Festa del Redentore: July 14-15, 2012 – A Traditional Venice Festival: Usually held on the third Saturday in July, the already busy lagoons of Venice burst into a hive of activity. Fleets of boats and gondolas decorated with colourful balloons, lanterns and streamers gather in the canal in front of Piazza San Marco. Venice celebrates [...]
At Sant’Agnese in Agone You Can Visit the Church and Enjoy Music in Bernini’s Rome: In the heart of historic Rome is Piazza Navona, one of the city’s most beautiful Baroque piazzas. One of the impressive buildings that make up Piazza Navona’s Baroque architecture is Sant’Agnese in Agone. Sant’Agnese in Agone is a church dedicated [...]
Roman Nights at the Teatro di Marcello or Theatre of Marcellus: Long before the Teatro di Marcello (Theatre of Marcellus) was completed, tragedy and drama had already played out at this open-air theatre in Rome. Teatro Marcello was the plan of Julius Caesar but he was murdered in 44BC and the construction of the theatre [...]
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj Has The Oldest and Most Prestigious Private Art Collection in Rome: For artlovers, a visit to Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Piazza del Collegio Romano is a must. Within the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is Rome’s richest private art collection. The art collection in Galleria Doria Pamphilj has been accumulated over 500 years. Palazzo [...]
Villa Farnesina is a Renaissance Villa that is Famous for its Renaissance Artwork: Rome’s Campo de’ Fiori is an area that is well-known for its Renaissance architecture. In Renaissance Rome, many of Rome’s powerful families built their palazzi and huge villas here as it was near the route of papal possessions. One non-Roman who built [...]
St. Paul’s Within the Walls is an American Church in Rome: For a predominantly Catholic country, Rome has some interesting churches of other denominations – Chiesa di San Paolo entro le Mura (St Paul’s Within the Walls) is one of them. Chiesa di San Paolo entro le Mura is an American Episcopal Church. Built in [...]
The Fountains of Rome are Works of Art with an Ancient and Glorious History: The fountains of Rome have an ancient and glorious history. Examples range from the Eternal City’s glory days in the 1st century AD to its even more glorious days during the Renaissance to the 18th century and beyond. Other cities offer [...]
La Bocca della Verità or the Mouth of Truth is Rome’s Famous Lie Detector: To test if a friend, spouse or partner is telling the truth, pay a visit to La Bocca Della Verità, the Mouth of Truth. A medieval belief is that the mouth would snap shut over the hand of anyone who dares [...]
San Luigi dei Francesi is the National Church of France in Rome: Not far from Piazza Navona in Rome is San Luigi dei Francesi or Saint Louis des Francais in French (The Church of St. Louis of the French). There are five French churches in the Eternal City and San Luigi dei Francesi is the [...]
The Protestant Cemetery in Rome is Commonly Known as the Englishmen’s Cemetery: The Protestant Cemetery in Rome is officially known as the Cimitero Acattolico or “Non-Catholic Cemetery”. More commonly referred to as the Cimitero degli Inglesi (Englishmen’s Cemetery), it is the final resting place of two famous English poets, John Keats and Percy Shelley. The [...]
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