This collection gathers basilicas, palaces, squares, and museums tied to papal and Vatican history, with places of worship, papal tombs, and works commissioned by the Church. It suits readers who want to connect religious and artistic visits with the political and spiritual role of the papacy.
Places: Popes and Vatican (69)
A Weekend in Rome: What to See in Two DaysA weekend in Rome is, in practice, two full days and two half evenings: if you arrive on Friday evening and leave on Sunday evening you have about…- Acqua Paola FountainAcqua Paola Fountain
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- Baroque Rome: An Itinerary Through Churches, Piazzas and FountainsRoman Baroque is not a list of monuments. It is a system. Between 1623, when Urban VIII Barberini ascends to the papal throne, and 1667, when Alexa…
- 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 Santa Maria MaggioreThe Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the four papal basilicas, stands on top of the Esquiline Hill and is the only one to have preserved it…
- Bernini in Rome: an itinerary through his worksGian Lorenzo Bernini worked in Rome for almost 60 years, under eight popes, and the result is that today there is no honest way of crossing the cen…
- Camposanto TeutonicoThe Camposanto Teutonico is inside Vatican City, on the left flank of St. Peter's Basilica, and admission is free: no ticket, no reservation for th…
- Capitoline CordonataThe 'Capitoline Cordonata' or 'Capitoline Hill cordonata' is the distinctive staircase leading up to Rome's most famous hill, designed by Michelang…
- Castel Gandolfo (RM)Castel Gandolfo can be reached from Rome in just under an hour. The regional train on the Roma Termini - Albano Laziale line stops at Castel Gandol…
- Catacombs of San CallistoThere are monuments you visit and monuments you walk through. The Catacombs of San Callisto belong to the second group: they are not a facade to lo…
- Christmas in Rome: markets, nativity scenes, lights and MassesChristmas in Rome is not a single day. It's a period a month long, which opens on December 8 with the feast of the Immaculate Conception and closes…
- Column of Marcus AureliusThe Column of Marcus Aurelius rises in the middle of Piazza Colonna, in the heart of the Campus Martius, and still stands exactly where it was plan…
- 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…
- Easter in Rome: Holy Week, Via Crucis and Urbi et OrbiEaster is the week in which Rome works at the peak of its capacity: four papal celebrations in six days, a Way of the Cross at the Colosseum that b…
- Esquiline ObeliskThe Esquiline Obelisk is the red granite monolith planted in the middle of Piazza dell'Esquilino, behind the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, that…
- Gran Madre di DioGran Madre di Dio is at Via Cassia 1, on the square of Ponte Milvio, 00191 Rome, and it is a parish of the Diocese of Rome. Entry is free, there is…
- Holy StairsHoly Stairs - Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 14, 00185 Rome RM
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Obelisco VaticanoThe Vatican Obelisk is the red granite monolith set in the middle of St. Peter's Square, in front of the facade of St. Peter's Basilica, in the hea…
- One Week in Rome: A Seven-Day ItinerarySeven days in Rome is the first travel format in which the city stops being a list of monuments and starts to look like a place where people live.…
- Palazzo Bonifacio VIII in AnagniPalazzo Bonifacio VIII in Anagni - Strada Vittorio Emanuele, 238, 03012 Anagni FR, Italy
- 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 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…
- Passetto di BorgoThe Passetto di Borgo is the walled corridor, roughly 800 meters long, that connects the Vatican Apostolic Palace to Castel Sant’Angelo by running…
- Piazza del QuirinalePiazza del Quirinale is the most beautiful free panoramic terrace in the center of Rome, and nobody sells it to you as such because you don't pay f…
- Piazza San PietroPiazza San Pietro is the great colonnaded square that stands in front of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini b…
- 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…
- 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.
- Porta PiaPorta Pia is the gate of the Aurelian Walls that Pope Pius IV had built between 1561 and 1565 to a design by Michelangelo Buonarroti, and it was th…
- Porta SettimianaPorta Settimiana can be walked through for free, at any hour. It is at the start of Via della Lungara, in the Trastevere district, where the distri…
- 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…
- Quattro FontaneThe Quattro Fontane are four wall fountains set into the beveled corners of the intersection between Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinal…
- 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 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 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…
- Roman CarnivalThe Roman Carnival is a festival that today almost no longer exists in Rome, and that for four centuries was the most famous thing the city produce…
- Rome Before and AfterRome is a city that has cut itself to measure more than once, and almost always with a bulldozer. Between 1876 and 1943 a Baroque river port was er…
- Rome in one day: the itinerary if you only have 24 hoursRome in one day can be done, but only by accepting a sacrifice: either the Colosseum with the central archaeological area, or the Vatican Museums w…
- San Gioacchino in PratiSan Gioacchino in Prati is on Via Pompeo Magno, at the corner of Piazza dei Quiriti, and the Roma Capitale tourist portal gives street number 106.…
- San Lorenzo in DamasoSan Lorenzo in Damaso is an early Christian basilica that you can't see from the outside. Anyone walking along Corso Vittorio Emanuele II or coming…
- 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 Salvatore in LauroSan Salvatore in Lauro is the church that closes off the long side of Piazza San Salvatore in Lauro, in the rione Ponte, halfway between Via dei Co…
- Sant’Atanasio dei GreciSant’Atanasio dei Greci is at Via del Babuino 149, on the street that connects Piazza del Popolo to Piazza di Spagna, and it is the church of the P…
- Santa Maria dell’AnimaSanta Maria dell’Anima is the national church of German-speaking Catholics in Rome and stands less than 100 meters from Piazza Navona, in the Ponte…
- 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 MonserratoSanta Maria in Monserrato is the Spanish national church in Rome and stands at Via di Monserrato 115, in the Regola district, halfway between Campo…
- Santa Maria in TranspontinaSanta Maria in Transpontina is the Carmelite church that opens onto Via della Conciliazione at number 14, halfway between Ponte Sant'Angelo and Pia…
- Santi Michele e MagnoThe church of Santi Michele e Magno stands on the slope above Borgo Santo Spirito, beside the colonnade of Saint Peter's, with number 21, which ref…
- 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…
- Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a TreviThe church of Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi occupies the north side of piazza di Trevi, directly facing the Trevi Fountain, and every day it e…
- Santo Stefano degli AbissiniSanto Stefano degli Abissini is inside Vatican City, in Largo Santo Stefano degli Abissini, behind the apse of Saint Peter's Basilica, and cannot b…
- 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…
- 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. John Lateran BasilicaSt. John Lateran Basilica - Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Rome RM
- St. Peter’s Basilica in the VaticanSt. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is the largest of Rome's four papal basilicas, often described as the largest church in the world and center of…
- The Obelisks of Rome: How Many There Are and Where to Find ThemRome is the city that keeps the largest number of obelisks in the world: 13 ancient monoliths still standing in its squares, plus a handful of mode…
- Three Days in Rome: Day-by-Day ItineraryThree days in Rome is the most common format for visiting the city and also the most misunderstood: it's enough to see the ancient core, the Baroqu…
- Vatican CityVatican City is a sovereign state of 0.44 square kilometers enclosed within Rome, on the right bank of the Tiber, and you enter it from Piazza San…
- Vatican GardensThe Vatican Gardens, with their 23 hectares within the Vatican State, are a true jewel to admire and visit at the first opportunity
- Vatican MuseumsVatican Museums | The first complete and free guide with all the details and secrets!
You can spend a few hours or whole days visiting all the Vat…
- Vatican Necropolis and Scavi di San PietroThere is only one way to book the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica: the request form on the website of the Fabbrica di San Pietro. No reseller…
- Via FrancigenaVia Francigena, also called Francisca or Romea, was not really a road but rather a bundle of routes that led to Rome and the Holy Land.
Via Franci…
- 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…
- 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…
- ViterboViterbo - Via Gioacchino Rossini, 01100 Viterbo VT
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