30.11: Ponte Palatino: The ‘English Bridge’ 26.11: Why is a Speaker’s Platform called a Rostrum? 18.11: Madonna dell’ Archetto: Smallest Church in Rome 16.11: Plaque to Cellini: Goldsmith, Sculptor & Writer 15.11: Ponte dei Fiorentini: Penny Bridge 14.11: Palazzetto di Tizio da Spoleto: Painted Facades 12.11: The Caged Wolf 11.11: Church of Santa Maria Liberatrice 10.11: Fountain of Palazzo Spada: Fountain of the Breasts 07.11: Church of San Girolamo dei Croati 05.11: Coat of arms of Pope Pius XII: The Last Roman Pope 04.11: Palazzi: Courtyard Fountains 02.11: Palazzo Rondanini: Pieta by Michelangelo
21.10: Temple of Romulus 14.10: Palazzo Senatorio: Bell Tower 12.10: Church of San Pantaleo: The Saint & the Origin of the word ‘Pants’ 11.10: Fascist Origins of Stazione Ostiense 10.10: Santa Caterina da Siena a Via Giulia: The Balzana: A Touch of Siena in Rome 02.10: San Girolamo della Carità: Antamoro Chapel 01.10: Ancient Rome: Basilica of Maxentius
30.09: Palazzo dei Conservatori 28.09: Colossus of Constantine: ‘Behold This Foot’ 25.09: Church of Sant’ Eligio degli Orefici: The Goldsmiths' Church 23.09: Piazza dell’ Aracoeli: One of the Oldest Fountains in Rome 22.09: Curia: From Senate House to Church 21.09: Villa Borghese: Monument to King Umberto I 20.09: 150th anniversary of the ‘Capture of Rome’ 18.09: Church of Santa Maria ai Monti 17.09: Fountain of Ponte Sisto 16.09: Theatre of Pompey 14.09: Decoding Roman Numerals 12.09: Coat of arms of Pope John Paul II 11.09: Twin Towers Memorial 10.09: Fountain of the Dog 09.09: Baker’s Tomb 08.09: Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary 06.09: Fountain of the Barrel 04.09: Church of Santa Prisca & the Mithraeum 03.09: Stadio dei Marmi: Sport in the Time of Fascism 02.09: Church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami & the Mamertine Prison 01.09: Vatican Museums: Double-helix staircase by Giuseppe Momo
28.08: Vatican Museums: The Sphere Within a Sphere 26.08: Fascism & the Fountain in Piazza Mazzini 24.08: Palazzo della Farnesina: Fountain of the World 22.08: Fountain: ‘Novecento’ by Arnaldo Pomodoro 18.08: Church of Sant’ Ignazio: Two monumental matching altars 15.08: Ferragosto: Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary 14.08: Ancient Rome: Forum of Nerva 12.08: San Lorenzo in Lucina: Chateaubriand’s Monument to Poussin 11.08: San Tommaso in Formis: Mosaic of Christ Freeing Two Slaves 10.08: ‘Tears’ of St Lawrence 09.08: Santa Caterina dei Funari: ‘From the Jaws of the Devil’ 08.08: San Girolamo della Carità: Spada Chapel: A Baroque Gem 08.08: Church of Domine Quo Vadis 07.08: Sant’ Agostino: Madonna del Parto 03.08: Church of San Macuto
30.07: Monument to Giuseppe Mazzini 29.07: Palazzo Chigi: Official Residence of Italy’s P. M. 28.07: Coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V: Lions and Pears 26.07: Santa Maria della Pace: Chigi Chapel: Raphael’s Four Sibyls 25.07: Monument to St Francis 24.07: St John Lateran: Cappella Clementina: Exquisite Art of the Blacksmith 23.07: Villa Borghese: Casino Nobile 22.07: Santa Maria in Via: Miracle of the Madonna of the Well 20.07: Knights of Malta 19.07: Mystery of Mithraism 18.07: Palazzo Barberini 17.07: Monument to Cavour, Italy’s First Prime Minister 16.07: Via del Corso: Plaque to Pope Alexander VII: Racing & Rome’s Carnival 15.07: River Tiber: Building the Embankments 14.07: Fountain of Cupid 12.07: Santa Maria Maggiore: Relic of the Holy Crib 11.07: Fountain of the Caryatids 10.07: Ancient Rome: Park of the Aqueducts 08.07: Birth of Artemisia Gentileschi 06.07: Church: of Santa Francesca Romana 05.07: San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: Mosaics 01.07: Torre delle Milizie: Nero’s Tower!
29.06: St Peter’s Basilica: Statue of St Peter: Marking the Feast of St Peter & St Paul 18.06: Piazza del Popolo: Fountain of the Four Lions
29.05: St Peter’s Basilica: Cathedra Petri: Chair of St Peter 22.05: Oratorio dei Filippini: Borromini’s Clock Tower 15.05: Coat of arms of Pope Francis 08.05: Doria-Pamphilj Gallery: Olimpia Maidalchini by Algardi: Rome’s ‘She-Pope’ 01.05: Ponte Milvio: St John of Nepomuk by Cornacchini: My Lips are Sealed!
29.04: Galleria Borghese: Rape of Proserpina by Bernini 28.04: St John Lateran: Funerary monument to Pope Leo XIII 22.04: Chapel of the Three Magi by Borromini 15.04: Springtime at the Spanish Steps 06.04: Pantheon: Tomb of Raphael
31.03: Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli: Freeing Christian Captives & Slaves 30.03: Galleria Borghese: Aeneas, Anchises & Ascanius by Bernini 25.03: Images of the Annunciation 22.03: St Peter’s Basilica: Equestrian statue of Charlemagne 21.03: St Peter’s Basilica: Baldacchino by Bernini 20.03: Ancient Rome: Temple of Portunus 19.03: Model of Imperial Rome 18.03: Views of 18th century Rome by Canaletto 17.03: Santa Maria Maggiore: Cappella Paolina: Galileo’s Moon 14.03: Villa Sciarra 12.03: Ancient Rome: Ponte Nomentano 10.03: San Giovanni dei Fiorentini: A Foot of Mary Magdalene 09.03: Centrale Montemartini: Goddess of Today’s Fortune 08.03: Marking the Meridian 06.03: Villa Borghese: Temple of Aesculapius 05.03: Palazzo Farnese 04.03: Vatican: Apoxyomenos: Alley of the Athlete 03.03: Fountain of Pope Pius IX 02.03: Vatican: Sarcophagus of St Helena 01.03: Villa Borghese: Fonte Gaia: Fountain of Joy
29.02: Vatican: River Nile 28.02: Capitoline Museums 27.02: Vatican: Laocoon: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts 26.02: Vatican: Borgia Apartment 25.02: Villa Borghese: Fountain of the Sea-Horses 24.02: Vatican: Gallery of the Candelabras 23.02: Villa Borghese: Statue of Lord Byron: ‘Oh Rome! My Country! City of the Soul’ 22.02: Villino Ximenes: Trinacria: Sicily’s Three-Legged Lady 21.02: Fountain of the Senate 20.02: Past & Present: Fountain of the Cannonball 18.02: Botanical Garden 17.02: Fontana del Pianto 16.02: Orange Garden 14.02: Palazzo delle Esposizioni: Palace of Exhibitions 13.02: San Francesco a Ripa: Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel 12.02: San Gregorio della Divina Pietà: From Riches to Rags 11.02: Via Margutta: Street of the Artists 10.02: Sant’ Andrea al Quirinale: St Stanislaus Kostka by Legros: A Saint on His Deathbed 09.02: Church of San Bernardo alle Terme 08.02: Museo Nazionale Romano: ‘Know Thyself’ mosaic 06.02: Ancient Rome: Baths of Diocletian: Museo Nazionale Romano: A Curious Image of a Carthusian Monk 05.02: Acquario Romanum: Roman Aquarium 04.02: Sant’ Ignazio: Funerary Monument of Pope Gregory XV 03.02: Coat of arms of Pope Alexander VII: Six Mountains & a Star 02.02: Palazzo della Sapienza: Heraldic arms of five Popes: Palace of Wisdom 01.02: Santa Maria degli Angeli: Bronze doors by Mitoraj
31.01: Anglican church of All Saints’ 30.01: Stazione Termini 29.01: Pietro Canonica Museum 28.01: Ancient Rome: Baths of Diocletian 27.01: Palazzo Koch 26.01: Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II 25.01: St Paul Within the Walls: Mosaics by Burne-Jones: Rome’s First Protestant Church 24.01: Santa Maria degli Angeli: Michelangelo’s Last Architectural Work 23.01: Obelisk of Montecitorio 22.01: Servian Walls: Walls of the Roman Republic 21.01: Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni: Church of the Burgundians 20.01: The Nolli Map (1748): Mapping the Eternal City 19.01: Protestant Cemetery: Shelley’s grave: ‘Nothing of him that doth fade…’ 18.01: Vatican Museums: Room of the Immaculate Conception 17.01: Palazzo delle Finanze 16.01: Protestant Cemetery: ‘So Sweet a Place’ 15.01: Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum: One of Rome’s Quirkier Museums 14.01: Torre dei Conti: Tower of the Counts 13.01: Royal Rowing Club 12.01: Art Nouveau & the Villino Cagiati 11.01: Piazza del Popolo: ‘Flaminio’ Obelisk 09.01: Lake Nemi: Discovery and Loss of the Ancient Ships 08.01: Santa Maria Maggiore: Virgin Mary on the Cross 07.01: Fountain of the Goddess Roma 06.01: Images of the Adoration of the Magi 05.01: San Luigi dei Francesi: The King and the Salamander 04.01: Cat of Palazzo Grazioli 03.01: Via Ostiense: Plaque marking final meeting of St Peter and St Paul 02.01: Villino Ximenes: First Flowering of Art Nouveau 01.01: Teatro Argentina: The Barber of Seville by Rossini: First Night Fiasco