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Discover Rome → Get Early AccessRome layers 2,800 years in walking distance: espresso beside Bernini fountains, the Pantheon's open eye, and a Colosseum sunset that makes history feel like gossip. No city rewards aimless wandering more — every wrong turn lands somewhere that would headline any other country.
Founded, by legend, in 753 BC by Romulus, Rome ran a republic, then an empire that reached from Scotland to the Sahara, then became the seat of the papacy — three world-shaping acts in one address. The result is a city where a Baroque church stands on a medieval one standing on a temple.
The Pantheon's concrete dome, poured around 126 AD, is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome — modern engineers with modern materials haven't beaten it. And Romans still toss about 1.5 million euros a year into the Trevi Fountain, all of it collected for charity.
Step inside the world's most famous amphitheater where gladiators once fought for glory
Walk the ancient streets where Caesar ruled and the Roman Empire was born
Marvel at the best-preserved Roman building with its perfect dome and oculus
Explore imperial palaces and gardens where Rome's emperors lived in luxury above the Forum
Stand where 250,000 Romans cheered chariot races in the empire's largest stadium
Shop where ancient Romans did in the world's first multi-level shopping complex
Caesar's forum, bronze emperors, and floodlit columns, free from the street along Via dei Fori Imperiali
Toss a coin and make a wish at Rome's most beautiful baroque masterpiece
Climb the famous 135 steps and explore the luxury boutiques of Via dei Condotti
Admire Bernini's Fountain of Four Rivers in Rome's most elegant baroque square
Rome's marble giant above Piazza Venezia, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the best terrace views in the city
Stand beneath Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling and explore papal treasures
Climb the dome for breathtaking views and see Michelangelo's moving Pietà
Explore Hadrian's tomb turned papal fortress with stunning views over the Tiber
Rome stacked three deep: a medieval basilica over a 4th-century church over a Roman house and Mithraeum, minutes from the Colosseum and missed by almost everyone.
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