Upgrade: Venice Isn’t Ban Rolling Bags Officials in Venice say news reports asserting that they were going to great tourists for rolling bags in the city’s pavements and squares are wrong.Read more on NPR The historical Italian city of Venice, famous for gondolas and its romantic canals, has prohibited wheeled bags because officials claim the…
Rome, more than any other city, is full of obelisks, many of Egyptian origin. These enormous monoliths, either bare or covered in hieroglyphics, form focus points at the center of the great squares; but they are also symbols of the sun and immortality. There are thirteen obelisks in Rome. The most ancient and the highest…
Built a few years before the birth of Christ by Marcus Agrippa in honor of Augustus, it was then restructured under Hadrian ( around 120 AD ), the Pantheon is the most imposing and complete building surviving from antiquity. It is so well preserved because from 609 AD it was converted into a church dedicated…
The Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano is perhaps the most ancient of Christian churches. It is held to be the most important after Saint Peter’s because it is the Cathedral of Rome. In the central space between the transepts is an altar where only the Pope, the bishop of Rome, can celebrate mass. As…
Piazza del Popolo There are two identical Piazza del Popolo churches and an obelisk: this is the Piazza del Popolo, the apex of the so-called trident because from here originate three long and straight street: via del Babuino, where are many antique shops, which leads to Piazza di Spagna ( flanked by via Margutta, a…
Florence is the capital city of the province of Florence. Florence is the most populous city in Tuscany and one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. THE CATHEDRAL-S. MARIA DEL FIORE The Cathedral was started in 1296 by Arnolfo di Cambio on behalf of the republic. Giotto continued the works until his passing in…