Rome is a city that is difficult to describe. You have to visit this beautiful city and experience it for yourself. This cosmopolitan city is the capital of Italy. There are nearly 3,000 years of globally influential art, architecture, ancient ruins, and culture on display… and then there’s the delicious food!
There are many famous sites you can visit here. I really enjoyed visiting the Pantheon. This incredible temple was firstly built to represent all gods. It is the best preserved Ancient Roman monument. It is a bit of a mystery how the Pantheon managed to survive barbarian raids when all the rest of Roman monuments were shattered. It turned into a church in 609 AD which had a great influence on its durability, but also the structure itself was way ahead of its time.
I think that the actual age of this place is unknown. The most fascinating part of the Pantheon is its giant dome, with its famous hole in the top (The eye of the Pantheon, or oculus). The dome was the largest in the world for 1300 years and until today it remains the largest unsupported dome in the world!
There are no windows inside except for the large oculus! The Pantheon now contains the tombs of the famous artist Raphael and of several Italian kings and poets. The marble floor, which features a design consisting of a series of geometric patterns, is still the ancient Roman original.
The best thing about Rome is that most sites are in walking distance. If you walk just about five minutes away from the Pantheon, you will find the beautiful, shining Piazza Navona. There are a lot of things happening in this area, lots of bars and places to eat.
This Piazza is very elegant. It was built over the 1st-century Stadio di Domiziano, and it was paved over in the 15th century. For almost 300 years, it hosted the city’s main market. Its grand centrepiece is Bernini’s Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, a flamboyant fountain featuring an Egyptian obelisk and muscular personifications of the rivers Nile, Ganges, Danube and Plate.
If you happen to be in Rome, you must try prosecco, and the pizza here. I certainly had a nice time! This busy pizzeria was just around the corner. That’s another good thing about this place, you don’t have to try very hard to have a nice time.
The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Pietro Bracci. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.
This fountain is beautiful. I was very impressed, and felt I was in that film called La Dolce Vita – the 1960s Italian film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. If you ever come to Rome, you will fall in love with this city. It’s a place for all tastes!
I watched La Dolce Vita as a young man in a German theatre. So that image of the fountain is familiar to me. After viewing your amazing photos I agree with you you cannot describe it in words. You must this Eternal City yourself to understand.
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That’s so true Peter! Thanks a lot for your very thoughtful comment.
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Beautiful night time shots of Rome … you do such an exquisite job each place you visit. Italy is on my bucket list … someday I hope to visit there and enjoy it in the sunlight and moonlight too.
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Rome is a all season city. It has something magical about it. I’m sure you will love this city Linda. Thanks for your support!
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You’re so welcome … I am looking forward to going there one day as well.
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Wow
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A lovely post! Now I’m even more excited for our visit there later this year!
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I hope you have a wonderful time there! Thanks for stopping by.
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Wow looks like u had a blast . must go there
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You must Michael! Thanks a lot.
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Beautiful place ! Wonderful clicks !!
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Thanks so much Megala!
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My favorite city – always a great pleasure to go there ….
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Mine too. Thanks for stopping by!
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It’s a beautiful city. Thank you for sharing.
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You are very welcome! Thanks for your visit!
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A pleasure to visit your blog.
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Oh! Thank you.
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Such a magnificent place and well described
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Thanks a lot!
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Lovely photography!
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Thank you!
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Thank you for the wonderful images, and have a great weekend. Michael
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Thank you for appreciating Rome so much. I think it’s the most beautiful town in the world, it takes months to know it
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Rome is always a pleasure! Thanks for stopping by.
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Wow great work and I love seeing your stuff so I can dream of these places you visit wow again. Great post
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Thanks so much for taking you time, and checking my blog. You are always very welcome.
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I absolutely love Rome! 💜💜💜
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Me too! It’s an incredible city, definitely. Thanks for stopping by.
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Rome is – aaaaaaah! There is no proper word to describe this city…
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I agree with you. It is quite difficult to describe this city. Thank you!
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omg, I went here when I was 17!!! Such an amazing place! My pictures didn’t do it much justice, but yours are amazing!!!!
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Thanks for your kind comments! I think the beauty of the city, really helps the pictures.
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Beautiful pictures of the Eternal City!
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Thanks a lot!
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Wow, so much history. The sculpture in the Piazza is amazing.
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Thank you!
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And then we have places here in the United States that build something and blow it up 20 or 30 years later. To hell with history!
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Oh! That’s not nice. We should preserve the old buildings!
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Such a lovely read. Gosh, I hope to visit there one day but until then I’m very pleased for your sharing! 😊❤️
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You should visit Rome one day. It’s such a beautiful City. It’s difficult to find words to describe it. Thanks a lot!
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I love Rome… great post!
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Me too. Thanks for stopping by.
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Great pix and text. If you haven’t seen dir. Paolo Sorrentino’s film, The Great Beauty (2013), you should. Breathtaking images of Rome frame a very human story that plumbs the depths of beauty and human nature. Here’s a link to my review.
https://shakemyheadhollow.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/sorrentinos-great-beauty/
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That’s sounds really exciting! Thanks a lot.
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You captured the magic of Rome. thanks
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Thanks Michael for you lovely comment!
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Wonderful Rome.
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I love Rome so much. It’s just one of those places I will never get bored of, a place that will forever be awe inspiring for me personally. It’s next on my blog 🙂
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I Love Rome too. I’m looking forward to read your post. Thanks for stopping by.
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Adorable pictures, adorable city!
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Thanks a lot Inese!
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Rome is beautiful and your photos are gorgeous!
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Thanks a lot Luisa.
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