-tartarughe-Roma.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Mercati Traiani\u2013 Trajan\u2019s Market<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>is a large complex of ruins located on the Via dei Fori Imperiali. Thought to be the world\u2019s oldest shopping mall, the arcades in Trajan\u2019s Market are now believed by many to be administrative offices for Emperor Trajan.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>The shops and apartments were built in a multi-level structure, and it is still possible to visit several of the levels. Highlights include delicate marble floors and the remains of a library.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_555\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mercati-traiani-Roma.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-555\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Mercati Traiani - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome wp-image-555 size-full\" title=\"Mercati Traiani - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome \" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mercati-traiani-Roma.jpg\" alt=\"Mercati Traiani - Sightseeing car excursion of Rome \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mercati-traiani-Roma.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mercati-traiani-Roma-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Mercati-traiani-Roma-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mercati Traiani &#8211; Sightseeing car excursion of Rome<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1433\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/EUK-155.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1433\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Trajan\u2019s Market - car excursion of Rome wp-image-1433 size-full\" title=\"Trajan\u2019s Market - car excursion of Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/EUK-155.jpg\" alt=\"Trajan\u2019s Market - car excursion of Rome\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/EUK-155.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/EUK-155-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/EUK-155-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trajan\u2019s Market &#8211; car excursion of Rome<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8188\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Trajans-Market-Rome-with-private-guide.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8188\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Trajan\u2019s Market - Rome with private guide wp-image-8188 size-large\" title=\"Trajan\u2019s Market - Rome with private guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Trajans-Market-Rome-with-private-guide-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Trajan\u2019s Market - Rome with private guide\" width=\"604\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Trajans-Market-Rome-with-private-guide-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Trajans-Market-Rome-with-private-guide-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Trajans-Market-Rome-with-private-guide-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Trajans-Market-Rome-with-private-guide-1536x922.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Trajans-Market-Rome-with-private-guide-2048x1229.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trajan\u2019s Market &#8211; Rome with private guide<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><strong>Campidoglio hill \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-piazza-del-campidoglio-rome-private-tour\/\">Piazza del Campidoglio<\/a> <\/span>\u2013\u00a0Collis Capit\u014dl\u012bnus <\/strong><\/strong><em><strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><em><em><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/campidoglio-rome-private-tours.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Campidoglio - Rome private tours alignleft wp-image-1437 size-medium\" title=\"Campidoglio - Rome private tours\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/campidoglio-rome-private-tours-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Campidoglio - Rome private tours\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/campidoglio-rome-private-tours-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/campidoglio-rome-private-tours.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>It was the citadel (equivalent of the ancient Greek acropolis) of the earliest Romans. The existing design of the Piazza del Campidoglio and the surrounding palazzi was created by Renaissance artist and architect Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536\u20131546. At the height of his fame, he was commissioned by the Farnese Pope Paul III, who wanted a symbol of the new Rome to impress Charles V, who was expected in 1538.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1443\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Roman-forum-Guide-of-Rome.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1443\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Roman forum - Guide of Rome wp-image-1443 \" title=\"Roman forum - Guide of Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Roman-forum-Guide-of-Rome.jpg\" alt=\"Roman forum - Guide of Rome\" width=\"601\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Roman-forum-Guide-of-Rome.jpg 495w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Roman-forum-Guide-of-Rome-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roman forum &#8211; Guide of Rome<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><strong>Foro Romano \u2013 Roman forum panoramic view<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1438\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-bocca-della-verita-piazza-bocca-della-verita.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1438\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Piazza bocca della verita - Rome - Italy wp-image-1438 size-medium\" title=\"Piazza bocca della verita - Rome - Italy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-bocca-della-verita-piazza-bocca-della-verita-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Piazza bocca della verita - Rome - Italy\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-bocca-della-verita-piazza-bocca-della-verita-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/piazza-bocca-della-verita-piazza-bocca-della-verita.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piazza bocca della verita &#8211; Rome &#8211; Italy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1439\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tempio-di-portuno-Rome-car-excursion.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Tempio di Portuno - Rome car excursion wp-image-1439 size-medium\" title=\"Tempio di Portuno - Rome car excursion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tempio-di-portuno-Rome-car-excursion-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Tempio di Portuno - Rome car excursion\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tempio-di-portuno-Rome-car-excursion-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tempio-di-portuno-Rome-car-excursion.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tempio di Portuno &#8211; Rome car excursion<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Piazza della Bocca della Verit\u00e0 <\/strong><em><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong> <em>The square lies in the ancient area of the Forum Boarium, just in front of the Tiber Island; it takes its name from the Bocca della Verit\u00e0. The fountain in front of the two temples, called Fountain of the Tritons, released by Carlo Bizzaccheri. Besides the church, dating back to the late Middle Ages, the square houses the Arcus Argentariorum, the Arch of Janus, the Temple of Hercules Victor and the Temple of Portunus, a deity related to the ancient river harbour.<\/em><\/em><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Tempio di Portuno <\/strong><em><strong><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> <em>Its Ionic order has been much admired, drawn and engraved and copied since the 16th century (see illustration, right).\u00a0 The temple owes its state of preservation from its being converted to use as a church in 872 and rededicated to <\/em>Santa Maria Egyziaca (Saint Mary of Egypt).<br \/>\n\u2013 Tempio di Ercole Vincitore \u2013 The Temple of Hercules Victor \u2013 Hercules the Winner or Hercules Olivarius \u2013 <em>Dating from the later 2nd century BC By 1132 the temple had been converted to a church, known as Santo Stefano alle Carozze (St. Stephen \u2018of the carriages).<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tempio-di-portuno-Rome-car-excursion.jpg\"><em><strong><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Fontana dei Tritoni<em> \u2013 <\/em><\/strong><em><em>This fountain should be distinguished from the similarly named nearby Triton Fountain (Fontana del Tritone) by Bernini. The fountain was completed in 1715 by architect Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri, during the works for the accommodation of the square in front of the basilica.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><strong><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Tras Tevere <\/strong><strong><em><br \/>\n<strong><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-cecilia-rome-exclusive-exursions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Santa Cecilia Rome exclusive car excursions alignleft wp-image-561 size-medium\" title=\"Santa Cecilia Rome exclusive car excursions\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-cecilia-rome-exclusive-exursions-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Cecilia Rome exclusive car excursions\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-cecilia-rome-exclusive-exursions-300x219.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-cecilia-rome-exclusive-exursions-1024x748.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-cecilia-rome-exclusive-exursions.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><em><em>This basilica (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-santa-cecilia-trastevere-roma\/\">Santa Cecilia<\/a><\/span>) was built by Pope Paschal I during the ninth century; the portico, bell tower and cloisrer in the right wing of the convent were added between the end of the l2tl&#8217;l and early 13th centuries; as early as 1540 the church began to be the object of numerous reStoration operations up to the most radical one of 1724, executed at the will of cardinal Francesco Acquaviva. The monumental entrance is attributed to Ferdinando Fuga (1741-1742) The portico in front of the facade (somewhat retouched during the 18th century) srill has its ancient columns, the original architrave with its mosaic decorations, tombstones and medieval fragments. Inside there are three naves: the central nave, with its lowered barrel vault terminating in an apse, is separated from the side aisles by pilasters that incorporate the ancient columns. The tabernacle by Arnolfo di Cambio (1293) at the center of the presbytery is a true masterpiece of Gothic architeCtute and sculpture. Among the marble Statues, Saint Cecilia by Stefano Madetno (1600), portrayed in the act of recognition, is particularly worthy of admiration. The L\u2019nivma\/\ufb01rdgemem frescos by Pietro Cavallini in the Nuns\u2019 Choir, built on the internal face of the facade, are considered to be his masterpiece and the mosr significant work of Roman painting prior to Giotto.<\/em><\/em><strong><em><strong><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/santa-cecilia-rome-exclusive-exursions.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Video:\u00a0 Santa Maria in trastevere basilica in Rome 3D &#8211; Music by Adel Karanov guide in Rome<\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_1442\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/panoramic-rome-car-excursions.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1442\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Panoramic Rome - Car excursions in Italy wp-image-1442 size-full\" title=\"Panoramic Rome - Car excursions in Italy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/panoramic-rome-car-excursions.jpg\" alt=\"Panoramic Rome - Car excursions in Italy\" width=\"759\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/panoramic-rome-car-excursions.jpg 759w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/panoramic-rome-car-excursions-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panoramic Rome &#8211; Car excursions in Italy<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Janiculum Hill \u2013 Colle del Gianicolo \u2013 Rome panoramic view <em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/panoramic-rome-car-excursions.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tempietto del Bramante \u2013 Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio<em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Roma-Car-tours-in-rome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Tempietto del Bramante Roma - Car tours in Rome alignleft wp-image-1440 size-medium\" title=\"Tempietto del Bramante Roma - Car tours in Rome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Roma-Car-tours-in-rome-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tempietto del Bramante Roma - Car tours in Rome\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Roma-Car-tours-in-rome-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Roma-Car-tours-in-rome.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Rome-tours-and-guide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Tempietto del Bramante - Rome tours and guide alignleft wp-image-1441 size-medium\" title=\"Tempietto del Bramante - Rome tours and guide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Rome-tours-and-guide-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tempietto del Bramante - Rome tours and guide\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Rome-tours-and-guide-218x300.jpg 218w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Rome-tours-and-guide.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><em>1502 <\/em><em><em>Temple of Bramante is considered one of the first great building of the high Reinassence. It is evidently based on the study of the rules of harmony of the Roman Vitruvius, who advised the use of the Doric order of columns for buildings dedicated to masculine divinitics or mythological \ufb01gures famous for their sum and courage. The architeCt Bramante did in Fact use the Doric order for the tempietto. giving it an air of rigour and economy, which is also due to limited use of excessive decoration and the sober harmony of the volumes.<\/em><\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tempietto-del-Bramante-Rome-tours-and-guide.jpg\"><em><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Fontana Paolina o Fontana dell\u2019Acqua Paola <\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Roman fountains video &#8211; Original music by Adel Karanov RusRim.com Art guides in Rome<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Roman Elegies I<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Tell me you stones, O speak, you towering palaces!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Streets, say a word! Spirit of this place, are you dumb?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>All things are alive in your sacred walls<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Eternal Rome, it\u2019s only for me all is still.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Who\u2019ll whisper to me, at what window<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Will I see the sweet thing who\u2019ll kindle me now, and quicken?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Already I guess the ways, walking to her and from her,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Ever and always I\u2019ll go, while sweet time slips by.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>I\u2019m gazing at church and palace, ruin and column,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Like a serious man making sensible use of a journey,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>But soon it will happen, and all will be one vast temple,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Love\u2019s temple, receiving its new initiate.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Though you\u2019re a whole world, Rome, still, without Love,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The world isn\u2019t the world, and Rome can\u2019t be Rome.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0&#8212; &#8212; &#8212; &#8212; &#8212;<\/p>\n<h5 lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">CARAVAGGIO IN ROME<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/en\/english-rome-private-tours\/english-san-luigi-dei-francesi-caravaggio-private-tour-rome\/\">San Luigi dei Francesi<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Privat tour &#8211; Rome car excursions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1669\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Calling-of-Saint-Matthew-Caravaggio-Rome.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1669\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"CARAVAGGIO CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW wp-image-1669\" title=\"CARAVAGGIO CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Calling-of-Saint-Matthew-Caravaggio-Rome-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"CARAVAGGIO CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW\" width=\"601\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Calling-of-Saint-Matthew-Caravaggio-Rome-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rusrim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Calling-of-Saint-Matthew-Caravaggio-Rome.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>CARAVAGGIO CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to the mediation of Cardinal Del Monte from the July of 1599 to that of 1600, Caravaggio painted the two side canvases for the chapel of Cardinal Contarelli in San Luigi dei Francesi, his first public commission. The Calling and Martyrdom of Saint Matthew were both demanding in terms of the depiction of a story in action and the numerous figures. The symbolic role of the light, coupled with the natural illumination of the chapel, lends unity to the whole. With these canvases Caravaggio brings contemporary reality into a sacred scene and into a church chapel for she first time. Characters dressed in the current style participate in the sacred event as they go about their daily life, intent on tavern games. The first canvas to be finished was the Calling. Caravaggio constructs the scene around the gesture of Christ, who points towards Matthew and whose hand position is mirrored by the latter&#8217;s. The two groups are unified by the shaft of light, whose origin is outside the field of vision, above the head of Jesus. The light is both divine .d natural and also serves as an efficacious stylistic expedient to emphasise the evident contrast between the modern clothes of Matthew and his companions and the few divine attributes of the apostle, who is barefoot and wrapped in a large cloak of antique style. In the use of the Martyrdom, the focal point of the scene is the executioner, who is in the act of striking the martyr. The other characters are placed around the central figure, gradually going further back into the bare space which is the scene of the action. Caravaggio freezes the dramatic moment before the death by means of the light. This is concentrated on the naked body of the executioner poised to strike and on the angel who proffers the palm of martyrdom to the saint. 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