Rome Journal

As histórias que contamos
pelo caminho.

Cada esquina por onde passamos tem uma história: a maldição de um papa, um canhão ao meio-dia, uma fonte paga com o imposto do vinho. Aqui estão elas, poucos minutos cada.

The Trevi Fountain in the first light of morning, the small piazza almost empty

A última história · Dicas práticas · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsTrevi Fountain in 2026: the €2 ticket, the coins and three storiesSince February 2026 the basin area costs €2. How the ticket works, where the coins go, when the piazza is empty, and the stories your driver tells there.Ler a história

Do golf cartGolf cart, os clássicos Model T antigo

The marble face of the Bocca della Verità in the portico of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, a woman placing her hand in its mouth

Histórias e lendas · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsThe Mouth of Truth: a drain cover that became a lie detectorA Roman drain cover, a medieval test for liars, a wife who outwitted it and a scream that stayed in a film. The Bocca della Verità, in five minutes.

Do golf cartGolf cart, os clássicos

The Pantheon and its portico seen across the empty piazza at dawn

Lugares · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsThe Pantheon: Agrippa's name on Hadrian's buildingThe inscription says Agrippa built it. The bricks say Hadrian. Why the Pantheon still stands, what the rain does inside and the pearl that hung on its Venus.

Do golf cartGolf cart, os clássicos Model T antigo

Piazza Navona at dawn, the Fountain of the Four Rivers and Sant'Agnese in Agone, the square empty

Histórias e lendas · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsBernini against Borromini in Piazza Navona: a feud that never happenedThe statue that shields itself from the church, the stadium under the pavement and the summers when the whole piazza was flooded. Navona's three stories.

Do golf cartGolf cart, os clássicos Model T antigo

Bernini's Fountain of the Bees, a travertine shell at the corner of Via Veneto in morning light

Histórias e lendas · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsThe Barberini bees and the curse of the twenty-second yearA small fountain at the foot of Via Veneto, an inscription that counted one year too many, and a pope who died eight days short. The Barberini bees, explained.

Do golf cartTour de comida e vinho Golf cart, os clássicos

Castel Sant'Angelo seen from Ponte Sant'Angelo at dawn, the marble angels of the bridge in the foreground

Lugares · 4 min de leitura · Em inglêsCastel Sant'Angelo: an emperor's tomb, an angel and a goldsmith on the runBuilt as a tomb, turned into a fortress, named after a vision. Castel Sant'Angelo in five minutes, including the night Cellini climbed down its wall.

Do golf cartModel T antigo Golf cart, os clássicos

The sunken sacred area of Largo di Torre Argentina in the morning, a cat sitting on an ancient column base

Lugares · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsWhere Caesar really died: Largo di Torre Argentina and its catsCaesar was not stabbed in the Forum. He died in a theatre hall that is now a sunken square full of cats, and was burned where Romans still leave flowers.

Do golf cartGolf cart, os clássicos Model T antigo

The Colosseum at dawn seen from the Forum side, wild grasses and flowers in the foreground

Lugares · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsThe Colosseum: a prophecy, 420 wild plants and the sailors on the roofWhy it is called the Colosseum, how a botanist counted 420 plants growing in it, and why sailors worked on its roof. The amphitheatre as your driver tells it.

Do golf cartGolf cart, os clássicos Model T antigo

The green door of the Priory of the Knights of Malta on the Aventine, a couple waiting to look through the keyhole

Lugares · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsThe Aventine keyhole, the orange garden and the quietest hill in RomeA dome seen through a keyhole, a garden of bitter oranges, a church door from the year 430 and the fresco that started Santa Claus. The Aventine in one morning.

Do golf cartGolf cart, os clássicos

Piazza di Spagna at dawn, the Barcaccia fountain in the foreground and the empty Spanish Steps rising to Trinità dei Monti

Lugares · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsThe Spanish Steps were paid for by the French (and other surprises)French money, a Spanish embassy, a boat stranded by a flood and a poet who died at number 26. What to know before you stand (not sit) on the Spanish Steps.

Do golf cartModel T antigo Golf cart, os clássicos

The Fontana dell'Acqua Paola on the Janiculum in late afternoon light, water pouring into the wide basin

Lugares · 4 min de leitura · Em inglêsWhy a cannon fires over Rome every day at noonSince 1847 a cannon has fired at noon so Rome's bells ring together. The Janiculum: the Fontanone, Garibaldi's last stand and the view everyone photographs.

Do golf cartModel T antigo Golf cart, os clássicos

The Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Appian Way in the late afternoon, umbrella pines and the ancient paving stones

Lugares · 3 min de leitura · Em inglêsThe Appian Way: the toll that saved a road, and the question at the crossroadsWhy the Via Appia survived while every other Roman road was paved over, who Cecilia Metella was, and the question Peter asked at a fork in the road.

Do golf cartCatacumbas e Via Ápia

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