This collection gathers sites and events from the medieval period, including churches, towers, fortified houses, walls, and public spaces that keep parts of their original structures. It is useful for readers who want to recognize later changes to buildings and understand how the city evolved after the end of antiquity.
Places: Middle Ages (120)
Abbazia di Santa Maria di FalleriThe Abbey of Santa Maria di Falleri is not private and is not open every day: the church belongs to the Municipality of Fabrica di Roma, which open…- 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…
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- Aquino (FR)Aquino is in the province of Frosinone, in the Liri Valley, about 130 kilometers southeast of Rome and less than 20 kilometers from Cassino. The me…
- Arch of JanusThe Arch of Janus stands in the Foro Boario, the open flat by the Tiber where in antiquity Rome's cattle market stood, a few steps from Santa Maria…
- Arch of Septimius SeverusThe Arch of Septimius Severus closes off the Roman Forum on the Capitoline side, at the northwest corner of the forum square. It was dedicated in A…
- 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…
- 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 Saint Paul Outside the WallsBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - Piazzale San Paolo, 1, 00146 Roma RM
- Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’IsolaThe Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’Isola stands on the Tiber Island, in the Ripa district, and is the only monumental church in Rome built in the m…
- 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 Nicola in CarcereThe Basilica of San Nicola in Carcere is on Via del Teatro di Marcello, in the Sant'Angelo district, a stone's throw from the Theater of Marcellus,…
- 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 Sant’EustachioThe Basilica of Sant'Eustachio is less than 100 meters from the Pantheon, in the block between Via della Palombella, Via di Sant'Eustachio and the…
- 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 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 CosmedinThe Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin is at Piazza della Bocca della Verità 18, in the Ripa district, right where the Circus Maximus ends and the…
- 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 the Most Holy Four Crowned SaintsBasilica of the Most Holy Four Crowned Saints - Via dei SS. Quattro, 20, 00184 Roma RM
- Benedictine Monastery of Santa ScolasticaSanta Scolastica is one of the 12 monasteries founded at Subiaco by Saint Benedict of Nursia around the year 520. It is the oldest in Italy, follow…
- Bocchignano (RI)Bocchignano is a hamlet of the municipality of Montopoli di Sabina, in the province of Rieti, about 55-60 kilometers from Rome. The village is an i…
- Calcata (VT)Calcata is a village “out of the world and out of time,” a town of witches, hippies and artists less than an hour from Rome's G.R.A.
- Campodimele (LT)Campodimele (LT) is a town of a little over 500 residents perched on a karst hill between the Ausoni Mountains and the Aurunci, in the province of…
- Campoli Appennino (FR)Campoli Appennino is a municipality of about 1,600 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, at 650 meters above sea level, resting on the edge of…
- Casamari AbbeyCasamari Abbey is at via Maria 25, in the Casamari district of Veroli, in the province of Frosinone. Entry is free, visiting hours are 9-12 and 15-…
- Casperia (RI)Casperia (RI) - Via Rivellini, 02041 Casperia RI
- Cassino (FR)Cassino (FR) -
- Castel d’AssoCastel d’Asso is the easiest Etruscan rock-cut necropolis to reach in the whole Tuscia: nine kilometers from Viterbo, a paved road up to a dirt par…
- Castel Mattia – the Castellaccio (FR)Located along Via Casilina, between Colleferro and Anagni, Castel Mattia (Castellaccio) was founded in the mid-13th century by Mattia di Anagni, ne…
- Castel Sant’Elia (VT)Castel Sant'Elia (VT) is a town of about 2,400 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, in the Agro Falisco, built on the edge of a tuff cliff that…
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- 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…
- Certosa di TrisultiThe Certosa di Trisulti is at Via Trisulti 8, in the territory of Collepardo (FR), and today it is run by the State: the Ministry of Culture throug…
- Cervelletta ParkIn the park at Tor Cervara stands Casale della Cervelletta, with its medieval tower overlooking the estate of the same name, on the border between…
- Church of San Paolo alla RegolaThe Church of San Paolo alla Regola stands in the heart of the Regola district, the seventh of Rome's 22 rioni, a short walk from the Tiber and hal…
- Church of Santa Francesca RomanaThe Church of Santa Francesca Romana looks onto the Roman Forum from the eastern flank of the archaeological area, a few meters from the Basilica o…
- Church of Santi Quirico e GiulittaThe church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta stands on Via Tor de’ Conti, in the Monti district, in that thin strip of the city that runs between the gre…
- Civitella San Paolo (RM)Civitella San Paolo is a walled village of just over 2000 inhabitants in the province of Rome, on the right bank of the Tiber, about 40 kilometers…
- 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…
- Collalto Sabino (RI)Collalto Sabino is a municipality in the province of Rieti, perched at 980 meters on the border between Lazio and Abruzzo, inside the boundaries of…
- Colonna (RM)Colonna is a small town of the Castelli Romani, set on the northern slopes of the Colli Albani between the A1 highway and Via Casilina, and it can…
- Curia IuliaThe Curia Iulia is the chamber of the Roman Senate, the brick parallelepiped that closes the northern side of the Roman Forum, a few meters from th…
- Faleria (VT)Faleria is a town of just over 2,000 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, at the southern tip of the province, where the countryside of the nort…
- Falerii NoviFalerii Novi is a Roman city left under a field, with its circuit of walls still standing and a medieval abbey church planted inside. It is in the…
- Fara in Sabina (RI)Fara in Sabina is a medieval village in the province of Rieti, in Lazio, perched at 482 meters above sea level on a ridge that looks over the Tiber…
- Farfa Abbey (RI)Farfa Abbey is at Via del Monastero 1, in Fara in Sabina, province of Rieti, at the foot of Monte Acuziano and about a hundred meters from the stre…
- Fiuggi (FR)Fiuggi (FR) is reached from Rome in just over an hour. Take the Autostrada A1 heading south, exit at Anagni-Fiuggi, and climb along regional road 1…
- Fossanova AbbeyFossanova Abbey is in a hamlet of Priverno, in the province of Latina, where the Amaseno valley opens onto the eastern edge of the Pontine plain. I…
- Fumone (FR)Fumone (FR) stands 783 meters above sea level, on an isolated hill between the Ernici Mountains and the Lepini Mountains, in Frosinone Province. Th…
- GabiiThe Gabii Archaeological Park, on via Prenestina Nuova at kilometer 19.300, 00132 Rome, is ordinarily closed to the public and can be visited only…
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- Genazzano (RM)Genazzano (RM) - 00030 Genazzano RM
- Greccio Sanctuary (RI)Some places tell their own story and some ask to be explained. The Greccio sanctuary belongs to the second kind: if you come up here without knowin…
- Grottaferrata (RM)A small, elegant town at the gates of Rome, Grottaferrata is known for the Abbey of San Nilo and for the historic fair of medieval origin held here…
- Guidonia MontecelioGuidonia Montecelio is a municipality of the metropolitan city of Rome, about 22 kilometers from the capital according to the Lazio Region's touris…
- 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…
- Itri (LT)Itri (LT) is a municipality of a little over 10,000 residents in Latina Province, at 170 meters above sea level, in a valley of the Aurunci Mountai…
- Lanuvio (RM)Lanuvio is 33 kilometers southeast of Rome, on the southern slope of the Alban Hills, inside the boundaries of the Castelli Romani Regional Park. T…
- Leaning Tower of RomeLeaning Tower of Rome - Salita del Grillo, 37, 00187 Rome RM
- Lost and Found Roman FestivalsThe calendar of Roman festivals is a map of things that have ended. Some went out on their own when the city that kept them going came to an end, t…
- Mausoleum of Casal RotondoMausoleum of Casal Rotondo: Free to view along the sixth mile of Via Appia Antica.
- Mausoleum of Cecilia MetellaThe Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella is the great cylindrical tomb that stands just before the third mile of Via Appia Antica, in Rome, and is probably…
- Minturno (LT)Minturno (LT) is a town in southern Lazio, at the southern tip of the province of Latina, set on the coastal foothills of the Aurunci Mountains as…
- Mola Della Corte – Settecannelle – Capodacqua Natural MonumentNatural monument Mola Della Corte - Settecannelle - Capodacqua - 04022 Fondi LT, Italy
- Montecassino Abbey (FR)Montecassino Abbey (FR) - Via Montecassino, 03043 Cassino FR
- Monti Lepini Natural ParkMonti Lepini Natural Park - Via Calanzio, 03010 Sgurgola FR, Italy
- Monticchio Spring Area (LT)The Monticchio Spring Area is a natural area to be preserved in Sermoneta (LT), about one hour and a half from Rome.
- Museum of the Early Middle Ages “Alessandra Vaccaro” – Museo delle CiviltàMuseum of the Early Middle Ages Alessandra Vaccaro - Museo delle Civiltà - Viale Lincoln, 3, 00144 Roma RM, Italy
- Museum of the Greek Abbey of San Nilo at GrottaferrataThe Museum of the Greek Abbey of San Nilo, also known as Santa Maria di Grottaferrata and consecrated in 1024 by Pope John XIX, houses Basilian mon…
- Nepi (VT)Nepi is in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, about 50 kilometers north of Rome, perched on a triangular spur of tuff that the ravines hav…
- Nettuno (RM)Nettuno (RM) - Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 9, 00048 Nettuno RM
- Norcia (PG)Norcia (PG) is in Umbria, province of Perugia, at about 600 meters above sea level on the northern edge of the Santa Scolastica plain, inside the M…
- Orte (VT)Orte (VT) is a village of the Tuscia perched on a tuff cliff above the Tiber valley, in the province of Viterbo, about 70 kilometers from Rome. The…
- Orvieto (TR)Orvieto, from the Latin urbs vetus ('old city'), is one of the most beautiful cities to visit about an hour and a quarter from Rome's G.R.A.
- Orvinio (RI)Orvinio is a town of just under 400 residents in the province of Rieti, at 840 meters above sea level on the northern foothills of the Monti Lucret…
- Ostia Antica VillageOstia Antica Village - Piazza della Rocca, 13, 00119 Ostia Antica RM
- Paganico Sabino (RI)Paganico Sabino is a municipality of just over 150 inhabitants in the province of Rieti, at 720 meters above sea level on the slopes of Monte Cervi…
- Palazzo Bonifacio VIII in AnagniPalazzo Bonifacio VIII in Anagni - Strada Vittorio Emanuele, 238, 03012 Anagni FR, Italy
- Palombara Sabina (RM)You can wander around Palombara Sabina freely, but the two monuments that justify the trip open on tight schedules. Castello Savelli Torlonia, owne…
- 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…
- Piglio (FR)Piglio is a town of about 4,300 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, at an elevation of 620 meters on the flank of Monte Scalambra, in the Mon…
- Poggio Catino (RI)Poggio Catino is a municipality of just under 1,300 inhabitants in the province of Rieti, in Sabina, at an elevation of 387 meters, with an area of…
- Ponte SistoPonte Sisto is the pedestrian bridge that connects Via dei Pettinari, in the Regola district, to Piazza Trilussa in Trastevere, and it was rebuilt…
- Porta AsinariaPorta Asinaria has been closed to the public since August 1, 2024 for the works funded by the PNRR, and today it can only be viewed from outside, f…
- Porta MetroniaPorta Metronia can be seen for free from the street, in Piazza di Porta Metronia, on the stretch of the Aurelian Walls between San Giovanni in Late…
- Portico of OctaviaThe Portico of Octavia is the monumental enclosure that Augustus had rebuilt in the southern Campus Martius and dedicated to his sister Octavia, on…
- Prati and Borgo: Things to See Between the Vatican and Castel Sant’AngeloPrati and Borgo are two neighboring districts that look nothing alike. Borgo is the medieval rione that grew around the tomb of Peter, the only one…
- Priverno (LT)Priverno (LT) - Priverno (LT)
- Priverno MuseumsPriverno Museums: Privernum Archaeological Park, Archaeological Museum in Priverno and Medieval Museum in Fossanova retrace the long history of Pri…
- Rione BorgoThe rione Borgo is the 14th rione of Rome and occupies the strip of city between Castel Sant’Angelo and Piazza San Pietro, on the right bank of the…
- 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…
- Roccasecca (FR)Roccasecca is in the province of Frosinone, in Ciociaria, about 130 km from Rome, which can be covered in an hour and a half on the A1 motorway (Ca…
- Rocchettine – Ghost Town (RI)Rocchettine is reached from Rocchette, a hamlet of the municipality of Torri in Sabina, in the province of Rieti: you leave the road that climbs to…
- Roman ForumThe Roman Forum stretches across the valley between the Capitoline Hill, the Palatine and the Velia, and for almost a millennium it was the politic…
- Ronciglione (VT)Ronciglione (VT) - Medieval village of Ronciglione, Via dell' Olmo, 16, 01037 Ronciglione VT
- 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 Biagio degli ArmeniSan Biagio degli Armeni is on Via Giulia, at number 63 according to the tourist portal of Roma Capitale and 64 according to the Fiorentini parish,…
- 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 Giuseppe dei FalegnamiSan Giuseppe dei Falegnami is the church almost nobody looks at: it stands at the top of the little staircase you see from the Roman Forum, at Cliv…
- San Lorenzo in PanispernaSan Lorenzo in Panisperna is a church in the rione Monti, at Via Panisperna 90, reached by climbing a double-ramp stairway and crossing a tree-line…
- 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 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…
- San Salvatore in OndaSan Salvatore in Onda is at Via dei Pettinari 51, in the Regola district, a few meters from the start of Ponte Sisto, according to the tourist port…
- San Salvatore Maggiore AbbeySan Salvatore Maggiore Abbey stands on the Letenano mountain plateau, in the territory of Pratoianni, a hamlet of Concerviano (RI), and has belonge…
- San Silvestro in CapiteSan Silvestro in Capite is the church that opens on the north side of Piazza di San Silvestro, one block from Via del Corso and just under 10 minut…
- 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…
- Sanctuary of Fonte Colombo (RI)There are places that tell their own story, with the facade, with the square in front, with the sound of footsteps on the paving. And then there ar…
- 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’Anselmo and Santi Bonifacio e AlessioOn the Aventine, between the Orange Garden and Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, there are two churches that almost nobody visits and that lie less th…
- Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi ChurchThe Church of Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio dei Portoghesi is at Via dei Portoghesi 2, in the Campo Marzio district, a few tens of meters from Via d…
- Sant’Agata dei GotiSant’Agata dei Goti is at Via Mazzarino 16, in the Monti district, on the flank of the Quirinal that slopes down toward the Imperial Forums. It's t…
- 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 BrigidaSanta Brigida is at Piazza Farnese 96, at the corner with Via di Monserrato, and is entrusted to the sisters of the Order of the Most Holy Savior o…
- Santa Maria della LuceSanta Maria della Luce is on Via della Luce, in Trastevere, in the stretch of the district that goes down toward Porta Portese and that the tourist…
- 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…
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