Category: Rome

Also known as the Eternal City, Rome is the capital of Italy, its largest city, and home to landmarks like the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and the Trevi Fountain.

This is also where you will find Vatican City, also known as the Holy See. Completely surrounded by the Italian capital, Vatican City is where you can visit St. Peter’s Basilica and see Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.

  • Bernini: The Baroque Artist Whose Designs Define Rome

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    Get to know the works of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the Baroque artist whose works are some of the most famous pieces of art in Rome.

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    Melanie Renzulli

  • On Top of the World: Visiting St. Peter’s Dome [Review]

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    See Rome and Vatican City from a new perspective with a tour of St. Peter’s dome.

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    Melanie Renzulli
    Dome of St. Peter's Basilica and a blue sky

  • Rome Transportation: Getting There and Around

    Getting to and around Rome is easy if you know where to start. Following are details on all of Rome’s transportation options, including trains, buses, trams, and taxis. Getting to Rome by Air Rome has two airports: Roma Fiumicino (FCO), also known as Leonardo da Vinci International Airport and Ciampino Airport (CIA). Fiumicino is the…

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    Melanie Renzulli
    Roma ATAC bus, direzione Divino Amore

  • NASA History in Rome: The Birthplace of Michael Collins

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    Visiting Rome is always a history lesson. But many people — even Romans — don’t know that Rome played a small part in the history of NASA and the first moon landing.

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    Melanie Renzulli
    Michael Collins photo of earth from space, 1969