Welcome to the heart of ancient Rome, where history is literally underfoot. Over the next few hours, we'll traverse a captivating stretch, starting near the dramatic Colosseum and winding through the quiet streets of the Jewish Ghetto. Keep your eyes open as we pass monumental sites like the Capitoline Museums, the vast expanse of the Circus Maximus, and the colorful squares of Campo de' Fiori, all leading us toward the poignant Mouth of Truth.
Campo de' Fiori
Piazza Campo De’ Fiori, I Municipio, Rome, 00186, Italy
Every morning this piazza fills with market stalls selling tomatoes, artichokes, fresh pasta, dried chillies, and flowers — it has been a market since at least the 1800s, and the name Campo de' Fiori means "field of flowers.
Capitoline Museums
1 Piazza del Campidoglio, I Municipio, Rome, 00186, Italy
This is the oldest public museum in the world.
Circus Maximus
1 Via del Circo Massimo, I Municipio, Rome, 00153, Italy
This grassy depression was once the largest stadium in the world, and it was not even close.
Colosseum
1 Piazza del Colosseo, I Municipio, Rome, 00184, Italy
Here is a number that should stop you in your tracks: fifty thousand.
Jewish Ghetto
Via del Portico d'Ottavia, I Municipio, Rome, 00186, Italy
Rome's Jewish community is the oldest in Europe.
Mouth of Truth
I Municipio, Rome, Italy
The Bocca della Verita is a massive marble disc, about one point eight metres in diameter, depicting a river god or possibly Oceanus, with an open mouth that legend says will bite the hand off anyone who tells a lie while their fingers are inside.
Palatine Hill
30 Via di San Gregorio, I Municipio, Rome, 00184, Italy
This is where the word palace comes from.
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
305 Via del Corso, I Municipio, Rome, 00186, Italy
There is a painting in this palace that terrified the man it depicts.
Pantheon
I Municipio, Rome, Italy
The dome above your head is still, after nearly nineteen hundred years, the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built.
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo, I Municipio, Rome, 00187, Italy
For centuries, this was the first thing visitors saw when they arrived in Rome.
Piazza Navona
Piazza Navona, I Municipio, Rome, 00186, Italy
The reason this piazza is shaped like a racetrack is that it was a racetrack.
Protestant Cemetery
6 Via Caio Cestio, I Municipio, Rome, 00153, Italy
Oscar Wilde called this "the holiest place in Rome.
Roman Forum
5 Largo della Salara Vecchia, I Municipio, Rome, 00186, Italy
For about five hundred years, this was the centre of the Western world.
Spanish Steps
I Municipio, Rome, Italy
The name is a lie, or at least a misdirection.
Testaccio
Piazza Testaccio, I Municipio, Rome, 00153, Italy
The neighbourhood of Testaccio is named after a hill that is not a hill.
Trastevere
I Municipio, Rome, Italy
Trastevere means "across the Tiber," and for most of Rome's history, that meant this was the wrong side of the river.
Trevi Fountain
Piazza di Trevi, I Municipio, Rome, 00187, Italy
About three thousand euros in coins are thrown into this fountain every single day.
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