Best places: Historic sites in Rome, Italy

Hilltop square designed by Michelangelo, lined with museums & offering views of the Roman forum.

Remains of the Roman square, built in the 2nd-century, with a column celebrating victory over Dacia.

A 21m-high Roman structure made up of 3 arches decorated with figures & battle scenes.

Former royal & papal residence, now the presidential palace & museum, on piazza offering city views.

Grassy area dating from the 1790s, now used for al fresco performances & show-jumping competitions.

Ancient ruins of a forum built to include a temple to Mars & provide space for legal proceedings.

An ancient palace & papal home from the 4th to 14th centuries, rebuilt in the 1500s & now a museum.

Ruins of a vast rectangular-shaped Roman thermal bath complex used from around 216 A.D. to 537 A.D.

Roman theater started by Julius Caesar & pre-dating the Colosseum, the setting for summer concerts.

Roman temple from 145 AD with 11 Corinthian columns standing, now facade of Rome's stock exchange.

Ancient Roman temple built by Emperor Antoninus on his wife's death in 141 AD, with noted frieze.

Well-preserved sections of the walls built 271–275AD under Roman emperors Aurelian & Probus.

Renowned Renaissance palace built, in part, by Michelangelo, now used as French embassy, plus tours.

Green space & remains of a stone & marble arena that could seat 250,000 Romans for chariot races.

👍👍 Palatine Hill contains gardens and buildings. It has wonderful views, particularly of the Forum. There are toilets available. You can enter this area at any time using your ticket. Some of the buildings can only be entered if you have the right ticket. I had the basic one, which did not allow me ent...

Remains of building that conserved bronze tabulae containing official deeds & laws of Roman State.

This ornate 17th-century palazzo forms a striking backdrop for the iconic Trevi Fountain.

Preserved 3rd-century city gate, part of the Aurelian wall, home to the Museum of the Ostian Way.

Double-arched gateway, in Rome's 3rd-century city wall, with 2 aqueducts & a Latin inscription.

👍👍 A beautiful abandoned medieval village causes a malaria epidemic. Access to the village is a bit complicated as there are no signs, the path that leads there has been closed by private owners (there is a pedestrian access next to the gate) so you have to park on the roadside on the right , then you...