From the Villa Medici gardens, St. Peter's dome at right in distance  The Villa Medici sits just to the north of the top of the Sp...

We have no doubt that the most photographed building in Rome is the Coliseum.  But the building most often presented in the city's newsp...

A fascinating June show on Rome's architectural heritage at the Tempio di Adriano, due passi from the Pantheon, with contributions b...

Italians are believed to be more tolerant than the French (but then that isn't saying much) in dealing with tourists eager to put newfou...

Americans have plenty of cozy coffee shops, but few are in hospitals, where visitors usually find themselves in bleak cafeterias or pushing ...