Renaissance and modern monuments

This section is devoted to the remarkable monuments of Rome, beyond the great basilicas such as Saint Peter and the monuments of antiquity that are the subject of dedicated sections.
Thus, we speak here of the Trevi Fountain, the most famous of the numerous beautiful fountains of the city, the Castel Sant’Angelo, whose mass is one of the major monuments of Rome, located on the right bank of the Tiber, or the Victor Emmanuel II Monument who marks with his white mass perhaps excessive the heart of ancient Rome.
We will also present the most beautiful fountains, the sumptuous palaces of the city, but also the bridges of the city with their Roman and medieval elements.

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Castel Sant’Angelo

Photo of the Castle and bridge Sant'Angelo The base of the Castel Sant'Angelo is an ancient building, the Mausoleum of Hadrian, built for the emperor’s family between 117 and 138 AD. At the top of the mausoleum stood a statue of the Emperor, personified as God sun, with a bronze chariot.

Victor Emmanuel II Monument

Photo of the Vittoriano in Rome This huge mass of white marble in the center of Rome, called "typewriter" by the Romans, is the Victor Emmanuel II Monument, also known as Vittoriano, built around the early 20th century to celebrate the recent unification of Italy under a single ruler and its first king, Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy.

Bridges of Rome and remarkable buildings

Photo Ponte Sisto bridge in Rome Ponte Sant’Angelo

The Ponte Sant’Angelo (Saint Angel’ Bridge) is based on the foundations of the ancient Pons Aelius, the ancient bridge that led to the Mausoleum of Augustus from the plain of Campo Marzio, now Castello Sant’Angelo. Renovated during history, it is one of the most beautiful in Rome, due to the presence along the parapets of the statues ...

Remarkable palaces in Rome

Photo of Palazzo Barberini

After the beautiful palaces that host the prestigious museums of Rome such as the Capitoline Museums (Palazzo Nuovo, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Palazzo Senatoria), the Borghese Gallery (in the Villa Borghese), the Vatican Museums (in the Apostolic Palaces including the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel), Rome has a myriad of palaces, here are the most prestigious according to us.

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Trevi Fountain

The Trevi fountain The Trevi Fountain is the most scenic fountain in Rome, present in the collective imagination with the film La Dolce Vita by Fellini. Its history is intertwined with that of the city of Rome, and it is located at the end of the ancient aqueduct of the Acqua Vergine.