Rome Walking Tour | Rome Squares and Fountains Highlights guided Tours.
Rome Highlights Walking Tour | Rome tour of the squares and fountains, including all the significant landmarks. I am exploring the hidden treasures of Rome on a walking tour led by a specialist in art history and archaeology.
Rome Squares and Fountains Private Tour—Rome Highlights Walking Tour Meet your tour guide at the beautiful Piazza di Spagna. This tour of the squares and fountains is a must-see in the historical center of Rome.
The Spanish Steps, whose name originated from the nearby Spanish Embassy, designed by De Sanctis, are an illustrious sight. A monumental staircase of 135 steps, dating back to the 16th century, leads to Trinita Dei Monti, the name of the church on the top.
From Piazza di Spagna, the tour continues towards the famous Trevi Fountain. The Roman aqueduct of the Acqua Vergine supplies the water of the fountains. The fountain depicts an ocean on a shell-shaped chariot pulled by sea horses, led by tritons. A tradition is that before leaving the site, you must throw a coin in the fountain, ensuring you return to the Eternal City.
Rome Walking Tour | Rome Squares and Fountains Highlights guided Tours.
Rome Highlights Walking Tour
The Rome Highlights Walking Tour continues to the Pantheon, an ancient Roman building built as a temple to Olympus gods. The Romans called it the Rotonda and named the square before the building. Emperor Hadrian rebuilt the Pantheon between 118 and 128 AD. The Pantheon’s dome has been the largest in the world since ancient times. Rome Highlights Walking Tour—After the Pantheon, arrive at Piazza Navona.
The history of this baroque square dates back to ancient Roman times, when it was built by Emperor Domitian in 85 to hold athletic games. Piazza Navona is the delight of Baroque Rome, with architectural elements and sculptures by masters such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Fountain of the Four Rivers in the center of the square, which is the Danube, the Ganges, the Nile, and the Rio de la Plata, the four corners of the Earth), Francesco Borromini, Girolamo Rainaldi (the Church of St. Agnes in Agony, in front of the fountain by Bernini), Pietro da Cortona (author of the frescoes of the gallery of the Palazzo Pamphili).
Rome Walking Tour | Rome Squares and Fountains Highlights guided Tours.
Continuing our stroll, we will arrive in Campo de ‘Fiori. Since 1869, the square has been the home to a colorful local grocery market. At its center is the bronze statue depicting a philosopher and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno, who was sentenced to death for heresy and burned alive on February 17, 1600, at the very sight of this monument.
Rome Squares and Fountains Highlights guided Tours.
Leaving Campo de Fiori, our guide will lead you to Julius Caesar’s assassination enigmatic site. The place is called Sacra Area di Largo di Torre Argentina, where, according to historians, Julius Caesar was stabbed to death.
The final stop of the Rome Highlights Walking Tour is at the monumental Vittoriano, commemorating the unification of Italy by King Victor Emanuel II.
Tour in Rome – Rome Squares and Fountains Tour – Rome Highlights Walking Tour – Our tours are conducted by professional tour guides licensed by the city of Rome, experts in Art History at your disposal, ensuring an unforgettable experience in the Eternal City. Rome Highlights Walking Tour
