SoundSeeing Rome Saint Peter?s - The center of the Catholic faith lies in a tiny city-state governed by the Pope. The largest Christian church is built upon the grave of the apostle Peter. There are plenty of reasons to visit Saint Peter’'s, one of which is Michelangelo’'s dome
SoundSeeing Rome Vatican City - The center of the Catholic faith lies in a tiny city-state governed by the Pope. The largest Christian church is built upon the grave of the apostle Peter. There are plenty of reasons to visit Saint Peter’'s, one of which is Michelangelo’'s dome
SoundSeeing Rome Santa Maria Maggiore - When snowflakes miraculously swirled down from the sky here - in the middle of the summer - in the 4th century, the pope knew enough. This was the miracle that Mary had told him about. To honor her, he built here the ?Mary in the Snow? church
SoundSeeing Rome San Giovanni in Laterano - For a long period of time, this was the most important church of Christianity because all of the popes lived in the palace next to the church
SoundSeeing Rome Scala Sancta - Scala Sancta and Sancta Sanctorum (Holy Stairs, Holy of Holies) According to tradition, Jesus climbed up this stairway on the day of his condemnation. Drops of blood from the crown of thorns on his head were to have fallen on the stair treads
SoundSeeing Rome Villa Borghese Park - This is a park for leisurely relaxing in the shade, certainly in Rome’s sweltering hot summers. It is a popular park because there is so much to do: walking, rowing, looking at statues, and viewing all sorts of remnants from the World’s Fair
SoundSeeing Rome Piazza del Popolo - If you think the current customs checks are irritating, then think about the pilgrims who wanted to enter Rome via the Porta del Popolo. The security check that they had to endure was much more dubious. The visitors scattered themselves all over Rome via the Popolo Piazza
SoundSeeing Rome . Piazza Navona - The oval shape of the piazza betrays its earlier function as a racetrack. It was buried underground through the centuries and became a piazza. Ornaments in the form of fountains followed later, and nowadays the tourists swarm here. Because when you think of Rome, then you also think of Bernini and Borromini
SoundSeeing Rome Insula - . Insula, Aracoeli Stairs, Cordonata and Capitool (Campidoglio) Rome seems like one big open-air museum sometimes, where the one monument comes after the other
SoundSeeing Rome Victor Emmanuel Monument - It is said that this is the most beautiful spot in Rome?because it is the only place from which you cannot see the monstrous monument. Critics compare it contemptuously with a wedding cake or typewriter. That is not fair to the monument of the former king of Italy
