Experiences labelled with 'rome'
The most common way to experience the Trevi Fountain in Rome is with your back to it. It is said that anyone who turns around and throws a penny (or a centesimo) into the fountain are sure to return to Rome one day. Although the Trevi Fountain's Baroque charm can't be appreciated from this angle, it does allow you to take in the whirlwind of activity that is constantly happening around the famous basin. Surrounded by gelato vendors, budding romances, and gladiators posing with tourists, the Trevi Fountain is a jewel of water and stone nestled into the Palazzo Poli. Trevi Fountain history recounts the construction of a simple basin in 1453 to mark the end of the aqueduct, Aqua Virgo, which had been used ...
Thousands of years ago, Rome was the capital of the Western world. The Empire stretched across Europe, Northern Africa, and the British Isles. Today, traces of ancient Rome remain scattered throughout Europe, and those who travel to Rome itself can marvel at the ruins of the Forum, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon. If these sights leave you wondering what life was like in the Roman Empire, why not spend a day at Ostia Antica? Once upon a time, Ostia Antica was a bustling Roman seaport. Supplies of grain, wine, oil, lead, and marble were imported to the Roman capital via Ostia Antica's harbor, which eventually become the most important in the Empire. Ostia Antica experienced its heyday in the 2nd century AD, under the Emperors ...
The Sistine Chapel is one of the Vatican's most visited and well-known attractions, and also serves as a venue for important Papal Masses. Papal conclaves—in which the College of Cardinals elects a new Pope—have been held at the Sistine Chapel since 1455, and the first Mass inside the Sistine Chapel was held on 15 August 1483 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. Originally, the Sistine Chapel was known as the Cappella Maggiore, or Greater Chapel. The Chapel was used then, as it is now, for smaller masses not attended by the public. Pope Sixtus IV undertook to restore the Sistine Chapel between 1477 and 1480. Today, the Sistine Chapel continues to bear Sixtus IV's name. It wasn't until the next century, and the papacy ...
