Tours in Vatican and Sistine Chapel

Are you going to Rome?

The “Eternal City” has infinity faces and so is not very easy decide what e when to visit !!!

Now thanks to aboutroma.com you can choose a wide range of tours from Ancient Rome to Christian Rome.

All trip to Rome is not complete until you have visited the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel.

Skip the Line: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Coach Tour:

Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Coach Tour starts from Piazza della Repubblica with the Fountain of the Nayads and follows the ancient Aurelian Walls. You will admire the famous Villa Borghese gardens and the northern gate of the ancient city leading into Piazza del Popolo, where you will see an Egyptian obelisk.
Upon arrival at the Vatican Walls, you can visit the Vatican Museums taking the beautiful Spiral stairway and continuing through the Gallery of the Tapestries and the Gallery of the Geographical Maps before arriving at the famous Sistine Chapel, where you can see the magnificent fresco of the Last Judgement by Michelangelo.
The Last Judgement was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere to Michelangiolo to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The “Fresco” covers the entire end wall of the Chapel.

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“NOTTE BIANCA” in Rome and around Europe.

On Saturday 8 September takes place the fifth edition of the Notte Bianca the event that capital can never lose.

From 2003 on, there has been four editions of this huge collective event that every year has welcomed thousands of people. Rome citizens, italian and international turists and people from all aronud the world shared with curiosity and emotions this uniqe experience and that good development brings it success.

The Notte Bianca is a cultural event, open to all with no admission charge, held each year between the end of the summer and the beginning of autumn and lasting one whole night.

One feature of the Notte Bianca is to promote contemporary creativeness in all its forms and to be present in public areas in such location that generally are closed: from suburban areas to prestigius locations like museums, monuments, theatres and churches too.

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The Colosseum: One of the New Seven Wonders of the World

Among the newly elected wonders of the world we can find our Colosseum!!!

These new wonders are considered as such because they are added to the previously selected ones in 140 BC from Antipatro of Sidone that have almost completely disappeared.

The new wonders are a result of a big private opinion survey proposed by Bernard Weber, a Swiss-Canadian director during the Olympics of Sidney 2000, after the destruction of giant Buddhas in Bamiyam, in Afganistan, by the hand of the Talibans.

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Discover the city of Water… under Rome!

A new incredible suggestion, read and discover it. The Vicus Caprarius, called also “La Città dell’Acqua” (The city of Water), is an archaeological area in the quarter of Trevi, a few metres from the most popular fountain in the world: the Trevi Fountain. 8 metres underground, in a suggestive atmosphere, are visible different levels of an ancient district on the Caprarius Road (Vicus Caprarius).

In the enchanting ruins it’s possible to see water cistern, labirinth, staircases, passages, domus from IV century a.D. and many archeological find like amphora, coins, votive statues. In the Vicus Caprarius the same water of Trevi Fountain gushes out…

Information provided by About Rome, your travel guide to Rome, and Paesionline.com, a tourism and vacations portal offering guides to places and countries.

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Erasmus in Rome!!!

Would you like to study in Rome? In Rome, you could combine study with fun, in the eternal city you can satisfied all your needs. Rome, the beautiful Italian capital, it’s famous in the world not only for its historical beauty but also for its Universities.

The University “Sapienza” it’s not only one of the most ancient Universities of Italy but it also represents the most extensive University in Europe. One of the largest Universities in the world for numbers of students enrolled.

Today “Sapienza” offers 21 faculties and lots of departments, schools of specialisation and university institution. Visit www.aboutroma.com and you will find new information about studying in Rome especially for Erasmus students.

Another important Roman University is “Tor Vergata”. Even though it is a young University, during recent years it has had a fast development.It offers six majors: School of Economics, School of Engineering, School of Humanities, School of Law, School of Medicine and School of Science.

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