Renaissance and Baroque Rome

2 April 2013

Imperial and Baroque Rome

Foro

During this walking tour you will enjoy 2000 years of Eternal City’s history in one day.

Morning: Imperial Rome

In the morning we will discover the most important places in the history of ancient Rome. After admiring Piazza del Campidoglio (made by Michelangelo), from its viewpoint we will enjoy a magnificent view over the Roman Forum. Then we will go down on Via dei Fori Imperiali and observe the Trajan’s Forum with its Column and the Trajan’s Market, a masterpiece by Apollodorus of Damascus. We will pass On the other side and we will have a look to the Forums of Caesar and Augustus, the Forum Transitorio and the Temple of Peace, that hosted the marble Forma Urbis. We will finally reach the Colosseum and the triumphal Arch of Constantine.

Free lunch (1 hour)

Afternoon: Baroque Rome

We will meet in Piazza Venezia before the Altar of the Fatherland, and from there we will discover some Baroque Rome’s squares, the most famous in the world. We will begin with the magnificent scenic apparatus of the Trevi Fountain, then we will get lost among the narrow streets of Rome, while searching Spanish Steps with the Barcaccia Fountain. From there we will go to Campo Marzio and discover Piazza Navona with the rivalry between Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini represented by the Fountain of the Four Rivers and the church of St. Agnes in Agone.

Details

full day (6 hours). On request it is possible to arrange only half of the guided tour (Baroque Rome or Imperial Rome)

archaeological area

The sites are concentrated within an area not too extensive, but we will walk a lot, so comfortable shoes are recommended. During the tour the entrance into archaeological sites and museums is not expected, so you have not to pay any additional fee for ticket entrance.

31 March 2013

Villa Farnesina

How was the life of a rich man in Rome at the beginning of ‘500? How was the social life of the aristocratic families of the Renaissance?
How banquets took place and who were the guests who usually attended the parties held into the suburban villa of Agostino Chigi?
Agostino Chigi was a man with a superfine culture, a wealthy banker and a talent scout. In fact, he called to work in the construction and decoration of this beautiful villa overlooking the Tiber his compatriot Baldassare Peruzzi, but also other famous artists such as Sebastiano del Piombo, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi (known as the Sodoma) and above all Raphael.
Through the beautiful frescoes in the Loggia of Galatea (depicting a star chart), the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche, the Hall of Frieze, the Hall of the Perspectives and finally the Hall of Marriage of Alexander and Roxane, we will discover details, anecdotes and curiosities on the life of Alexander Chigi, who decided, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, to buy an apartment in Via della Lungara in Trastevere in order to to build his suburban villa in Rome.

Details

1,5 hours

museum

entrance ticket not included