Private Tours of Rome - Walks in Rome (Est. 2001)

The Mother Church of the Jesuits

19/2/2020

The Chiesa del Gesu, Rome

The Chiesa del Gesu

The Botanical Garden

18/2/2020

Map

Fountain of the Tritons, Botanical Garden, Rome

Fountain of the Tritons

The Fontana del Pianto

17/2/2020

Fountain, Piazza delle Cinque Scole, Rome

Fontana del Pianto

The Orange Garden

16/2/2020

Orange Garden (Parco Savelli), Rome

The Orange Garden

Santa Maria della Pace

15/2/2020

Church of Santa Maria della Pace, Rome

Santa Maria della Pace

Palazzo delle Esposizoni

14/2/2020

Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

Palazzo delle Esposizioni

Baroque at its Very Best

13/2/2020

Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel, church of San Francesco a Ripa, Rome

Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel, San Francesco a Ripa

From Riches to Rags

12/2/2020

Church of San Gregorio della Divina Pietà, Rome

San Gregorio della Divina Pietà

Via Margutta: The Street of the Artists

11/2/2020

Via Margutta, Rome

Via Margutta

A Saint on His Deathbed

10/2/2020

St Stanislaus Kostka by Pierre Legros, church of Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, Rome

St Stanislaus Kostka by Pierre Legros, Sant' Andrea al Quirinale

San Bernardo alle Terme

9/2/2020

Church of San Bernardo alle Terme, Rome

San Bernardo alle Terme

Know Thyself

8/2/2020

Museo Nazionale Romano (Baths of Diocletian)

Mosaic of a skeleton & the Greek aphorism 'Know thyself', Baths of Diocletian, Rome

Ancient Roman mosaic of a skeleton & the Greek aphorism 'Know thyself'

Monument to Pope Alexander VII

7/2/2020

Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, St Peter's Basilica

A Curious Image of a Carthusian Monk

6/2/2020

Museo Nazionale Romano (Baths of Diocletian)

Trompe l'oeil painting (1855) by Filippo Balbi, 'Michelangelo' Cloister, Baths of Diocletian, Rome

Trompe l'oeil painting (1855) by Filippo Balbi, 'Michelangelo' Cloister, Baths of Diocletian

The Roman 'Aquarium'

5/2/2020

Roman Aquarium (Acquario Romano, 1885-87) by Ettore Bernich, Rome

Roman Aquarium (Acquario Romano, 1885-87) by Ettore Bernich

Funerary Monument of Pope Gregory XV

4/2/2020

Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XV and Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi by Pierre Legros, Sant' Ignazio, Rome

Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XV and Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, Sant' Ignazio

Six Mountains and a Star

3/2/2020

Coat of arms of Pope Alexander VII, St Peter's Square, Rome

Coat of arms of Pope Alexander VII, St Peter's Square

The 'Palace of Wisdom'

2/2/2020

Courtyard of the Palazzo della Sapienza, Rome

Courtyard of the Palazzo della Sapienza

Bronze Doors by Igor Mitoraj

1/2/2020

Door of the Resurrection by Igor Mitoraj, Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome

Door of the Resurrection (det.) by Igor Mitoraj

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My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England. Since 2001 I have lived in Italy, where I run private and
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