CASTEL SANT'ANGELO: Castel Sant'Angelo from the bridge. The angel statue on the top gives the name to the building.The Castel Sant'Angelo is towering cylindrical building in Rome, initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. CONTINUE...

MUSEI VATICANI: Entrance to the museumThe Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the 16th century. CONTINUE...

PIAZZA NAVONA: Fountain of the four Rivers with Egyptian obelisk, in the middle of Piazza NavonaPiazza Navona is a square in Rome, Italy. The Piazza follows the plan of an ancient Roman circus, the 1st Century Stadium of Domitian, where the Romans came to watch the agones ("games"): today's name stems from the corruption of the latter in in agone, then nagone and navone, which actually means "big ship" in Italian. CONTINUE...

COLOSSEO: The Colosseum in Rome, Italy: an exterior view of the best-preserved section.The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (lat. Amphitheatrum Flavium), is the largest amphitheatre built in Ancient Rome. Originally capable of seating 50,000 spectators, it was once used for gladiatorial combat. CONTINUE...

IL CAMPIDOGLIO: Piazza del Campidoglio, on the top of Capitoline Hill, with the façade of Palazzo Senatorio.The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the most famous and highest of the seven hills of Rome, the site of a temple for the Capitoline Triad: the gods Jupiter, his wife Juno and their daughter Minerva. CONTINUE...