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Things to do in Rome
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Sightlore has 57 places to explore in Rome, and 57 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Rome's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Roman Forum
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome.
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Colosseum
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.
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Four Rivers Fountain
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) is a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.
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Trevi Fountain
The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in…
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Capitoline Museums
The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archaeological museums located on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy, and constitute the main civic museum complex of the city.
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Imperial fora
The Imperial Fora (Fori Imperiali in Italian) are a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD.
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Arch of Constantine
The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great.
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Pantheon
The Pantheon (UK:, US:; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is an ancient temple in Rome, Italy, originally built under emperor Augustus and reconstructed under Hadrian; since AD 609, it is a Catholic church called the Basilica…
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Trajan's Column
Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.
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Spanish Steps
The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and the Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top.
Discovery routes in Rome
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Ancient Rome
From the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine to the Palatine Hill, the Roman Forum, the Imperial Fora, Trajan's Column and the Capitoline Museums.
Squares and Fountains
From the Pantheon to the Four Rivers Fountain on Piazza Navona, Campo de' Fiori, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Colosseum
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.
Arch of Constantine
The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great.
Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill, which is the centremost of the seven hills of Rome, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Roman Forum
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome.
Imperial fora
The Imperial Fora (Fori Imperiali in Italian) are a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD.
Trajan's Column
Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.
Campo de' Fiori
Campo de' Fiori (lit. 'Field of Flowers') is a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, at the border between the rioni Parione and Regola.
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina was an ancient Roman temple in Rome, which was later converted into a Roman Catholic church, San Lorenzo in Miranda. It is located in the Forum Romanum, on the Via Sacra, opposite the Regia.
Mausoleum of Augustus
The Mausoleum of Augustus is a large tomb built by the Roman emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy.
Forum of Augustus
The Forum of Augustus is one of the Imperial fora of Rome, Italy, built by Augustus. It includes the Temple of Mars Ultor. The incomplete forum and its temple were inaugurated in 2 BC, 40 years after they were first vowed.
Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire.
Baths of Diocletian
The Baths of Diocletian were public baths in ancient Rome. Named after emperor Diocletian and built from AD 298 to 306, they were the largest of the imperial baths.
Forum of Caesar
The Forum of Caesar, also known by the Latin Forum Iulium or Forum Julium, Forum Caesaris, was a forum built by Julius Caesar near the Forum Romanum in Rome in 46 BC.
Trajan's Forum
Trajan's Forum was the last of the Imperial fora to be constructed in ancient Rome. The architect Apollodorus of Damascus oversaw its construction.
Theatre of Marcellus
The Theatre of Marcellus was an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. It is located in the modern rione of Sant'Angelo. In the sixteenth century, it was converted into a palazzo.
Piazza Navona
Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian and follows the form of the open space of the stadium in an elongated oval.
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera House) is an opera house in Rome, Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements.
Temple of Portunus
The Temple of Portunus is a small ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy, on the modern Piazza della Bocca della Verità.
Castel Sant'Angelo
Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda (cylindrical building) in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family.
Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn was an ancient Roman temple to the god Saturn, in what is now Rome, Italy. Its ruins stand at the foot of the Capitoline Hill at the western end of the Roman Forum.
Arch of Septimius Severus (Roman Forum)
The Arch of Septimius Severus at the northwestern end of the Roman Forum is a white marble triumphal arch dedicated in 203 AD to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, in the two campaigns against the Parthians of…
Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum.
Trastevere
Trastevere is the 13th rione of Rome, Italy.
Temple of Venus and Roma
The Temple of Venus and Roma is thought to have been the largest temple in Ancient Rome.
Temple of Vesta
The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes, was an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Roman Forum near the Regia and the House of the Vestal Virgins.
Museums
Capitoline Museums
The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archaeological museums located on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy, and constitute the main civic museum complex of the city.
Ara Pacis
The Ara Pacis Augustae is an altar in Rome dedicated to the Pax Romana.
Galleria Borghese
The Galleria Borghese or Borghese Gallery is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana.
Museo Nazionale Romano
The Museo Nazionale Romano (National Roman Museum) is a museum with several branches in separate buildings throughout the city of Rome, Italy.
Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the Vatican City.
Places of worship
Pantheon
The Pantheon (UK:, US:; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is an ancient temple in Rome, Italy, originally built under emperor Augustus and reconstructed under Hadrian; since AD 609, it is a Catholic church called the Basilica…
St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.
Church of the Gesù
The Church of the Gesù, officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù, is a church located at Piazza del Gesù in the Pigna rione of Rome, Italy. It is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (best known as Jesuits).
Basilica of Maxentius
The Basilica of Maxentius, sometimes known by its original Latin name, Basilica Nova or, less commonly, the Basilica of Constantine, was a civic basilica in the Roman Forum.
Moschea di Roma
The Mosque of Rome, also known as the Great Mosque of Rome, is a Friday mosque situated in Parioli, Rome, Italy.
Saint Charles at the Four Fountains
The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Saint Charles at the Four Fountains), also called San Carlino, is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy.
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (officially the Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica, Metropolitan and Primatial Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of All Churches in Rome and in the…
Basilica of Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls
The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls) is a Roman Catholic papal minor basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy.
San Luigi dei Francesi
The Church of St. Louis of the French is a Catholic church near Piazza Navona in Rome.
San Pietro in Vincoli
San Pietro in Vincoli is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy. The church is on the Oppian Hill near Cavour metro station, a short distance from the Colosseum.
Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is a Catholic minor basilica and titular church in R. XV Esquilino, Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and of the Martyrs is a Catholic titular minor basilica and former Carthusian conventual church in Rome constructed in the ruined frigidarium and tepidarium of the Roman Baths of Diocletian in the Piazza della Repubblica.
Santa Maria del Popolo
The Parish Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo is a titular church and a minor basilica in Rome run by the Augustinian order. It stands on the north side of Piazza del Popolo, one of the most famous squares in the city.
Santa Maria della Vittoria
Santa Maria della Vittoria is a Catholic titular minor basilica and Discalced Carmelite conventual church dedicated to Our Lady of Victories in Rome, Italy, famously the home of Gian Lorenzo Bernini‘s masterpiece the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar in Heaven is a titular basilica and conventual church of the Franciscan Convent of Aracoeli located the highest summit of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy.
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary the Great (Italian), also informally known as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, is a Roman Catholic Papal Basilica and one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Santa Maria sopra Minerva is a minor basilica church and one of the major churches of the Dominican order in Rome, Italy.
Basilica of Saint Sabina
The Basilica of Saint Sabina is a historic church on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy. It is a titular minor basilica and mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans.
Trinità dei Monti
The Church of Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called simply Trinità dei Monti, is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church, part of a monastery complex in Rome.
Monuments
Four Rivers Fountain
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) is a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.
Trevi Fountain
The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in…
Spanish Steps
The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and the Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top.
Fontana della Barcaccia
The Fontana della Barcaccia is a Baroque-style fountain found at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome's Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square).
Bocca della Verità
The Mouth of Truth is an ancient Roman marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, at the Piazza della Bocca della Verità, the site of the ancient Forum Boarium (cattle market).
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is an ancient Roman equestrian statue on the Capitoline Hill, Rome, Italy. It is made of bronze and stands 4.24 m (13.9 ft) tall.
Column of Marcus Aurelius
The Column of Marcus Aurelius is a Roman victory column located in Piazza Colonna, Rome, Italy. A Doric column adorned with a detailed spiral relief, it was built in honor of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and modeled after Trajan's Column.
Altare della Patria
The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument, also known as the Vittoriano or for synecdoche Altare della Patria ("Altar of the Fatherland"), is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honour Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, in Rome, Italy.
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