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All Saints Church – An Anglican Church in Rome

March 7, 2011 By Helen Page 3 Comments

All Saints Church in Rome is a Popular Classical Music Venue: About 100 metres from the Spanish Steps, at Via del Babuino, 153, is All Saints, an Anglican church in Rome. Being so close to the very busy Spanish Steps and with so many shops and other competing attractions in the area, it is easy […]

The Pantheon – A Roman Temple To All The Gods

January 6, 2011 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

The Pantheon Still Has The World’s Largest Non-reinforced Concrete Dome: Few ancient buildings have survived the ravages of time so well as the Pantheon in Rome. Up to this day, the Pantheon’s dome is still the world’s largest non-reinforced concrete dome. And nearly two thousand years after its birth the Pantheon is as stable today […]

Piazza Navona – The Most Beautiful Baroque Rome Piazza

January 6, 2011 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Piazza Navona Is One of Rome’s Most Beautiful Baroque Piazzas: Although many visitors come to Rome to enjoy its many churches, museums, restaurants, theatres and other indoor attractions, Rome is very much an outdoor city. Many of its piazzi are full of local life and colour and in these squares can also be found some […]

The Roman Forum or Forum Romanum

January 5, 2011 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Roman Forum Is One of the Foremost Archaeological Sites In the World: Located in a valley between Palatine Hill and Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum or Forum Romanum in Latin (Foro Romano in Italian) is one of the foremost archaeological sites in the world. Long before the first millennium the Forum was already the centre […]

The Colosseum – A Rome Icon of Colossal Proportion

January 5, 2011 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

The Colosseum or Coliseum Was A Roman Amphitheatre Where Gladiators Dared Tread: The Colosseum or Coliseum or Il Colosseo as the Romans refer to it, began life as the Flavian Amphitheatre, an enormous elliptical stadium capable of seating 50,000 spectators within its six acre domain. Millions of people come to visit the world’s most famous […]

Leaning Tower of Pisa – An Accidental Star of Pisa

January 4, 2011 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Visitors Can Climb The Leaning Tower of Pisa For an Aerial View of Pisa and its Surrounds: After over a decade of being strapped in steel cables and inaccessible to tourists, the Leaning Tower of Pisa or La Torre di Pisa (officially called the Torre Pendente di Pisa) is open once again. Nearly $30 million […]

Accademia di Santa Cecilia – Auditorium Parco Della Musica

November 6, 2010 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

An Evening with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in the Auditorium Parco Della Musica: For lovers of classical music, a concert with the orchestra and choir of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (National Academy of St. Cecilia) is the icing on the cake on any Rome holiday. For, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia […]

The Unsung Heroes of the Cinque Terre

October 9, 2010 By Helen Page 3 Comments

A Homage to the Unsung Heroes of Cinque Terre: In the centre of the Riomaggiore village, in front of the very modern Tourist Information Office, is a huge colourful mural by Silvio Benedetto. The mural tells the story of the men and women who over several generations and thousands of years built and maintained more […]

Uffizi Gallery – Florence

July 17, 2010 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Uffizi has the Unusual Problem of Having too Many Masterpieces: There are plenty of world-class art galleries in Italy but the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (Galleria degli Uffizi) has one of the finest treasure troves of art anywhere in the world. For art lovers, the Uffizi alone is a good enough reason to visit Florence. […]

Tintoretto Art at the Scuola Grande Di San Rocco – Venice