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ROME IN…
Two Days
Get to grips with ancient Rome at the Colosseum ( Click here ), the Roman Forum ( Click here ) and Pal-
atino (Palatine Hill) ( Click here ). Spend the afternoon exploring the Capitoline Museums ( Click here )
and Il Vittoriano ( Click here ) before an evening in the centro storico (historic centre). On day two, hit
the Vatican Museums ( Click here ) and Sistine Chapel , and then St Peter's Basilica ( Click here ).
Afterwards ditch your guidebook and get happily lost in the animated streets around Piazza Navona
( Click here ) and the Pantheon ( Click here ).
Four Days
On day three, check out the Trevi Fountain ( Click here ), the Spanish Steps ( Click here ) and the out-
standing Museo e Galleria Borghese ( Click here ). At night, head to happening Trastevere . Next day,
visit the Galleria Doria Pamphilj ( Click here ) or the Museo Nazionale Romano: Palazzo Massimo alle
Terme ( Click here ) before exploring the Jewish Ghetto and bijou backstreets such as Via del Governo
Vecchio and Via dei Coronari. Round the day off in the boho Monti district .
A Week
Venture out to Via Appia Antica ( Click here ) , home of the catacombs, and take a day trip, choosing
between Ostia Antica ( Click here ) or the Etruscan treasures of Cerveteri ( Click here ) or Tarquinia
( Click here ).
The Middle Ages
By the 6th century, Rome was in a bad way and in desperate need of a leader. Into the
breach stepped the Church. Christianity had been spreading since the 1st century AD
thanks to the underground efforts of apostles Peter and Paul, and under Constantine it re-
ceived official recognition. In the late 6th century Pope Gregory I did much to strengthen
the Church's grip over the city, laying the foundations for its later role as capital of the
Catholic world.
The medieval period was a dark age, marked by almost continuous fighting. The city
was reduced to a semi-deserted battlefield as the powerful Colonna and Orsini families
battled for supremacy and the bedraggled population trembled in the face of plague, fam-
ine and flooding (the Tiber regularly broke its banks).
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