Rome Travel Guide, Italy

Rome, Italy

photo by Giampaolo

Rome Yesterday & Today

The Norwegian author Henrik Ibsen said that you need at least three lifetimes to see Rome and when you considered that Rome’s history spans over 2800 years it could taken five or six lifetimes to experience everything that Rome has to offer visitors, as well as residents.

This small Italian 9th century BC village became an incredible civilization that dominated the region around the Mediterranean for centuries. Rome is a reflection of its long history, but it is also a complex contemporary city. The centre of Rome contains areas of ancient Rome; areas that were important in medieval times, as well as artistic treasures and places from the Renaissance. The centre also has churches, fountains and palaces from the Baroque era as well as Neoclassic, Art Nouveau, Rationalism and Modernism styles and designs. Rome is considered a living encyclopaedia, as well as living museum for the art and the culture of Western Civilization. Even with a history filled violence and war, Rome has withstood the test of time and destruction and emerged as a city in a class of its own.

Rome in a Few Words

The beauty of Rome is in its culture as well as in its people. Visiting the Eternal City is like going back in time but keeping both feet in the present. Rome does have have several social issues.

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