Rome trip 2019

39 Places

Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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The Dome Illusion

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

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St. Valentine's Skull

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

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The Mouth of Truth

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

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Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

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The Aventine Keyhole

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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Galleria Sciarra

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

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Via Appia

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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Pyramid of Cestius

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

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Zuccari Palace

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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The Catacombs of San Sebastian

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

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Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

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Papal Hearts at Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

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The Head of St. John the Baptist at San Silvestro in Capite

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

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Campo de Fiori

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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Basilica di San Clemente

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

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Meridian Line of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

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Arch of Gallienus

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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Vigna Randanini

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

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Mamertine Prison

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

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Passetto di Borgo

The Pope’s secret escape route.

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Saint Victoria's Incorruptible Body

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

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Tempietto at San Pietro in Montorio

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

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Museo Nazionale delle Paste Alimentari

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

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Cloaca Maxima

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

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'Mi Sono Perso' ('I Am Lost')

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

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Rome's Gladiator School

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

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Santa Francesca Romana

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

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The Martyr Murals at Santo Stefano Rotondo

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

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The Wax-Encased Remains of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

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Saint Catherine Russian Orthodox Church

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

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Parish Church of Santa Maria del Popolo

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

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The Sweating Cenotaph at the Archbasilica San Giovanni in Laterano

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

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Mussolini's Balcony

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

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Stumbling Stones of Rome

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

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Basilica of Santa Sabina

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

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Sisinnius Fresco in the Basilica San Clemente

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

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