Filippo Neri (1515-95) was a wealthy Florentine who abandoned the cut and thrust of the business world to live and work among the poor in Rome. He experienced an 'ecstasy' of...

To the left of the 15th-century church of San Giovanni dei Genovesi is a wooden door (ring the bell marked 'Sposito' to get in) that opens into a glorious flower-filled...

This heavenly oasis of calm in the midst of a ruckus of traffic has been the resting place for foreigners who have passed on to a better world since 1784. Verdant and...

The 30m (100ft) column of Marcus Aurelius was built between AD 180 and 196 to commemorate the victories on the battlefield of that most intellectual of Roman emperors. Author...

Four ephebes (adolescent boys) cavort around the base of one of Rome's loveliest fountains, gently hoisting tortoises up to the waters above them. According to legend, Giacomo...

Tucked away in a peaceful palazzo courtyard, this gallery - run by yet another member of the Bonomo dynasty - shows a mix of established Italian and emerging foreign artists.

Headed by the former director of a major London gallery, Lorcan O'Neill is perhaps Rome's most fashionable private gallery. Inaugurations of blue-chip exhibitions invariably...

Right beneath one of Catholic Rome's holiest relics - the Scala Santa - lies a truly unique Roman institution, the non-profit gallery Sala 1. The stunning ex-basilica was...

What used to be one of Trastevere's hippest art galleries has now moved to the relatively quiet Celio district, where it continues to show rising young international artists.

Situated behind the trendy restaurant 'Gusto, this classic gallery has been showing the work of well-known artists since 1967.

The huge Gesù is the flagship church of the Jesuits, the order founded by Basque soldier Ignatius Loyola in the 1530s. Realising the power of a direct appeal to the emotions,...

This stylish gallery focuses mostly on photography and installation art. Pierre & Gilles and Tracey Moffat had their first Italian shows here.

It's worth climbing to the top of this monument, not only to appreciate the enormity of the thing, but also to see the charmingly kitsch art nouveau propaganda mosaics in the...