For centuries, Rome’s sites have directly influenced art, architecture, and design. Examine art, design, architecture, urban spaces, and archaeological sites that are relevant to the history and ...

For centuries, Rome, Italy, has been a city of great importance. Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one of the most popular cities in the world for tourists, with millions ...

Say the words “Roman art,” and your average listener will likely think of classical statues, ornate churches and the masterworks of Michelangelo, Caravaggio and their contemporaries. But to a select, ...

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city crowded with both the seamy and stately. Clockwise from left: Centrale Montemartini museum; Santo Stefano Rotondo; Villa dei ...

From imperial residences to apartment complexes and temples, these hidden sites offer a new window into Rome's layered past.

In Rome’s own mythology, the early city was architecturally restrained and modest. This began to change, its ancient historians wrote, after Rome conquered Greece in the 2nd century B.C.E. and ...

Two dozen works from museums and private collectors around the world are on display, with some reunited for the first time in centuries. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Some 430 years after ...

Excavations in Rome’s Pietralata uncover ancient roads, tombs, and a Hercules shrine, revealing daily life and religious ...