The Coliseum – Fact and Fiction
We rent an apartment that (literally) overlooks the Coliseum, the ancient Flavian Amphitheater that first opened in 80 AD. We sit on the terrace every evening and watch ‘closing time’ …
Nero’s Golden Palace is Open (Again)
The Domus Aurea is open. These are words rarely heard in the past 1,950 years. After the great fire of Rome in 64 AD, Emperor Nero rebuilt his Transitory Palace …
Great Caesar’s Ghost, Rome is Haunted
Haunted Rome I recently received an email from a reader who asked if I had ever taken a ghost haunting tour in Rome. The only ghost tour we’ve ever been …
2011 – Rome, the Monti, Sant’Angelo and Palazzo Colonna
We’re staying in a great apartment with a long terrace overlooking the Coliseum, I mean literally overlooking the Coliseum. The building sits on the the ancient Fagutale Hill, via del Fagutale …
2000 – Nero’s Golden Palace is open
After many year of excavation and restoration, Nero’s golden palace , the Domus Aurea was opened again to the public. The brick palace was covered with ornate golf leaf which …
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