Virtual ROMA

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.
During over 2700 years, 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; these 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.