The
capital of Italy is a major tourist destination... because it's Rome.
Beside
its importance to Christianity because of the Vatican and religious places, Rome is an
open museum where works of art, remains, and monuments of past millenniums can be seen by
all in the street and plazas. The examples of the Classic, Medieval (Romanesque, Gothic)
art are innumerable, as are those from the Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassic periods
when the Popes commissioned the greatest artists of the time.
The
atmosphere of Rome is unforgettable, always diverse, romantic and mysterious. It is a
magical feeling evoked by the splash of thousand fountains, and the scent of old stone in
the ruins.
