the first website dedicated to the city's Ÿ LESS FAMOUS Ÿ sites, monuments, legends and cultural aspects THIS WEBSITE IS OPTIMIZED FOR MICROSOFT EXPLORER BROWSERS AND A 1024 × 768 RESOLUTION: IF YOUR MONITOR MISMATCHES THIS SETTING, PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR SOME TIPS

scroll down the page for an introduction to this website, or click on the Mouth of Truth (above) to reach the main index	VERSIONE ITALIANA

~ FOREWORD ~

You are now about to enter a website dedicated to the ancient city known all over the world as

whose inhabitants, a very long time ago, considered Caput Mundi ("head of the world"), simply referring to it as Urbs ("the city"); they measured time ab urbe condita ("since the city was founded"), therefore their year 1 corresponded to year 753 BC of the present Western dating system.
In over 2760 years of history, Rome has risen and fallen several times, but the relics of millions of people who ruled, fought, worked or simply lived here, from the mighty emperors to the humble plebs, now represent an immense heritage of historical, artistic and cultural interest, which was worth Rome the reputation of 'the Eternal City'.
Some of its buildings, monuments and sites are very important and famous; those treasures of art, though, are not the main topics of these pages: there are other excellent websites that already deal with most of these subjects (see list of links).
Rome is also made of many other 'minor' features to see, to know and to enjoy, which most tourists ignore, and many Romans too disregard. Some of them are barely reported by guides, or sometimes not even mentioned.
Therefore, the goal of this website is to point out the less known - but not less important - Roman heritage, which is often as much interesting as the famous monuments and museums, and to share it with virtual travellers from cyberspace.

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