Travel to Italy

Aventino

Aventino is a district in Rome, named after the hill that rises up near the Tiber river, and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome. From the top of this hill you'll get an amazing view of the entire city, and the most popular thing to do around this place is to take a peek through the keyhole building. The keyhole building belongs to the Soverign Military Order of Malta, and when you take that peek, you will see 3 countries, the one I just named, Rome (Italy) and St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City).

Forum Traiani

The Forum Traiani or Trajan's Forum is the last of the Imperial fora of Rome, built by order of Emperor Trajan, and inaugurated in 112. The main entrance to the forum is on the southern side, a triumphal arch surmounted by a statue of Trajan in a six-horse chariot, and has an area of 660 x 390 feet. 

La Bocca della Verità

La Bocca della Verità (the Mouth of Truth) is a very famous sculpted image of a human face, in Rome, and it is thought to be part of an ancient Roman fountain portraying a river god. But that is not the reason for its popularity, the reason is its capability of acting as a lie detector, which dates since the Middle Ages. It was believed that if a person told a lie with his hand in the mouth of the sculpture, it would be bitten off.

The Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City is probably the most famous church in the world. Is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, its architecture resembles the Temple of the Old Testament, and its decoration are frescoes painted by the greatest Renaissance artists like Michelangelo, whose ceiling is legendary. The chapel is rectangular and measures 134 feet long, 44 feet wide, like the Temple of Solomon as given in the Old Testament, and 68 feet high.

The Pantheon

The Pantheon in Rome was built in 27 BC, as a temple to all the Gods of the Roman religion, and served as a a church for Christian religion since the 7th century. It has an inscription at the entrance, tranlation means: "M. Agrippa Built This", and the dome is the 3rd largest masonry dome in the world.

Circus of Nero

The Circus of Nero also known as the Circus of Caligula, was a circus in ancient Rome, and the construction begun by Caligula and finished by Nero. The only part of the construction that remains standing is the obelisk, that can be seen in Saint Peter's Square.

Vatican City

Vatican City is a landlocked sovereign city-state within Rome. Its 108.7 acres of a walled enclave, classified as a micro state, and it is governed by the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). Vatican City is the center of the Catholic Church, the territory of the Holy See and homes the Apostolic Palace (the Pope's residence) and the Roman Curia. The best place to visit in Vatican City is the famous Sistine Chapel, with the ceiling painted by Michelangelo.

Piazza San Pietro

Saint Peter's Square or Piazza San Pietro is situated in front of the St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican City in Rome. This square used to be an open space, and was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, from 1656 to 1667, according to what the Pope said it should be designed: "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the facade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".

Basilica di San Pietro

The Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano or Basilica of Saint Peter is the second of the four major basilicas of Rome, and it is the most prominent building inside the Vatican City, and its dome is also a very dominant feature in the Roman sky. The Basilica is probably the biggest church of Christianity, covering an area of 5.7 acres and a capacity for over 60.000 people. It is considered one of the holiest (if not the holiest one) sites of Christendom, being the burial place of Saint Peter, one of the 12 apostles od Jesus, the founder of the Roman Catholic Church and the first Bishop of Antioch, later the first Bishop of Rome.

Palazzo Spada

The Palazzo Spada is a palace in Rome, and houses the Galleria Spada, a grand art collection assembled by Cardinal Bernardino Spada. The collection includes four galleries of 16th and 17th-century paintings, the sculpture of Pompey the Great, and the palace itself it's a major piece of art.