Looking for a peaceful corner in Rome? Go to the Rome Rose Garden!

Ever thought of looking for an oasis of tranquillity in Rome? The Rome Rose Garden is the right place for you! Far from the madding crowd though right in the middle of the historic city centre, the Rose Garden is well worth a visit, both for the beauty of the setting and for its wonderful flowers.
The location is perfect: on the Aventine Hill with stunning views over the Circus Maximus and the Palatine Hill. Book a Bed & Breakfast Rome Aventino to as close as possible to this beautiful roman spot !

Rome’s Jewish Cemetery was once on this site. In 1950 the city asked the Jewish Community for permission to build the new Municipal Rose Garden. The Jewish Community consented to this proposal. Since then this area has been used for such a noble purpose. A ‚stele‘ was placed at the entrance as a reminder. Even the garden layout pays tribute to the site’s history, with paths forming the symbolic Jewish candlestick.
In the larger upper sector of the garden you can admire any kind of roses and learn a lot about the history and evolution of the rose.The lower rose garden hosts the competition roses each year.

30 March to 27 May 2012 – I love Italy will be exhibited at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere - 100 black and white photographs by Leonard Freed taken during his many trips to Italy. Forty-five are for the exact times that the American photographer visited Italy in the period between World War and the ’70s. Thousands instead of the shots that we now offer a cross section of society in those years, daily life, faces and traditions of the past, shaping a profound human dimension, able to convey strong emotions and nostalgia.

Leonard Freed was in love with our country, that is why he loved to come back so often and that’s why he managed to capture the soul of the time but most of the people.

Florence, Naples, Milan and Palermo are the locations of the shows I love Italy, the background of everyday gestures and faces.

An exhibition each photo lover should visit, each tourist coming to Rome and all those who want to let emotions from the simplicity of the gestures of those who rolled up his sleeves to rebuild Italy.

Not to be missed another great event in Rome Henri Cartier Bresson Immagini e Parole

One of the best symbols of Bernini’s masterpiece is certainly The Fountain of the Four Rivers, a breathtaking fountain, right in the middle of Piazza Navona.

Designed in 1651 by Bernini for Pope Innocent X, the fountain consists of four main figures, around an obelisk.

They represent the four major rivers in the world: the Danube representing Europe, the Plate representing the Americas, the Nile representing Africa and the Ganges representing Asia.

Most Bernini’s fountains have animals and plants, each carrying metaphors or allegories. In this fountain you can admire four impressive animal figures: a horse, a lion, a snake and an armadillo. A pigeon, at the top of the central obelisk, symbolizes peace.

At Bernini’s time, the people of Rome strongly opposed the making of this fountain because it was built at public expense, in a period of famine.

A famous legend is related to this fountain: it is said that Bernini positioned the Plate sculpture as if it feared the front of the church of Sant’Agnese (by his rival Borromini) could crumble against him. In reality it was Bernini’s fountain to be completed first.

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You are about to leave for a cruise from Civitavecchia but the time scheduled for arrival on board gets you in trouble. Those who at the port of Civitavecchia from other regions of Italy to embark on a cruise, are often asked whether it is advisable to travel at night in a car or even lodging in Rome or Civitavecchia to be more rested and not risk falling asleep while driving.
In fact, sleep at a bed and breakfast in Rome or in the vicinity of the port of Civitavecchia would be a great way to find fresh and then perky on the pier, without spending a fortune.

The convenience to book a b & b is clear: we will be in a family atmosphere with many comforts, so you will not regret having the comforts of home. And then, the low price of overnight stays in B & B does not frustrate even the reduced budget.
Besides, it is also legitimate to choose not to spend much in favour of shopping in towns staging of the cruise, thus reducing costs is a requirement before boarding shareable.

Considering that the solution B & B Rome is pretty cheap, you might just opt to treat yourself to two days in Rome before embarking on a cruise, to begin the holiday in the best way.
Some thing to those who, having returned from the cruise prefers not to get right to drive: the best solution is always a B&B !

Keen on busy markets? If you are in Rome and enjoy markets, don’t miss ‘La soffitta sotto i portici’. This market is held twice a month in Piazza Augusto Imperatore, just some minutes walk from Rome’s top attractions.

As most Roman markets, it is full of character and real life. Here lots of exhibitors display their wares: furniture, old watches, collectors’ items and antiques of any sort will be at your disposal to choose from.

You can either browse around and enjoy the atmosphere or look for your perfect bargain.

As in any other market in Rome, you will experience local life and, at the same time, discover a great place to find bargains.

This historical market in the centre of Rome can’t absolutely disappoint you.

Make the best of your Sunday walk in the city centre and visit this collectors’ paradise in the heart of Rome!

The street markets of the old tradition common to many cities, especially those with a very ancient past. Paris with Rome is one of them, an endless series of markets characterized its districts and if you want to discover the secrets read the post The Bastille Antiques Fair in Paris….

Built on seven hills, Rome offers magical view points of the city.
One of the best views of the ancient centre you may enjoy is from the Giardino degli Aranci ( Orange Garden )
The Orange Garden is located on the Aventine Hill, just off the main tourist spots.
The Aventine Hill is the southernmost of the Seven Hills of Rome, and is a beautiful and elegant residential area.
On the Aventine Hill also the beautiful church of Santa Sabina, the Orange Garden and the keyhole to the door Sovereign Military Order of Malta: through this keyhole can see the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Walking along Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome, you can not run in the elegant and majestic Trajan’s Column. This column of white marble was inaugurated by Trajan in 113 AD to celebrate the emperor’s two campaigns conducted in Dacia, the current Romania. Trajan’s Column starts from the base and pedestal of the column and reaches a height of 40 meters. Along the column are carved in bas-relief scenes of Roman military campaigns, which take place in a spiral towards the top of the column, which is now a statue of St. Peter.

The scenes are in chronological order and begin with the Romans who are preparing to end the war with the Dacians forced to abandon their land. Trajan’s Column is hidden inside a spiral staircase, closed to the public. Still inside the column in a golden urn at the base, were the ashes of Trajan and his wife Plotina. An ancient legend says that when the ashes were exhumed, the emperor told of how his soul had been saved from hell. For this reason the statue of Trajan on top of the column was maintained until 1587 when it was finally replaced by that of St. Peter.

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The history of the thirteenth district of Trastevere , traces its roots back in the seventh century BC, when it was a land in the hands of the Etruscans “beyond the river,” this is the literal translation from the Latin Tiberim Trans.

The fact is that with time and the succession of emperors, Augustus, Aurelian, also was included in the Trastevere area of Rome, yet always remaining a marginal neighborhood, indeed, the last, the XIV. During the medieval time, Trastevere came to distinguish itself from that aspect of the village, consisting of Roman palaces and villas with very narrow lanes. The inhabitants of the district were called Trasteverini and formed a separate population, because of coming from the river. Many families chose to live in Trastevere and then out from the Urbe, greater peace of mind to breathe and live among the people they called genuine, tough and fair with women deemed beautiful.

With the passage of time Trastevere was characterized as one of the main and most characteristic districts of the city that you will certainly find mention in any guide to Rome.

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Caravaggio is a painter lived in Rome between the XVI and the XVII century, People knows his pictures as the basket of fruit, the martyrdom of Saint Peter and many other works in some churches in Rome, but a few people know his life and his strong personality. At his time Caravaggio was known like a passion man, who loves gambling, playing sports and drinking with his friends, but he has also of the enemies, because Caravaggio was a brash man, always ready to fight for trifle. But one of these duels cost him the exile from Rome and the dead. The fight start because of the score of the game Pallacorda, a very common sport at that time, similar to tennis, when his adversary was killed. Caravaggio escaped from Rome and he took shelter in Naples, then in Sicily, then in Malta, but when the Pope pardoned him and allowed him to come back to Rome, Caravaggio fell sick during the trip, and it died on the beach of Porto Ercole, in Tuscany, without ever having seen again the Eternal City. During his exile Caravaggio lost his masterpieces in all Italy. Them we can admire in many churches and museums of Rome, to the Museum of Capodimonte of Naples, but also to Milan and Messina. In order to create a route on the tracks of Caravaggio many solutions exist, pick up the accommodation you like the most with bbitalia.it and get more information about Italy reading Holiday in bed and breakfast, do not leave unprepared!

When in Rome you’ll be astounded by the large cultural heritage you can find, from the Ancient Rome ruins to art galleries and museums. The one and only problem in Rome is that almost everywhere you have to pay a fee entrance, so finding a free museum with interesting paintings and sculptures is almost impossible.   We said almost, this means that if you know the right address you can find some Canovas, some Raffaellos, and some Van Dycks for free. In Piazza dell’Accademia di San Luca, indeed, there is a precious art collection completely free. The Accademia di San Luca (formed by painters, miniaturists and artists) had its own statute which provided that each artist had to leave one work in memory of his art to the Academy. Princes and prominent figures had to do the same thing with their portraits. It has been forming thus around the ’600 a rich collection of works of art. A rare and unknown jewel you can find near Barberini subway station, not so far away from Via del Corso and Trevi Fountain.
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