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Artistically, Rome is the most fascinating city in Europe. Even if everything about the city seems to be chaotic, try to keep your cool. The Romans still dream of ruling the world and every bus driver thinks he is Julius Caesar. Nothing you can do will make them change their minds.
The key to enjoying Rome is to relax and not to end up with terminal cultural indigestion. There are so many artistic masterpieces that you must be selective. Whether your preference is emperors or popes, you can spend a lifetime coming to grips with Rome's history. Every building is an architectural palimpsest.
The ‘Walks in Rome’ page gives you a cross selection of some of the splendid monuments of antiquity, the precious mosaics of the Middle Ages, the frescoes of Michelangelo and Raphael, and the exuberant sculpture and architecture of Bernini and Borromini. Once you have seen the churches and palaces, escape into the surrounding Campagna to enjoy the delights of the villas at Tivoli, and the superb Renaissance gardens near Viterbo.
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