This collection gathers places and events tied to mysteries, legends, and folk stories, often paired with evening visits or narrated tours. It is useful for anyone drawn to unusual stories who wants to discover the curious side of monuments and neighborhoods.

Places: Mysteries and legends (24)

• 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…
• 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…
• Esoteric RomeEsoteric Rome is a formula that has circulated for at least two centuries and that today supports a quantity of pages, videos and guided tours buil…
• Fontanella degli innamoratiCouples who drink at the Fontanella degli innamorati will stay in love and faithful forever.
• 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…
• Lake NemiLake Nemi occupies the bottom of an extinct volcanic crater in the Alban Hills, about 30 kilometers south of Rome, and is the smaller and more secl…
• Lapis NigerThe Lapis Niger is the square of black marble slabs that you see in the Roman Forum, a few meters from the facade of the Curia Iulia and almost in…
• Leaning Tower of RomeLeaning Tower of Rome - Salita del Grillo, 37, 00187 Rome RM
• Moses FountainThe Moses Fountain is in Piazza di San Bernardo, in 00185 Rome, and it isn't a fountain like the others: it's the visible head of an aqueduct. It's…
• Mouth of TruthThe Mouth of Truth is an enormous marble mask, famous all over the world, whose legend says it could bite the hand of anyone who puts it in its mouth.
• Obelisco della MinervaThe Minerva Obelisk is the smallest of Rome's 13 ancient obelisks and, in all likelihood, the most photographed in relation to its height: a red gr…
• Orlando Furioso and the scar on the columnOrlando Furioso and the scar on the column - Vicolo della Spada d'Orlando 00186 Roma RM
• Ponte FabricioPonte Fabricio connects the left bank of the Tiber, at the level of the Jewish Ghetto, to the northern tip of Tiber Island, and it is the best-pres…
• Porta Alchemica of Piazza VittorioPorta Alchemica of Piazza Vittorio - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 00185 Rome RM
• Rome’s ghosts: legends and placesThe ghosts of Rome are not apparitions. They are tales. None of the stories that follow has ever been verified, and none ever will be, because none…
• Salita dei BorgiaSalita dei Borgia - Salita dei Borgia, 00184 Roma RM
• Sanctuary of Juno Sospita in LanuvioThe Sanctuary of Juno Sospita in Lanuvio was the main center of worship of the Goddess Juno
• 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’Agnese in AgoneSant’Agnese in Agone is the church that closes the west side of Piazza Navona, wedged between the Pamphilj palace and the houses that follow the cu…
• Santa Maria in Campo MarzioSanta Maria in Campo Marzio is at Piazza in Campo Marzio 45, 200 meters behind the Pantheon and just as far from Montecitorio, and it is today the…
• Santuario della MentorellaSantuario della Mentorella is at Via della Mentorella 1, in Capranica Prenestina, on the flank of Monte Guadagnolo, and it is run by the fathers of…
• The Uphill-Downhill Road Between Ariccia and Rocca di PapaThe road is called Uphill and Downhill, but also “Devil's Climb” or “Bewitched Climb” because any object, even the car itself, left free, instead o…
• Torre dei CaetaniThe Torre dei Caetani stands at the northeastern end of Tiber Island, exactly where Ponte Fabricio unloads onto the island those arriving from the…
• Villa MondragoneVilla Mondragone is at via Frascati 51, in Monte Porzio Catone, and can be visited only on the dates that the University of Rome Tor Vergata puts o…