Sights around the Viminal, Esquiline, and Quirinal

What to see in the Viminal and Esquiline neighborhoods of Rome south of Termini train stationSights By Category
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• Museums
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• Michelangelo's Rome
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Tourist info:
www.turismoroma.it
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City museums:
www.museiincomuneroma.it
Ancient sites:
archeoroma.beniculturali.it

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Basilica di Santa Maria MaggioreSanta Maria Maggiore ★ - One of Rome's four great ancient basilicas was built in the 5th century and sports fantastic, glittering mosaics... » more

Michelangelo's Moses in Rome's San Pietro in VincoliSan Pietro in Vincoli - The rusty chains under the altar are supposedly those that imprisoned St. Peter, but what everyone really comes here to see is Michelangelo's Moses... » more

Basilica di San GiovanniSan Giovanni in Laterano - Rome's cathedral—no, it isn't St. Peter's—is one of the great basilican churches of Rome, with a Giotto fresco and some lovely quiet cloisters... » more

Scala Santa in RomeScala Santa - Across the street from Rome's cathedral (San Giovanni in Laterano), is an unassuming, small, chapel-like structure housing the Scala Santa, the "Holy Staircase"of 28 steps of Tyrian marble that legend holds were the actual staircase of Pilate's house, which Jesus descended after being condemned, brought back to Rome by St. Helena... » more

Domus Aurea di NeroDomus Aurea (Nero's Golden Palace) ★ - [currently closed] After the Great Fire of AD 64, Nero seized more than 200 acres of the city's burned-out historic core to create one of the most sumptuous palaces in history, slathered in frescoes and stuccoes, with rotating banquet tables over which would drift showers of flower petals, and entire rooms laminated in gold leaf (hence the nickname). It was a party palace par excellence for an emperor who would go down in history as one of the most hated leaders of all time... » more

Mercato Via SannioSan Giovanni Clothing Market - The Via Sannio market is best place to pick up inexpensive new and cut-rate used clothing and outfit yourself like a true Roman. You can also pick up cheap army surplus in case you need an extra pack, sleeping bag, or tent).... » more

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Foro RomanoThe Roman Forum ★★★ - Lines of chipped columns, crumbling triumphal arches, broken temple porticoes, the curve of abandoned marketplaces, armless statues patinaed with age—you can wander at will through the ghost city of an ancient Rome that, 2,000 years ago, ruled over the entire known world.... » more

PalatinoThe Palatine Hill ★ - The Palatine Hill was where the legendary Romulus founded a tiny Latin village in the 8th century BC. When the hamlet grew to become Rome, patrician families and early emperors covered it in their stately mansions (called palatium after the hill, which evolved into palazzo in Italian, palais in French, and "palace" in English). It offers a scenic escape from the crowds where you can wander across the grassy floors of ancient Imperial palaces and peer down the gated passageways that were once the homes of Rome's rich and famous... » more

ColiseumThe Colosseum ★★★ - The world's greatest sports arena, where 50,000 of the masses could be amused at a time, and the contests between men—and between man and beasts—could last 100 days or more and involve the slaughter of literally thousands of animals and gladiators. Yes, ancient Rome was a cheery place... » more

The Forum of AugustusImperial Fori ★ - The grandeur of Imperial Rome, laid out in a series of public spaces, markets, and triumphal columns by successive emperors, you can admire with a quick stroll or bike ride down Via dei Fori Imperiali: The Forum of Trajan, the Forum of Augustus, the Forum of Nerva.... » more

Trajan's Market in RomeTrajan's Market ★★ - The world’s first multilevel shopping mall was built by the Emperor Trajan in the AD 2nd century. It's the only bit of the Imperial Fori consistently open to the public, offering a glimpse into real daily life in Ancient Rome. You can wander a brief but evocative section of the city's most intact ancient streets, the grand bazaar hall lined by former market stalls with marble porticos and barrel-vaulted ceilings, and the giant curving sweep of that four-story, 150-shop shopping center... Full story

Arco di ConstantinoThe Arch of Constantine - Standing between the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, the Arch of Constantine is one of the largest of Rome's ancient triumphal arches, celebrating Emperor Constantine the Great's AD 312 victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge—which marked a seismic shift in European history, when Rome (and, eventually, Europe) started converting from pagan to Christian... » more

Santa maria degli AngeliSanta Maria degli Angeli - Michelangelo was commissioned to take a section of the ancient Baths of Diocletian and adapt it to become a church. It's a shame a later architect came along and moved the entrance over to one of the transept arms and spoiled the effect... » more

Bernini's St. Teresa in Ecstasy in Santa Maria della VittoriaSanta Maria della Vittoria - The last chapel on the left is a theater stage with the commissioners and the sculptor, Bernini, looking from box seats down on the main scene below, where a smirking angel is about to pierce St. Theresa in Ecstasy (and what a very erotic ecstasy it is) with a glowing spear of Heavenly light... » more

San ClementeSan Clemente ★★ - This early medieval church's mosaics, marbles, and Masolino frescoes would be worth a visit in of themselves. But the real show here is that you can head downstairs to see Rome's layer effect at work, exploring church stacked upon church stacked upon a pagan temple to Mithras surrounded by ancient Roman streets and houses deep underground... » more

Fontana di TreviThe Trevi Fountain ★★ - The world's most famous wishing well is a riot of sculpture and favorite late-night gathering place in Rome.... » more

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