Rome
filled by Giulia
The Eternal City. A city that since its founding, 2700 years ago on seven hills near the Tiber River, has grew up to become a metropolis of three million inhabitants. Great openspaces, sky, freedom ... and a lot of history.
Ancient Rome:
Piazza Venezia, the Vittoriano, the Campidoglio, Via de Fori Imperiali, the Colosseo, l'Arco di Costantino, the Circo Massimo, the Palatino and the Terme di Caracalla, Rome's most beautiful spas.
Do not forget the Fontana di Trevi, immortalized forever with the beautiful Anita Eckberg in Fellini's La Dolce Vita.
And then the most famous squares: Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna, the Pantheon..
And then the by night Rome, the lit up Rome with the Roman nightlife.
And if you want a glance, go on Monte Mario, where you will have a total view of the Italian capital, as if you were an emperor with the city at your feet.
Catholic Rome:
Vatican City with St. Peter's Square and Basilica, San Giovanni in Laterano, "the cathedral of Rome and the world" was destroyed and rebuilt over the centuries, the Tiber, the Temples of Republicans, the Tiber Island and the Castel Sant'Angelo.
What to do: an excursion to Tivoli to visit Villa d'Este, renowned for its park and fountains, which offer a beautiful setting.
Christian Rome
The Catacombs of Saint Callistus on the Appian Way, a refuge for many Christians during the persecutions and where the Popes of the century III were buried.
Roman cooking is simple and homely: stracciatella, egg fettuccine, spaghetti with garlic and oil, amatriciana, tripe, saltimbocca, the fried artichokes, lamb and roast goat, chicken with peppers ...
We must also distinguish Roman cuisine, based on popular dishes of the past or that can be enjoyed at certain restaurants or in some small restaurants in Testaccio and in the old Rome: the beans with pork rinds or ham with the bone , pasta and beans, pasta and chickpeas, rigatoni con la pagliata, all dishes that require strong stomachs and a good Castelli wine.
And if you get homesick when going back home, switch on the video recorder and look at two or three movies: besides the already mentioned La Dolce Vita, you can see Vacanze Romane, with Audry Hepburn, and Mignon č partitia by, Francesca Archibugi.
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