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Accurate insider guide to Rome art, history, cultural heritage and local travel tips.
Daniele da Volterra has for centuries conjured up images of Counter-Reformation prudery, censorious inquisitors and artless fundamentalists. Posterity, alas, has not been kind to ...
14th Feb 2020
There’s a lot more to the Sistine Chapel than the extraordinary crowning achievement of Michelangelo’s career. Check out our countdown of 5 things you might not know
31st Jan 2020
When you come to Rome, there are certain places that you simply can’t afford to miss. The magnificent St. Peter’s basilica – venerable centrepiece of the Catholic faith and ...
6th Dec 2019
There can be few sights in the world more romantic than the dazzling sweep of the Spanish Steps. One of the great masterpieces of Baroque urban design, Rome’s most iconic staircas ...
8th Nov 2019
It’s that time of year again. The evenings are drawing in, a chill is beginning to spike the evening air, and all-around trees are donning spectacular Technicolor coats of orange, ...
29th Oct 2019
Read on for our guide to 10 of our favourite lesser-known highlights at the Vatican Museums.
14th Oct 2019
The great flowering of architectural modernism in the Eternal City coincided with the inexorable rise of Italian fascism in the 1930s, and the major monuments of the period are ...
27th Sep 2019
