Places in Rome
The 17 essential places in the guide. Numbers refer to the map.
1Colosseum
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum.
Arenas and stadiums2Roman Forum
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome.
Monuments3Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill, which is the centremost of the seven hills of Rome, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Viewpoints4Pantheon
The Pantheon (UK:, US:; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον ’ of all the gods’) is an ancient Polytheist temple in Rome, Italy, originally built under Roman emperor Augustus and reconstructed under Hadrian.
Churches and chapels5Trevi Fountain
The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762.
Monuments6Spanish Steps
The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and the Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top.
Squares and streets7Piazza Navona
Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy.
Squares and streets8St. Peter’s Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St.
Churches and chapels9Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the Vatican City.
Museums10Castel Sant’Angelo
Castel Sant’Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy.
Walls and towers11Capitoline Museums
The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archaeological museums located on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy, and constitute the main civic museum complex of the city.
Museums12Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome.
Squares and streets13Baths of Caracalla
The Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy, were the city’s second largest Roman public bath complex, or thermae, after the Baths of Diocletian.
Monuments14Santa Maria Maggiore
The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary the Great, also informally known as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, is a Roman Catholic Papal Basilica and one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.
Churches and chapels15Galleria Borghese
The Galleria Borghese or Borghese Gallery is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana.
Museums16Campo de’ Fiori
Campo de’ Fiori is a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, at the border between the rioni Parione and Regola.
Markets17Victor Emmanuel II Monument
The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument, also known as the Vittoriano or for synecdoche Altare della Patria, is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honour Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, in Rome, Italy.
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