A common trip to Rome, famous capital of Italy

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October 13: This is the day of the Vatican Museums, booked via the Internet at a cost of 19 euros each, we get to 9 without tails, we head towards the Sistine Chapel along the long corridors, called galleries, all magnificently decorated, both in the walls in times, passing through the gallery, which exhibits antique maps and stunning tapestries, we arrive at the Lodges of Raphael, note that not all were painted by Raphael, since he died prematurely, simply wonderful, Room of Heliodorus, then the Sistine Chapel, which is not just Michelangelo but Perugino, Botticelli, Pinturicchio and other great artists of the time, but the most admired is the time with the great fresco of the Last Judgement, is the busiest of the Vatican museum (no photos), we we have been repeatedly over time, but it is always a discovery, it is known that more and more crowded if you enter one of the first you may only see once.
Then we take a tour of museums, going back to maps and tapestries, and then we visit the modern art collection, is fairly recent, large, with many works of Impressionist and newer schools, you will find many great works such as: Gaughin, Picasso , Rodin, Van Gogh, Klee, etc., I must say I did not even know that Van Gogh had painted a religious subject, his work "laying" I was very struck by a gallery visit.
Then stop at self-service snack and after a visit to the ancient art of museums with Roman, Greek and Egyptian.
On the evening in Trastevere district, one of the nightlife, historic streets, someone calls it the Montmartre of Rome, lovely evening, many people, bars, restaurants, full, visit St. Maria in Trastevere, the ancient church (third century.), But rebuilt in the Middle Ages (thirteenth century.) Portico of the eighteenth century., Within the magnificent mosaics of Cavallini (XIII cent.), A fountain in the square by Bernini. Then dinner, outside in the restaurant Hostaria by Moro (there again)
October 14: Visit to the Coliseum area, a symbol of Rome, and Roman remains, the main square, next to the Colosseum, the great Arch of Constantine, then the Church of St. Clement, very old church, stands on the site of a Roman house of the first century, consists essentially of two churches, the present arrangement is from the twelfth century, but excavations have allowed to find the lowest third, the patrician on which the church was built (excavations can be visited for a fee).
Many of the mosaics and frescoes in the Upper Church of the twelfth century and in the lower church are also in the sixth century frescoes, remarkable even in the nave of the ninth century fresco depicting the Ascension, is a monument not to be missed.
Return near Piazza Navona, to visit the church of St. Louis of France, beautiful baroque church of Della Porta and Fontana of the sixteenth-eighteenth century, interior decorated with sculptures and stucco, but you can also admire the works of Domenichino and Bassano, but the church is mostly frequented by the presence in the chapel Contarelli of two masterpieces by Caravaggio St. Matthew relating to the subject ... .. magnificent.
Afternoon at the Borghese Gallery, and 'housed in an elegant building of the seventeenth century, the gardens of Villa Borghese. The works are distributed in elegantly decorated rooms, great masterpieces of sculpture and painting, among the best known, Paolina Borghese by Canova, Bernini's Pluto and Persephone, Aeneas and Anchises always Bernini's two great works in the paintings of Caravaggio, then Raphael, Pinturicchio, Carracci, and others.
dinner in Campo dei Fiori.
Saturday 15
In the morning visit to the Maxxi, a contemporary art museum, the building is modern design, front is a garden with the original set-up, inside I visit a temporary exhibition on the latest Chinese architecture, have pictures, models and projects , then I see the rest, but I made a great impression.
Transport stops in the afternoon, return to the Vatican museums, going to visit the Art Gallery are on display great masterpieces of art from the Middle Ages forward, among the great painters, Giotto, Filippo Lippi, Perugino, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, to name only some.
Sunday 16: People's Square, a large square with an obelisk in the center of ancient Egypt (1200 BC), transferred from the Circus Maximus, the square was arranged by the fountain in the sixteenth century. On one side of the church of S. Maria del Popolo church of the eleventh century, but what you see now is a result of the transformation of the sixteenth century., Baroque interior, the works of art in many different chapels inside, Pinturicchio, Sansovino and two masterpieces by Caravaggio , the crucifixion of Peter and the Conversion of St. Paul, the dome is attributed to Bernini.
Then we head to St. Peter's to attend the Pope's message to 12
Monday 17
St. John in Lateran, is perhaps the oldest church in the world (early fourth century), formerly the seat of the papacy, as almost all the ancient churches rebuilt several times, what you see now is the seventeenth century., A part of the sixteenth century to a design of the fountain, internal 5 aisles (Borromini), as the arches of the porch, wooden vault gold, magnificent floor cosmatesque, many works of art from some of the old church, including a fresco by Giotto, a central the great shrine of the fourteenth century, decorated with frescoes, relics are kept at the top of Peter and Paul, contained in a silver casket, in the altar only the pope can celebrate functions, then the apse, which is on the side walls of the nave rich mosaics , remarkable that of the Redeemer (IV cent.), the aisles are separated by huge pillars with niches in which are placed statues of the apostles, in the outside porch on the left you can see a statue of Constantine brought from the Imperial Baths.
In the square we visit the Holy Staircase building erected by Fontana, which contains the staircase of the palace of Pontius Pilate who was covered by Christ, the faithful can only follow it to its knees, the sides of the staircase is decorated with frescoes, note that the scale is covered of wood, on top of the stairs closed by a gate chapel of the popes, we sit in front of the ladder, where we admire the ancient obelisk in the center of the square, as far as the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine.
Then start.
Ferny Forner