This collection gathers noble palaces, family residences, and institutional seats of historic interest, with courtyards, grand staircases, decorated façades, and frescoed halls. It suits readers who want to visit private buildings open to the public or understand how families lived in and displayed their power.
Places: Historic palace (82)
Accademia Nazionale di San LucaThe gallery of Accademia Nazionale di San Luca is at Piazza dell'Accademia di San Luca 77, 150 meters from the Trevi Fountain, and is open Tuesday…- Aldo Manuzio Museum of Writing in BassianoBassiano, in Latina Province, is home to the Aldo Manuzio Museum of Writing
- Alvito (FR)Alvito (FR) is a municipality of about 2,500 inhabitants in the Val di Comino, in the province of Frosinone, at 738 meters above sea level on the s…
- Anagni (FR)Anagni (FR) -
- Anticoli Corrado (RM)Anticoli Corrado (RM) is a municipality of about 850 inhabitants perched at 508 meters above sea level, on a ridge of the Monti Ruffi that overlook…
- Ariccia (RM)Ariccia is the town of the fraschette, one of our favorite destinations in the Castelli Romani for spending a day or an evening with friends withou…
- Atina (FR)Atina is in the province of Frosinone, in the Valle di Comino, about 490 meters above sea level and a little under two hours by car from Rome: you…
- Borromini in Rome: a route through his architectureFrancesco Borromini built almost only in Rome, in just over 30 years, and left a dozen buildings that are recognizable at a glance even by people w…
- Capitoline HillCapitoline Hill, also called Mount Capitoline (Mons Capitolinus), is one of the Seven Hills on which Rome was founded.
- Capitoline MuseumsCapitoline Museums - Piazza del Campidoglio, 1, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Caprarola (VT)Caprarola (VT) - Via Filippo Nicolai, 561, 01032 Caprarola VT
- 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…
- Casa dei Mostri - Palazzetto ZuccariCasa dei Mostri - Palazzetto Zuccari - Via Gregoriana, 28, 00187 Roma RM
- Casa di GoetheCasa di Goethe is at Via del Corso 18, a few steps from Piazza del Popolo, in the first stretch of Via del Corso that marks the entrance to the Tri…
- Casino Nobile – Villa Torlonia MuseumsThe Casino Nobile is the main building of Villa Torlonia, at Via Nomentana 70, 00161 Rome. You enter through the monumental gate on the Nomentana,…
- Castelnuovo di Farfa (RI)Castelnuovo di Farfa can be reached in a little over an hour from Rome: the town hall and municipal offices occupy Palazzo Perelli, on Viale Regina…
- Ceramics Museum in SermonetaCeramics Museum in Sermoneta - Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 35, 04013 Sermoneta LT, Italy
- 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 Sant’Ivo alla SapienzaChurch of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza - Corso del Rinascimento, 40, 00186 Roma RM
- Conservatorio S. CeciliaConservatorio S. Cecilia
Via dei Greci , 18
Roma
- Criminology MuseumThe Criminology Museum at Via del Gonfalone 29, in the Regola district, as of September 29, 2026 appears closed to the public: its Google Maps list…
- EXPEXP
Via Nazionale, 194A
Rome
The Caffè delle Esposizioni changes its face after the aperitivo and turns into a bar where yo…
- Filacciano (RM)Filacciano is at Via Oreste Leonardi 5, postal code 00060, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, on the tuff spur that closes the Roman Tiber Valley t…
- Fondazione MemmoFondazione Memmo is open, with free entry, at Via della Fontanella di Borghese 56b, in the spaces of Scuderie di Palazzo Ruspoli, a few steps from…
- FondiFondi can be visited in half a day on foot, and what sets it apart from the other towns of southern Lazio is not the castle: it's the layout. The h…
- Galleria ColonnaGalleria Colonna - Via della Pilotta, 17, 00187 Rome RM, Italy
- Galleria SciarraGalleria Sciarra - Via Marco Minghetti, 10, 00187 Roma RM
- Galleria SpadaGalleria Spada - Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13, 00186 Rome RM
- Garum, Library and Museum of CuisineGarum, Library and Museum of Cuisine - Via dei Cerchi, 87, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Gradoli (VT)Gradoli is a town of about 1,200 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, at 470 meters above sea level, on a tuff spur on the northwestern shore of…
- Hungarian Academy at Palazzo FalconieriThe Hungarian Academy in Rome is at Via Giulia 1, inside Palazzo Falconieri, and it is a cultural institute of the Hungarian State, not a museum wi…
- Istituto Centrale per la Grafica – Palazzo PoliIstituto Centrale per la Grafica - Palazzo Poli - Via della Stamperia, 6, 00187 Rome RM, Italy
- Lateran PalaceYou can enter the Lateran Palace today only by booking a date and time through the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi circuit: €14 with an audio guide, €18…
- Mario Praz MuseumThe Mario Praz House Museum (Palazzo Primoli) offers visitors 10 rooms displaying the more than 1,200 pieces, among paintings, sculptures, furnitur…
- Montecitorio – Chamber of DeputiesPalazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies, occupies the square of the same name in Rione Colonna, about 100 meters from Via del Corso a…
- 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…
- Museo Barracco – Giovanni Barracco Museum of Ancient SculptureMuseo Barracco - Giovanni Barracco Museum of Ancient Sculpture - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 168, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Museum of Rome – Palazzo BraschiMuseum of Rome - Palazzo Braschi - Piazza di San Pantaleo, 10, Piazza Navona, 2, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Napoleonic Museum of RomeThe Napoleonic Museum of Rome is a history museum dedicated to Napoleonic memorabilia, mainly from the collection of Count Giuseppe Primoli, donate…
- National Gallery of Ancient Art – Palazzo BarberiniThe collection of the National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini houses works produced between the 13th and 18th centuries, including som…
- National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo CorsiniPalazzo Corsini museum, part of the National Gallery of Ancient Art collection, holds a core of refined works, mostly Italian and Flemish painting…
- National Museum of Palazzo VeneziaThe National Museum of Palazzo Venezia is a state museum in Rome, housed in the palace of the same name, which also houses the important library of…
- Odescalchi Castle in BraccianoOdescalchi Castle in Bracciano - Piazza Mazzini, 14 - Bracciano (RM)
- Oratorio dei FilippiniAt Oratorio dei Filippini today you go in at three different points and for three different reasons, and none of the three is the oratory hall itse…
- Palace of the Conservators on Capitoline HillPalace of the Conservators on Capitoline Hill - Piazza del Campidoglio, 4, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Palazzaccio – Palace of Justice of RomeThere are buildings in Rome that you visit and others that simply loom over you. The Palazzaccio - Palace of Justice of Rome undoubtedly belongs to…
- Palazzo Altemps – National Roman MuseumPalazzo Altemps, formerly Palazzo Riario, is a historic building in Rome. It stands a short distance from Piazza Navona, in Piazza Sant'Apollinare…
- Palazzo BarberiniPalazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome that houses part of the important National Gallery of Ancient Art and the Italian Institute of Numismatics.
- Palazzo BonapartePalazzo Bonaparte, the palace that watches Piazza Venezia out of the corner of its eye There are buildings in Rome you walk past absentmindedly, an…
- Palazzo Bonifacio VIII in AnagniPalazzo Bonifacio VIII in Anagni - Strada Vittorio Emanuele, 238, 03012 Anagni FR, Italy
- Palazzo Chigi in AricciaPalazzo Chigi in Ariccia - Piazza di Corte, 14, 00072 Ariccia RM, Italy
- Palazzo CipollaPalazzo Cipolla is the home of Fondazione Roma Museo, inaugurated in 1999 and set apart from the start by the breadth and variety of its exhibitions.
- Palazzo della CancelleriaPalazzo della Cancelleria stands in Piazza della Cancelleria, in the heart of the Parione district, a few steps from Campo de' Fiori and from the s…
- Palazzo Doria PamphiljPalazzo Doria Pamphilj is a monumental building in the heart of Rome, one of the few historic palaces still inhabited, since 1600, by the same anci…
- Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola (VT)Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola (or Villa Farnese), in Viterbo Province, was built for the Farnese family and is one of the best examples of a Manneri…
- Palazzo Madama – Italian SenatePalazzo Madama occupies the block between corso del Rinascimento, via del Salvatore, via della Dogana Vecchia and piazza Madama, in the Sant'Eustac…
- Palazzo PoliPalazzo Poli - via della Stamperia 6, 00187 Rome
- Palazzo RuspoliPalazzo Ruspoli, a Stern Backdrop on the Corso There are buildings in Rome that assault you with columns and angels, and then there is Palazzo Rusp…
- Palazzo Sforza Cesarini in GenzanoPalazzo Sforza Cesarini, together with the adjoining Parco Sforza-Cesarini, is the main element of Genzano's cultural heritage.
- Palazzo VeneziaPalazzo Venezia stands in the heart of Piazza Venezia, between the Capitoline, the Forums and Via del Corso, and is the oldest great Renaissance pa…
- Palestrina (RM)Palestrina is 37 kilometers from Rome, on the slopes of Monte Ginestro, and its monumental center has a precise address: Piazza della Cortina, 0003…
- Palestrina National Archaeological MuseumPalestrina National Archaeological Museum - Via Barberini, 22, 00036 Palestrina RM, Italy
- Piazza Farnese and Palazzo FarnesePiazza Farnese is free to cross at any hour. The palace that gives it its name can be visited only on a guided tour booked and paid for in advance…
- Piazza MatteiPiazza Mattei is in the Sant'Angelo rione, in Rome's historic center, between Via dei Funari, Via della Reginella and Via Paganica, a few minutes'…
- Pitigliano (GR)Pitigliano is in the province of Grosseto, in Tuscany, a little over two hours by car from Rome, just past the northern border of Lazio and a stone…
- Pontifical Palace of Castel GandolfoThe Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo (or Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo) has been a museum belonging to the Holy See since 2016.
- Quirinal PalacePiazza del Quirinale, 00187 Roma: the Quirinal Palace occupies the top of the highest of the seven historic hills and is open for visits by reserva…
- Reggia dei Volsci Museum in Carpineto RomanoReggia dei Volsci Museum in Carpineto Romano - Via della Torre Antica, 1, 00032 Carpineto Romano RM, Italy
- Rieti (RI)Rieti is the capital of the northernmost province of Lazio and stands at about 400 meters above sea level in the Rieti basin, on the banks of the V…
- Rione Ponte: What to SeeRione Ponte, the fifth of the 22 historic rioni of Rome, occupies the bend of the Tiber in front of Castel Sant'Angelo and is visited on foot, for…
- Rione Regola: What to SeeRione Regola, the seventh of Rome's historic rioni, is toured on foot and without a ticket: streets, squares and facades are public space, from the…
- Rione Trevi: What to SeeRione Trevi, rione II of Rome, can be walked freely and for free, but since February 2, 2026 non-residents pay €2 to go down into the inner perimet…
- Royal Palace of CasertaThe Royal Palace of Caserta is a historic royal palace, with an attached park, located in Caserta. Commissioned in the 18th century by Charles of B…
- San Martino al Cimino (VT)San Martino al Cimino sits at 561 meters of elevation on the southern slope of the Cimini Mountains, in the municipality of Viterbo, from which it…
- Santa Rosalia Chapel – Palazzo Barberini ColonnaSanta Rosalia Chapel - Palazzo Barberini Colonna - Via Barberini, 30, 00036 Palestrina RM
- Scuderie del QuirinaleScuderie del Quirinale - Via Ventiquattro Maggio, 16, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Spazio 900Spazio 900
Piazza G. Marconi, 26
Roma
- Square Colosseum – Palace of Italian CivilizationThe Palace of Italian Civilization, also known as the 'Square Colosseum' and also as the 'Palace of the Civilization of Labor', is a monumental bui…
- Tarquinia (VT)Tarquinia is in the Viterbo Province, about 82 kilometers from Rome. You can drive there by following via Aurelia to the junction for the Strada Pr…
- Via GiuliaVia Giulia runs parallel to the Tiber for about a kilometer, from Piazza dell'Oro, in front of the basilica of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini…
- Vicovaro (RM)Vicovaro is a municipality of about 4,000 inhabitants in the Aniene valley, 45 kilometers from Rome, and you can walk around the village freely and…
- Zagarolo (RM)Zagarolo can be visited freely: the historic center, stretched along a tuff ridge about 36 kilometers east of Rome, is open to everyone and has no…
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