Beyond the Highlights

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Whether you’re looking to see some awe-inspiring art, worship during Holy Week or study the masters of Italian art – there’s something for everyone at these top holy sites in Rome.

Park degli Acquedotti Park degli Acquedotti is one of Rome’s most atmospheric green spaces, located within the Appia Antica Regional Park. It’s best known for the monumental remains of several ancient Roman aqueducts crossing open countryside just beyond the city’s modern edge. Unlike Rome’s major archaeological sites, this is not a place of ticket lines

Guide to Rome’s Underground Sites Rome is layered not just above ground, but beneath it. Below streets, churches, and modern buildings lies a hidden city of burial chambers, temples, houses, and infrastructure that spans more than two thousand years of history. Rome’s underground sites are some of its most atmospheric — and most misunderstood —

Rome’s “Metro Museum”: How Line C Changed Getting Around the City Rome is one of the few cities in the world where building modern infrastructure routinely means excavating two thousand years of history. Roads, drains, apartment blocks, and now metro stations are often constructed directly on top of ancient remains. For visitors, this creates a