Day one: A
day in the Ancient Rome
Aim of this Tour is to give you an idea, as
complete as possible, of what the life of a Roman through different centuries
could have been.
Meeting and starting point: the Capitoline Hill of Rome. Here we'll walk up the Capitoline Hill
where was located the most important temple of Rome: The Temple of Zeus, Juno
and Minerva, already worshipped here from the 7th c. b.c.: from the
Capitoline Hill we’ll enjoy the most gorgeus view over the Valley of the Forum
and the Palatine Hill, where the very early huts of the time of Romulus and
Remus (7th c. b.c.) were built.
The visit will continue with a walk by the more
or less 10-centuries-old remainings of the Roman Forum: this is where most of
the ancient Romans spent large part of their time: praying, betting, buying and
selling, trying to know the future from the fortune tellers, electing their
leaders, playing chess etc. etc. The Forum saw some 200 years of Rome as a
monarchy, (7th to 5th c. b.c.), followed by five
centuries of Rome as a Republic till the beginning of the Imperial time with
Augustus (27 b.c. - 14 a.d.). Then some five other centuries of expansion and
later decline.
Best remaining example of the pick of the Roman
power is the Colosseum where we are going to try to imagine gladiators and wild
animals fightings (not christians martyrdom that...yes, believe it or
not...never occurred here...!). If required, we can provide for reservations
and entrance tickets (13,50 euro per person + 03,50 euro in case of special
exibitions going on).
Walking (15 minutes) or by public bus we then
will reach the place where all Romans liked to go to relax, do some sport and
meet other people for public relations: the Baths of Caracalla. Some more
walking and we will admire the only ancient Pyramid of Europe: the Tomb of
Caius Cestius, and one of the most imposing gates of the Aurelian Walls: the
Ostiense Gate.
Day two: Medieval and spiritual Rome.
Meeting point the
Pantheon:, best preserved Roman Temple of all pagan Gods, later transformed in
a christian church.
Last Emperor of the western Roman Empire
”Romulus Augustulus” was dismissed by barbarians in the 5th c. a.d.:
this is the beginning of what we call: Middle Ages, the Ages between the fall
of the western Roman Empire and Renaissance.
During that time Rome became a kind of
“ghost-city”: from one and a half million people went down to 20/25 thousand!
Most of the city was abandoned and became a wild country-side: where once upon
a time the roman troops celebrated their triumphal marches now you could see
only cows, sheeps and wild animals like wolfs and bears. Noble and/or powerful
families used the still standing ruins as their own private fortresses, in a
never-ending war against the other powerful families: most of them leaved in
high towers protected by their private army. One of the main achievement was to
have a cardinal or a Pope in the family: that would help to expand the family
power and richness in the eternal competion against the other families.
We are going to explore the remainings of those
times: Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Prassede and Santa Pudenziana with their
beautiful bizantine mosaics, the medieval areas of Trastevere and of of the old
Jewish Ghetto trying to visualize the economical and artistical changes that
occurred during those centuries: from the Fifth to the 14 c. a.d., when also in
Rome the Renaissance began and represents the other end of the middle-ages.
Day Three: Renaissance, Baroque and Modern Rome
This day cannot start anywhere else then the
Vatican: the 14 century sees the beginning of the real power of the Popes that,
little by little, became sort of Kings. Here, in the Vatican Palaces, they collected
most of the master-pieces of art that were discovered in Rome and which they
used to adorn their private apartments. Starting from the 17 c. some of these
apartments were open to the public and became a museum, finally opened
with entrance fee etc. in the 19th c. as a way to commemorate the signature of
the Lateran Treaty between the Vatican and Mussolini. If required, we can provide
for reservations and entrance tickets to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
(19,00 euro per person).
Later we'll enjoy a visit to St. Peter's and
talk about the expansion of christianity:
Walking or by public buses we are going to see
most of the Palaces, Churches, Squares and Monumental Fountains built by the
different Popes and Cardinals to show the other leaders of Rome and of the rest
of the world the power achieved by the Papacy and by some of the roman
families: Castel Sant'Angelo, Palazzo della Cancelleria, Palazzo Farnese,
Piazza Navona, Chiesa del Gesù, Piazza SS. Apostoli, via del Corso,
Trevi Fountain, Spanis Square and the Piazza del popolo..
Each of these half day tour of three/four hours
costs a flat rate of 190,00 euro for maximum 5 guests, plus, if required,
entrance tickets.
Our site: www.guideinrome.eu
Our team:
Ewa Augustynowicz: (Italiano, English, German, Polish and Russian)
Tours of Rome and/or Italy
ewidelko@interia.pl
00393463146655
Sergio Grom: (Italiano, English and French)
Tours of Rome and/or Italy
sergio.grom@libero.it
00393483309087
Angelica
Vinaccia
Mobile phone 00393485388538
Date and place of birth 17/01/1974 Rome
Nationality Italian
Tatiana Campoli
Mobile phone
00393485416964
Date and place of birth 02/01/1982 Rome
Nationality Italian
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