| Page Views: 850 Last Visit to Rome: June, 2001 | Rome - essential to the European Tour by aaaarrgh - last update: Jan 19, 2005 |
Rome was the first ever city in the world with over 1million inhabitants! It was the centre of one of the most successful civilisations (and no doubt the Italians will say that it still is *chuckle*). And the largest, from Northern Europe to Turkey and North Africa. The Romans were superb engineers, inventors and imperialists. All around Rome you will see the remains of their success - large arches to dominate, vast stadiums to entertain, bath houses to wash, temples to worship, villas to enjoy, market places and ports to trade. As an architecture student I could not wait to see Rome for myself. Some of the ruins were a bit disappointing, others were beyond my expectations, especially the Pantheon. And then there is the Renaissance period of the C15th and C16th. Rome's architecture and art inspired builders, sculptors and painters across Europe and beyond. Rome as a modern city is also beautiful. Its busy streets, long avenues and large parks give more than enough to keep a vistor happy for weeks. Unfortunately I only had one week to pack it all into :-( And the Pope's Vatican City is an absolute MUST SEE!! St Peter's and its Square (not to foget the Sistine Chapel) are completely beyond belief!!! See also my Vatican City Pages In the spirit of enjoying the beauty of Rome, I took with me only a very small disposable camera, together with my sketch book, paints and pens. So unavoidably I will occasionally resort to using postcards to illustrate some of the tips. Enjoy! |
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| Pros: | "Marvellous history, beautiful, exciting. Fabulous warm light." | | Cons: | "Blimin' HOT Summers. Dangerous roads and car drivers :-)" | | In A Nutshell: | "A Cradle of Western Culture - lives up to expectations!" |
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antonela Tue Sep 23, 2008 08:42 UTC
Personally I think the further south of Italy you go the more intersting it gets, the food, the architecture, the dark hystory, but people don't want to venture too far south. Happy travels. | aussirose Thu Sep 4, 2008 00:39 UTC
Heya Sean. Gee you do wonderful sketches! Staying a little way out of town would have been interesting too :o) Cheers, Ann. | Bangkokjoe Thu Feb 16, 2006 02:54 UTC
.... a week in Rome, and then to Florence... does this sound about right to you or any other suggestions? | jeffmartinartist Tue Aug 2, 2005 00:20 UTC
nice work and thanks for the link. it is a great idea listing artists I will look at others j ; ) |
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