Sights around Termini

What to see in the Termini (train station) neighborhood of Rome

Tourist info:
www.turismoroma.it
www.060608.it
City museums:
www.museiincomuneroma.it
Ancient sites:
archeoroma.beniculturali.it

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Ancient Roman frescoes in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme branch of the Rome Naitonal Museum** Museo Nazionale Romano: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme - The best of the four branches of the Rome National Museum contains excellent statuary plus exquisite ancient Roman mosaics, bronzes, frescoes, coins, and jewelry in a 19th-century villa.... Full Story

The Baths of Diocletian branch of the Rome Naitonal MuseumMuseo Nazionale Romano: Baths of Diocletian - Installed in the palazzo that was converted out of a portion of the ancient baths complex; intriguing space, but least interesting of the Rome National Museum's four collections.... Full Story

Santa maria degli AngeliSanta Maria degli Angeli - Michelangelo was commissioned to take a section of the ancient Baths of Diocletian and adapt it to become a church. It's a shame a later architect came along and moved the entrance over to one of the transept arms and spoiled the effect... Full story

The Aula Ottagona of the Rome National MuseumMuseo Nazionale Romano: Aula Ottagona - [currently closed] A single echoing chamber of the Baths of Diocletian complex (but with a completely separate entrance than the collection mentioned above, also part of the Rome National Museum) has been filled with a small but mighty bathhouse art and colossal statuary; amazingly evocative space.... Full Story

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore* Santa Maria Maggiore - One of Rome's four great ancient basilicas was built in the 5th century and sports fantastic, glittering mosaics... Full story

Piazza della RepubblicaPiazza della Repubblica - Massive traffic circle around the Fountain of the Naiads ringed by arcades of shops, cinemas, and two sights: Michelangelo's Santa Maria degli Angeli church and Museo Nazionale Romano: Baths of Diocletian... Full story

Bernini's St. Teresa in Ecstasy in Santa Maria della VittoriaSanta Maria della Vittoria - The last chapel on the left is a theater stage with the commissioners and the sculptor, Bernini, looking from box seats down on the main scene below, where a smirking angel is about to pierce St. Theresa in Ecstasy (and what a very erotic ecstasy it is) with a glowing spear of Heavenly light... Full story

Michelangelo's Moses in Rome's San Pietro in VincoliSan Pietro in Vincoli - The rusty chains under the altar are supposedly those that imprisoned St. Peter, but what everyone really comes here to see is Michelangelo's Moses... Full story

Basilica di San GiovanniSan Giovanni in Laterano - Rome's cathedral—no, it isn't St. Peter's—is one of the great basilican churches of Rome, with a Giotto fresco and some lovely quiet cloisters... Full story

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