History of Rome Tour

An unforgettable tour to discover the most beautiful and important monuments of the Italian Capital. Departure from Rome–Fiumicino Airport, your hotel or any other agreed location. During the transfer into central Rome you may stop for a coffee break on request. On the tour you will admire the precious artistic and cultural remains of the glorious Roman Empire — but not only that: it is worth remembering that the leading artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries lived in Rome, leaving here their most significant works. Foremost among them, Michelangelo. He designed Piazza del Campidoglio, where he placed the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, originally in the Lateran Palace. The Capitoline Hill is the most important of Rome’s seven hills and the starting point of your tour. To the left you will find the steep staircase leading up to the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1348). Behind the Campidoglio, on a slope of the hill, rises the immense monument celebrating Italian unification: the Vittoriano, or Altar of the Fatherland. Inspired by Hellenistic models, the work dates to the late nineteenth century. At its centre, above the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, stands the equestrian statue of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1888–1901).