DK Travel : Rome

Although functioning as a vibrant, modern capital akin to any in Europe, the unique appeal of Rome is that the entire city is a vast, 3,000-year-old, indoor-outdoor museum. In every quarter you’ll find ancient monuments, art treasures and timeless architecture in churches, galleries and protected ruins. Home to the world’s smallest city, the Vatican, Rome has religion at its heart and history in its soul – a city that dazzles and inspires visitors time and time again.

Antico Caffè Greco

Rome’s premier literary café since 1760, best known for its popularity with the 19th-century English Romantic poets.
Antiqua Domus

Bring some of Rome’s elegance into your own home. This sizeable showroom has mostly 18th- and 19th-century furnishings on sale; some nice Empire pieces are particularly worth a look.
Antique Print Market

Antique and reproduction prints. Monday to Saturday mornings.
Apartment Rentals

Numerous services offer apartment rental. Prices vary depending on type, length of stay and number of people.
Appian Way on a Sunday

One day a week, part of the old Via Appia Antica is closed to all traffic except tour buses, making it perfect for a bucolic bike ride, or a very long walk if you want to cover it all. Lined with pines and cypresses, this is where the ancient Romans came to bury their dead, and many tombs still remain along the roadside (see Via Appia Antica).
Ara Pacis

Augustus Caesar built this “Altar of Peace” between 13 BC and 9 BC to celebrate the famed pax romana (Roman peace) he instituted – largely by subjugating most of Western Europe, the Levant and North Africa. Fragments of the altar were excavated over several centuries, and in the 1920s Mussolini placed the reconstituted Ara Pacis by Augustus’s Mausoleum. The altar is now housed in a Richard Meier-designed museum, the first modern structure to rise in the centre of Rome in 70 years.
Archivio Immagini Cinema

If classic Italian movie posters or the Italian versions of Hollywood films interest you, you will spend hours browsing in this unique little shop.
Arion

Independent bookstore specializing in exquisite art books. It stays open until 10pm on Sundays..
Arnaldo ai Satiri

Everything you might require for romance can be found in this candlelit hideaway restaurant on an ancient street. The poetic decor has a ballet theme and the atmosphere is suitably soft and subdued. Rigatoni alla crema di cavoli (fluted pasta with cream of cabbage sauce) is the unusual house speciality, and the turkey breast with mozzarella and mushrooms is equally delicious.
Assassination of Caesar

A series of military victories, adding Gaul (France) to Rome, increased General Julius Caesar’s popularity. He marched his army to Rome and declared himself Dictator for Life, but on 15 March 44 BC he was assassinated. Caesar’s adopted son Octavian changed his name to Augustus and declared himself emperor in 27 BC.

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