While wandering the streets of Rome, we ran into a large group of protestors and decided to follow them for a few blocks.

The Piazza del Popolo is a large oval square in Rome. The north side of the square is dominated by the Porta del Popolo, which leads to the Via Flaminia. Since the Via Flaminia (built in AD 220) connected Rome with the Adriatic coast, many travelers entered Rome via the square.

The Pantheon is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome. The generic term pantheon is now applied to a monument in which illustrious dead are buried. Since the 7th century, the Pantheon has been used as […]

The Piazza Navona is a square in Rome that owes its shape to the ruins that formed it; under the buildings that surround it are the remains of the Circus Domitianus, Domitian’s stadium. In the centre of the piazza is Bernini’s famous fountain, Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers, erected in 1651). […]

The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant’Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Rome, initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building spent over a thousand years as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum.