Overview

With this tour we will reveal the main attractions of the wonderful historic center of Rome! You will be able to appreciate the most representative and coveted places of the capital, undisputed symbols throughout the globe of what was for a long time the cultural and military supremacy center of the ancient world. With the tour "Rome the center of the world" you can admire the majesty of the largest amphitheater ever built: the Colosseum!

Description

Pass By: Roman Forum, Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6, Rome 00186

The Roman Forum (in Latin Forum Romanum, although the Romans referred to it more often as Forum Magnum or simply Forum) is an archaeological area of Rome enclosed between the Palatine Hill, the Campidoglio, Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Colosseum, consisting of the stratification of the remains of those buildings and monuments of heterogeneous eras that for much of the ancient history of Rome represented the political, legal, religious and economic center of the city of Rome, as well as the nerve center of the entire Roman civilization.

Stop At: Circus Maximus, Via del Circo Massimo, Rome 00186

The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman circus, dedicated to horse racing, built in Rome. Located in the valley between the Palatine and the Aventine, it is remembered as a venue for games since the beginning of the history of the city: the mythical episode of the rape of the Sabine women took place in the valley, on the occasion of the games organized by Romulus in honor of the god Consus. Certainly, the large flat area and its proximity to the Tiber landing where commercial exchanges took place from the remotest antiquity, meant that the place constituted since the foundation of the city the elective space in which to conduct market activities and exchanges with other populations, and - consequently - also the related ritual activities (think of the maximum altar of Hercules) and socialization, such as games and competitions.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Ghetto Ebraico, Piazza delle Cinque Scole, Rome 00186

The Jewish ghetto of Rome is among the oldest ghettos in the world; it arose in fact 40 years after that of Venice which is the first ever. The term derives from the name of the Venetian district, gheto, where there was a foundry (precisely gheto in Venetian), where the Jews of that city were forced to reside; another possible etymology traces the origin of this word back to the Hebrew גט ghet (pl. גיטים ghittim or גיטין ghittin), which means separation.

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Navona / Pantheon / Campo de’ Fiori, Rome

Until the fifteenth century the square did not exist as such, and in its place there was a flowery meadow with some cultivated gardens, hence the name. According to an unreliable tradition, the square owes its name to Flora (a woman loved by Pompeo, who had built his theater nearby). [1]

The square gave its name to the long road axis known in the 15th century as Via Florea which connected Sant'Angelo in Pescheria with the S. Angelo bridge, passing through the current via Portico di Ottavia, via dei Giubbonari (formerly Via Pelamantelli), Via del Pellegrino and via dei Banchi Vecchi [2]. The same route from via dei Giubbonari to via del Pellegrino also took the name of via Mercatoria from the 15th century.

Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, Rome 00187

The Trevi Fountain is the largest and one of the most famous fountains in Rome. It was built on the facade of Palazzo Poli (more properly called Palazzo Conti di Poli), by Nicola Salvi. The competition launched by Pope Clement XII in 1731 had been won by the French sculptor Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, but later the task passed to Salvi (it is said that the pope did not want to entrust the work to a foreigner, but another version explains that Adam had to return to France) who started it in 1732. It was completed in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini and stylistically belongs to the late Baroque. The fountain was built with travertine, marble, plaster, stucco and metals.

Duration: 20 minutes