This collection gathers places and events where you can see frescoes and mosaics, from ancient wall painting to the decorations of churches and palaces. It suits anyone planning an art-focused visit or wanting to learn more about painted cycles and mosaic floors.
Places: Frescoes and mosaics (86)
Abbey of San Giovanni in ArgentellaThe Abbey of San Giovanni in Argentella is at Via di San Giovanni in Argentella 94, in Palombara Sabina, and since 2020 it has been run directly by…- Abbey of ValviscioloValvisciolo Abbey is at Via Badia 14, in the territory of Sermoneta, in the province of Latina, and is inhabited by a community of Cistercian monks…
- Auditorium of MaecenasAuditorium of Maecenas - Largo Leopardi, 2, 00185 Rome RM, Italy
- Barberini MithraeumThe Barberini Mithraeum is one of the best-preserved Mithraic sanctuaries in Rome and, together with the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca on the Aventine,…
- Basilica di San Giorgio in VelabroThe Basilica di San Giorgio in Velabro is at Via del Velabro 19, in the Ripa district, set against the side of the Arco degli Argentari and about 3…
- Basilica of Saints Cosmas and DamianThe Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian faces onto Via dei Fori Imperiali at the level of the Roman Forum, and it is one of the few churches in Ro…
- Basilica of San CrisogonoThe Basilica of San Crisogono is at Piazza Sidney Sonnino 44, at the start of Viale di Trastevere, at the point where the neighborhood stops being…
- Basilica of San SabaThe Basilica of San Saba stands on the Little Aventine, the small hill that splits off from the greater Aventine and slopes down toward the Aurelia…
- Basilica of San VitaleThe Basilica of San Vitale opens onto Via Nazionale, at number 194/B, but to reach it you have to go down: the church lies several meters below str…
- Basilica of Sant’Agnese fuori le MuraThe Basilica of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura is at Via Nomentana 349, in Rome, in a part of the city where the ancient consular road still runs straig…
- Basilica of Sant’Agostino in Campo MarzioThe Basilica of Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio is one of the first great Renaissance churches built in Rome and, in all likelihood, the one with the…
- Basilica of Sant’Andrea della ValleBasilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 00186 Rome RM
- Basilica of Santa Cecilia in TrastevereThe Basilica of Santa Cecilia is a Catholic place of worship in the Trastevere district, outside the Historic Center of Rome, located at Piazza di…
- Basilica of Santa Maria in TrastevereBasilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere - Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere, 00153 Rome RM
- Basilica of Santa PrassedeBasilica of Santa Prassede - Via di Santa Prassede, 9/a, 00184 Rome RM
- Basilica of Santa Prisca and MithraeumThe Basilica of Santa Prisca and Mithraeum occupies a quiet corner of the Aventine, on a small tree-lined square a few hundred meters from the Circ…
- Basilica of Santa PudenzianaThe Basilica of Santa Pudenziana is on Via Urbana, in the Monti district, halfway between Santa Maria Maggiore and Termini station, and the first t…
- Caffè Sant’EustachioCaffè Sant'Eustachio, official name Sant'Eustachio Il Caffè, is at Piazza di Sant'Eustachio 82, between the Pantheon and Palazzo Madama. It's a bar…
- Casa dei Cavalieri di RodiCasa dei Cavalieri di Rodi is one of the most unusual buildings in the center of Rome: a 15th-century palace built over the ruins of the Forum of A…
- CeriCeri is an inhabited hamlet of the Municipality of Cerveteri, built on a tuff cliff, and can be visited freely: you enter the village on foot, with…
- Church of San Marcello al CorsoThe Church of San Marcello al Corso faces a small recessed square along via del Corso, in the Trevi rione, halfway between Palazzo Venezia and the…
- Church of San Silvestro al QuirinaleThe Church of San Silvestro al Quirinale stands in the middle of Via Ventiquattro Maggio, on the Quirinal Hill, in the Trevi district, halfway betw…
- Church of Santo Spirito in SassiaThere are churches in Rome that announce themselves from afar, with domes that pierce the city's skyline and staircases that force you to slow down…
- Church of Santo Stefano Rotondo on the Celian HillThe Church of Santo Stefano Rotondo on the Celian Hill is on Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo, on the Celian Hill, a few minutes' walk from the Colosse…
- Church of the GesùThe Church of the Gesù faces a narrow square halfway between Palazzo Venezia and Largo di Torre Argentina, at one of the most crossed and least loo…
- Cloisters of San Cosimato in RomeThe Cloisters of San Cosimato in Rome are part of the former Convent facing Piazza San Cosimato, a few steps from Viale Trastevere, built next to t…
- Colombari di Vigna CodiniThe Vigna Codini columbaria can't be visited today: the Appia Antica Archaeological Park writes that access is currently suspended because safety c…
- Domus Romane di Palazzo ValentiniThe Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini are a fascinating underground route through Imperial Rome, a true nerve center of the Urbe's cultural and pol…
- Foro ItalicoForo Italico - Lungotevere Maresciallo Diaz, 00135 Rome RM
- Holy Trinity Sanctuary of VallepietraSantuario della Santissima Trinità is on Via Santissima Trinità, in the territory of Vallepietra (RM), below the wall of Monte Autore, at an altitu…
- House of Augustus and House of LiviaWhere the House of Augustus and the House of Livia are and how to get there The two houses are on the southwestern flank of the Palatine, in the up…
- Hypogeum of the AureliiThe Hypogeum of the Aurelii is at Via Luigi Luzzatti 2, at the corner with Viale Manzoni, and it isn't open to the public at regular hours. It's ru…
- Hypogeum of Via Dino CompagniHypogeum of Via Dino Compagni - Via Latina, 258, 00179 Rome RM
- Jewish Catacombs of Villa TorloniaThe Jewish Catacombs of Villa Torlonia cannot be visited: the Sovraintendenza capitolina says so plainly on the page dedicated to the villa, and th…
- Mausoleum of Saint Helena and Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and PeterThe Mausoleum of Saint Helena and the Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and Peter make up, at number 641 Via Casilina, the most imposing Constantinia…
- Mausoleum of Santa CostanzaThe Mausoleum of Santa Costanza is at number 349 on Via Nomentana, inside the monumental complex of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, a little over two ki…
- Michelangelo in Rome: Where to See His WorksMichelangelo Buonarroti spent almost 40 years of his life in Rome and died here, on February 18, 1564, in a house that no longer exists. Rome is th…
- Mitreo di MarinoThe Mitreo di Marino is at Via Borgo Stazione 12, in Marino (RM), inside a Roman cistern dug into the tuff under the town, and it can be visited on…
- Monterotondo (RM)Monterotondo is a city of about 41,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Rome, at 165 meters above sea level, on a hill overlooking the Tiber…
- Monterozzi Necropolis of TarquiniaThe Monterozzi Necropolis is the place where you can see the most important ancient painting of the western Mediterranean, and almost nobody in Rom…
- Oratorio del GonfaloneOratorio del Gonfalone, the name by which Romans know the church of Santa Maria Annunziata del Gonfalone, is at Via del Gonfalone 32/a, on the corn…
- Oratorio di San Giovanni in OleoOratorio di San Giovanni in Oleo is closed to the public: it has no opening hours, no ticket office and no custodian on site. It stands on Via di P…
- Passetto del BiscionePassetto del Biscione - Passetto del Biscione 00186 Roma RM
- Piazza di Santa Maria in TrasteverePiazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere is the central square of Rione XIII, an irregular open space in front of the basilica of the same name, with an…
- Raphael in Rome: Where to See His WorksRaphael Sanzio arrives in Rome at the end of 1508, is 25 years old and has never worked for a pope. He dies in the same city on April 6, 1520, at t…
- Rione Monti: What to See in the Neighborhood Between the Colosseum and Santa Maria MaggioreRione Monti is Rome's rione I, the first on the official list and the largest of the 22: it takes up the strip of the city between the Colosseum an…
- Roman Houses of the Celian HillRoman Houses of the Celian Hill - Clivo di Scauro, 00184 Rome
- Sacro Speco of Subiaco, Monastery of St. BenedictThe Sacro Speco is the Monastery of St. Benedict in Subiaco, and it hangs on the face of Monte Taleo at 626 meters, above the Aniene valley, held u…
- San Benedetto in PiscinulaSan Benedetto in Piscinula is a very small church on Piazza in Piscinula, in the Trastevere district, about 100 meters from where Ponte Cestio come…
- San Carlo ai CatinariSan Carlo ai Catinari is the big Baroque church that closes off the east side of Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, halfway between Campo de’ Fiori and the…
- San Cesareo de AppiaSan Cesareo de Appia is at Via di Porta San Sebastiano 2, about 30 meters past the point where Piazzale Numa Pompilio narrows and the road becomes…
- San Giovanni a Porta LatinaSan Giovanni a Porta Latina is an early Christian basilica located at via di Porta Latina 17, inside the Aurelian Walls, a few hundred meters from…
- San Gregorio al CelioSan Gregorio al Celio is the church that closes off, at the top of a monumental staircase, the east side of Piazza di San Gregorio, right opposite…
- San Marco Evangelista al CampidoglioSan Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio is one of the oldest churches in Rome and, at the same time, one of the least visited in the Historic Center.…
- San Nicola dei LorenesiSan Nicola dei Lorenesi occupies a corner of Largo Febo, behind Piazza Navona, about 50 steps from the side of Santa Maria dell’Anima. It is the na…
- San Sisto VecchioSan Sisto Vecchio stands at Piazzale Numa Pompilio, at the point where Viale delle Terme di Caracalla ends and the road continues toward Porta San…
- San Teodoro al PalatinoSan Teodoro al Palatino is a round church sunk below street level, on the northwest flank of the Palatine, along the ancient road that ran down fro…
- Sanctuary of Juno Sospita in LanuvioThe Sanctuary of Juno Sospita in Lanuvio was the main center of worship of the Goddess Juno
- Sanctuary of Santa Maria della ForestaThere are places you understand only by arriving on foot, and the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta is one of them. It stands just outside Rie…
- Sanctuary of the Madonna del Divino AmoreThe Divino Amore sanctuary is a pilgrimage destination dear to Romans: during the summer, every Saturday there is a night pilgrimage on foot from R…
- Sant’Eusebio all’EsquilinoSant'Eusebio all'Esquilino is the church on the north corner of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, at number 12/A, with the double-ramp staircase and the…
- Sant’Ignazio ChurchChiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola in Campo Marzio - Via del Caravita, 8a, 00186 Roma RM
- Sant’Onofrio al GianicoloSant’Onofrio al Gianicolo is a 15th-century convent complex facing the street of the same name, halfway up the slope between the Tiber embankment a…
- Santa Balbina all’AventinoSanta Balbina all’Aventino is an early Christian basilica in Piazza di Santa Balbina, in the San Saba rione, built inside a large late antique hall…
- Santa Maria dei MontiSanta Maria dei Monti is at Via della Madonna dei Monti 41, in the Monti district, and it is a parish of the Diocese of Rome entrusted to the dioce…
- Santa Maria della ConsolazioneSanta Maria della Consolazione occupies the back of a square that almost nobody crosses, behind the Capitoline Hill and a short walk from the south…
- Santa Maria della PaceSanta Maria della Pace is about 100 meters from piazza Navona, in the Ponte district, and manages the feat of staying invisible to almost everyone…
- Santa Maria in AquiroSanta Maria in Aquiro opens onto Piazza Capranica, an irregular widening 100 meters from the Chamber of Deputies and 200 from the Pantheon. The two…
- Santa Maria in Domnica alla NavicellaSanta Maria in Domnica alla Navicella stands on top of the Celio, in Piazza della Navicella, right in front of the entrance arch of Villa Celimonta…
- Santa Maria in MonticelliSanta Maria in Monticelli is at Via di Santa Maria in Monticelli 28, in the Regola rione, on a side street off Via Arenula on the Tiber side. It is…
- Santa Maria in Vallicella, the Chiesa NuovaSanta Maria in Vallicella faces Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, at the height of Piazza della Chiesa Nuova, and almost nobody calls it by its name. In…
- Santi Nereo e AchilleoThe church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo stands on Via delle Terme di Caracalla, directly opposite the archaeological enclosure of the Baths of Caracal…
- Santo Spirito dei NapoletaniSanto Spirito dei Napoletani is at Via Giulia 34, in the Regola district, and it opens mainly for services: the national tourism portal lists openi…
- Saxa Rubra Mausoleums (Tombs of Fadilla and the Nasonii)Saxa Rubra Mausoleums: Open on scheduled dates by reservation.
- Sistine ChapelThe Sistine Chapel doesn't have its own entrance: you get in only with a ticket for the Vatican Museums, whose entrance is on Viale Vaticano, 00165…
- St. Paul’s Within the WallsSt. Paul's Within the Walls is the first non-Catholic church built inside the Walls of Rome after 1870, and it stands at Via Nazionale 16a, at the…
- Tombs of Via Latina (Barberini, Valerii, Pancratii)Tombs of Via Latina: Temporarily closed for PNRR restoration work, available through a virtual tour on MUVI Appia.
- Tor de’ Specchi MonasteryThe Tor de' Specchi Monastery, at Via del Teatro di Marcello 32, is not normally visited. It is the cloistered home of the Oblates of Saint Frances…
- Trastevere: What to See in Rome’s Most Roman NeighborhoodTrastevere is the thirteenth rione of Rome, the largest of the 22 historic rioni, and it occupies the right bank of the Tiber between the river and…
- Underground Basilica of Porta MaggioreUnderground Basilica of Porta Maggiore - Via Prenestina, 17, 00182 Roma RM
- Underground Rome: what you can visit beneath the cityUnderground Rome is not a place: it is a second layer of the city, often 10 or 15 meters beneath the feet of people walking downtown, and it is vis…
- Via Portuense NecropolisVia Portuense Necropolis - Via Portuense, 317, 00149 Rome RM, Italy
- Villa Albani TorloniaVilla Albani Torlonia can't be visited freely: it is private property of the Torlonia family, at Via Salaria 96 in Rome, and the Torlonia Foundatio…
- Villa Falconieri in FrascatiVilla Falconieri is at viale Borromini 5 in Frascati (RM) and today can be visited only on Sunday, with two free guided tours in Italian at 10:00 a…
- Villa Farnesina – Accademia Nazionale dei LinceiVilla Farnesina - Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei - Via della Lungara, 230, 00165 Rome RM, Italy
- Villa Giustiniani Massimo al LateranoVilla Giustiniani Massimo al Laterano - Via Matteo Boiardo, 16, 00185 Roma RM
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