The public square at Piazza Pia, which can hold up to 150,000 people, cost Rome 85.3 million euros (around $89 million) and features benches and trees, as well as two large, round fountains.

Alessandro Penso for The New York Times Rome has a plethora of fountains, the public, decorative faces of aqueducts that were originally built by the ancient Romans, but none match the fame of the ...

Ancient aqueducts and Renaissance sculptures come together in these beautiful artworks. The only way to see the Trevi Fountain in a quiet, uncrowded moment is to watch the 1960 Fellini film La ...

Stripped and abandoned, New Rome lay forgotten until the Italian government turned the EUR into a business district. Today, it’s a corporate hub with restaurants, shops and residential areas. Walking ...

Rome can get hot during the summer. Naturally, you'll need to cool down. But don't make this common tourist mistake that's a ...

Opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis inaugurates a jubilee year expected to draw 32 million visitors to Rome.

Rome's Trevi Fountain attracts money — lots of money. It's one of the grandest and most famous fountains in the world, but for now it's had to give way to this little pool. Every few years ...

The 72cm terracotta model depicting the mythical sea god Triton offers an important link to the Italian artist’s thought ...

Rome , the capital of Italy, is a stunning blend of ancient history, art, and culture. With its fascinating mix of ruins, ...

ROME — Romans are gesticulating in overdrive and griping in snarled traffic as the Eternal City overhauls piazzas, fountains, bridges, and tunnels. Even more are ranting about surging rents and ...

Other Holy Doors in Rome's three major basilicas and in Catholic ... in snarled traffic as the Eternal City overhauls piazzas, fountains, bridges and tunnels,” the Washington Post reports.

Three other historic fountains – the one in front of the Pantheon ... Clearly there are quite a few places in Rome that have been given a refresh ahead of this momentous year – you can ...