La dolce far niente
Tivoli is just 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Rome, less than an hour by train. It was a favorite get away from Rome’s heat and squalor for the elite. Tivoli sits on a hill overlooking the plain below. The emperor Hadrian built his villa, which was more of a small city, on the plain just below the town and ruled from here when he was not touring the empire. The main site of this beautiful town is the Villa...
The Vatican, the center of the Roman Catholic church and the smallest sovereign country in the world. St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s square sit at the center of the city-state, but churches and catacombs around Rome are considered church property. The most significant of the churches are the four Papal Basilicas, San Giovanni in Laterano, St. Peter’s, San Paolo Fuoiri Le Mura and Santa Maria Maggiore. The Vatican by night Christmas season 2018 Each year a presepio, or nativity...
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