nice museums you should absolutely visit

Vatican Museum, Rome
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This is a short list of nice museums you should absolutely visit while visiting Rome...

# Museums in Rome - from Musei Online, a comprehensive guide to museums in and around Rome, from the world-renowned to the utterly obscure.
# Museums of Rome - a list of Museums with brief descriptions.
# Thais - Index of Museums - a list of museums with brief descriptions and opening hours.
# Thais - Scupltures by Museums - a list of museums with pictures and descriptions of the most important sculptures in it.
# Galleria Borghese - the original sculptures and paintings in the Borghese Gallery date back to Cardinal Scipione's collection, the son of Ortensia Borghese - Paolo V's sister - and of Francesco Caffarelli, though subsequent events over the next three centuries entailing both losses and acquisition have left their mark...
# Rome Guide - Galleria Borghese - RomeGuide offers a virtual tour of this Baroque show of force: the Villa Borghese. Note that tickets to the gallery must be booked in advance.
# Galleria Colonna - the construction of the Galleria Colonna was begun by its founder Cardinal Girolamo Colonna I, in 1650, and continued by his nephew High Constable Lorenzo Onofrio, from 1666 on, to house the family's celebrated art collection...
# Galleria Spada - one of Rome's prettiest palaces, it was acquired by Cardinal Spada in 1632. It's most famous feature is Borromini's ingenious trompe l'oeil colonnade in the garden, which is 9m long, but appears much longer...
# Galleria Corsini - the collection, formed in the XVIII century, although composed from various sources mostly originating from the Corsini family...
# Palazzo Barberini (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica) - Maderno, Bernini and Borromini all contributed to the design of this palace, built for one of the Barberini popes between 1627 and 1633...
# Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (italian) - an example of industrial archeology, this ex-brewery is a sign of the council's interest in new art.
# EUR - atonomous board for the universal exhibition of Rome : events, exhibitions...
# Keats-Shelley Memorial House - situated on the Spanish steps, the house is part of Roman Folklore. For generations the Piazza di Spagna has been visited by architects, painters, musicians and poets who all lodged here. Tobias Smollet, George Eliot, Goethe, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, the Brownings, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde and Joyce were just a few of the many who were attracted and inspired by the celebrated 'centro storico'.
# Chiostro del Bramante - situated in one of Rome's most suggestive corners, it hosts high quality exhibitions. Often open at night.
# Palazzo delle Esposizioni - Rome's most important cultural center: it hosts exhibitions, film festivals and conferences.
# Palazzo Ruspoli - the palace of the Ruspoli family is now used for world touring exhibitions.
# Museo del Corso - located in 320,Via del Corso. (Italian)

55 attractions anyone would recommend...

Rome - Vatican 14
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Vatican Museums, Rome
The biggest collection of art in the city, including Michelangelo's ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Attraction type: Museum; Landmark/point of interest; Religious site; History museum; Art museum

Borghese Gallery (Galleria Borghese), Rome
Attraction type: Art museum; Art gallery

Capitoline Museum (Museo Capitolino), Rome
This museum features the Old Masters of Great Renaissance and Baroque paintings such as Caravaggio, Bernini, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer.
Attraction type: Art gallery; Art museum

Villa Borghese, Rome
Famous villa constructed at the beginning of the 17th century for Cardinal Scipione Caffarelli Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, which is surrounded by one of the largest and most beautiful public parks in Rome.
Attraction type: Garden; Art gallery; Art museum; Park

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
Attraction type: Art museum; History museum

Palazzo Altemps, Rome
This archeological museum features the Ludovisi art collection and many ancient sculptures, frescoes and painted ceilings, gems of the Roman Renaissance.
Attraction type: Art museum; Art gallery

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome
Built onto the ruins of the Domitian theater, this splendid palazzo houses beautiful mosaics and Roman statuary.
Attraction type: Art gallery; Specialty museum; Art museum

Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
Attraction type: Religious site; Art museum

Capitoline Hill, Rome
The political and religious center of ancient Rome, this is the smallest, but the most famous, of the Seven Hills of Rome, which features the Senate.
Attraction type: Landmark/point of interest; Art museum; Historic site; Lookout

Villa Farnesina, Rome
Attraction type: Historic home; Art museum

Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Corsini, Rome
Attraction type: Art gallery; Art museum

Museo Centrale Di Montemartini, Rome
Museum displaying marble sculptures set among the machinery of an old power plant, which results in some pretty unique exhibits such as its famous "Venus in the Boiler Room."
Attraction type: Art museum

National Gallery of Modern Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna), Rome
This contemporary art gallery features works from the late 19th century to 1945.
Attraction type: Art gallery; Art museum

Antiquarium and Arch of Titus, Rome
Attraction type: Museum; Historic site

Basilica di San Pietro, Rome
Attraction type: Ancient ruins; Religious site; Historic site; Art museum

Museum of Roman Civilization (Museo della Civilita Romana), Rome
Attraction type: History museum

MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma), Rome
Attraction type: Art museum

Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
This Renaissance church contains Baroque additions along with various 18th- and 19th-century monuments, which add to the beauty of this structure.
Attraction type: Religious site; Art museum

Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
Museum features a significant collection of ancient Roman mosaics, coins, artifacts and statues.
Attraction type: Art museum; History museum

Porta San Sebastiano, Rome
Originally known as Porta Appia built in 275 AD, this large keystone arch was renovated by various emperors and popes over the centuries, and today is considered one of the finest preserved of Romes gateways.
Attraction type: Ancient ruins; History museum

National Etruscan Museum (Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia), Rome
A beautiful 16th century palace housing a world-famous collection of ancient Roman and Etruscan sculpture and artifacts.
Attraction type: History museum

Fosse Ardeatine, Rome
Attraction type: Ancient ruins; Cemetery; Museum

Explora il Museo dei Bambini di Roma, Rome
Attraction type: Children's museum

Barberini Palace, Rome
Roman palace worth visiting for its splendor and collection of art, especially its gigantic ceiling fresco of clouds and swirling figures by Italian painter-architect Pietro da Cortona.
Attraction type: Art gallery; Architectural building

Studio d'Arte Contemporanea di Pino Casagrande, Rome
Well-known contemporary art gallery and studio in Rome.
Attraction type: Art gallery

National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome
A world-famous collection of masterpieces by Raphael, Caravaggio and Titian.
Attraction type: Art gallery; Art museum

Diocletian Bath (Gterme di Diocleziano)and the Octagonal Hall (Aula Ottagona), Rome
Attraction type: Ancient ruins; Art museum; Historic site

National Museum of Palazzo Venezia (Museo Nazionale di Palazzo di Venezia), Rome
Attraction type: Historic site; History museum

Villa Medici - Accademia di Francia a Roma, Rome
Attraction type: Architectural building; Art gallery; Educational site

Museo dell'Alto Medioevo, Rome
Attraction type: Museum

Museo Canonica, Rome
Attraction type: Art museum

Museo Garibaldino e Museo della Divisione Partigiana, Rome
Attraction type: History museum; Military museum

Termini Art Gallery, Rome
Attraction type: Art gallery

Museo delle Mura, Rome
Attraction type: Museum

Museum of the Souls of Purgatory, Rome
Located in a small room next to a church, this eerie museum displays objects and photos of objects said to show traces of apparitions who reside in Purgatory.
Attraction type: Specialty museum

Museo di Roma, Rome
Attraction type: History museum

MAXXI - Museo Nazionale Delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome
Attraction type: Art museum

Church of the Sacred Heart of Sufferance, Rome
For some chilling sightseeing, visit The Museum of the Souls of Purgatory, housed in one small room next to the Church of the Sacred Heart of Sufferance, which displays objects and photos showing traces of apparitions made by various souls residing in Purgatory.
Attraction type: Religious site; Specialty museum

Galleria Colonna, Rome
Attraction type: Art gallery

Galleria Communale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
This contemporary art gallery features works from the late 19th century to 1945.
Attraction type: Art gallery; Art museum

Balbi Crypt, Rome
This state-of-the-art museum chronicles the Dark Ages in Rome (A.D. 500-1000,) when the grand city of a million shrunk to a mere village of 50,000; visit the museum and find out why.
Attraction type: Ancient ruins; Cemetery; History museum

Altemps Museum, Rome
The 16th-century museum of paintings and sculptures houses exhibits from important Roman families, including the magnificent Ludovisi throne depicting the Birth of Venus.
Attraction type: Art museum; History museum

Scuderie Papali Museum, Rome
Take a break from Roman ruins and antiquities to visit this art museum that features contemporary works of the 20th century.
Attraction type: Art museum

Museo Nazionale Etrusco Di Villa Giulia, Rome
Located in a villa built under the orders from Pope Julius III (1550-1555,) this museum houses one of the most extensive collections of art and artifacts from the mysterious race of the Etruscans.
Attraction type: Art gallery; Historic site

Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome
Gallery featuring contemporary works.
Attraction type: Art gallery

St. Callistus catacombs, Rome
One of the most important of the Catacombs of Rome where early Christians met for worship, often in secret, and the place where many were buried.
Attraction type: Cemetery; Landmark/point of interest; Art museum

Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome
One of the most significant Etruscan museums in Italy, which features extensive archaeological findings from Southern Etruria.
Attraction type: Art museum

Art Center Acea, Rome
Attraction type: Art museum

Galleria Spada, Rome
Attraction type: Art gallery

Galleria di Arte Antica, Rome
Attraction type: Art gallery

Museo Barracco, Rome
Attraction type: Art museum

Museo Nazionale di Arte Orientale, Rome
Attraction type: Art museum

Palazzo Nuovo, Rome
Attraction type: Art museum

Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Attraction type: History museum

Vittoriano Museum Complex (Complesso del Vittoriano), Rome
Attraction type: Art museum; Museum complex

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Simply amazing...

Another another Rome...
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another wonderful photo of St. Peter, Rome

Another Rome

Another Rome
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Have you ever seen anything more romantic?

Via Appia Antica

Via Appia Antica 16
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For details read:

http://www.parcoappiaantica.org/

http://www.romacivica.net/tarcaf/appia.htm

http://www.parks.it/parco.appia.antica/

Via Appia antica

Via Appia antica
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probably one of the oldest roads in the world...

food in Rome

What to Eat
Pasta Pasta is an Italian staple. Try the ravioli, penne, spaghetti or tagliatelle. Then decide on which sauce you'd like with it. Napoletana, bolognaise, pesce, cream, pesto or plain with olive oil.
Pizza & Calzone The thin based pizza and Calzone, or pizza pocket, are Italian and Roman specialities. Offered with a wide variety of toppings, the pizza is a great meal.
Pastries The pastries are to die for. You can even enjoy one for breakfast. Just go easy on it, you'll come back with more than extra baggage if not.
Gelati Gelati is Italian for Ice Cream. Some people will even go straight to the gelati vendors on arrival in Italy, just to kill the craving for a delicious cone. Italians enjoy their Ice Creams, especially in summer.
Wine Italian wines are meant to be enjoyed, especially with meals. Red or white or try a rose on a hot summer evening. The major wine regions in Italy include Venezia, Sicily and most notably Tuscany for Chianti.
Prosciutto Prosciutto is dry-cured ham. Great stuff.
Pannini A panini is a toasted sandwich. Available in most cafes, a panini can come with an assortment of toppings. A good lunch on the go.
Cheeses Mozarella, Ricotta, Provolone, Parmesan and Pecorino are just a few of the best known Italian cheeses.
Bruschetta A snack type of dish made on bread with garlic and olive oil that can be completed with a variety of toppings ranging but not limited to tomatoes and basil to cheese and mushrooms.
Coffee When in Rome, try the famous coffees of Italy. For those of you who prefer a western long coffee with milk, ask for an Americano.
Beer Peroni and Nastro Azzurro are two decent Italian beers available in Rome.