By: Daniele | 2011-08-19 | Destinations Vatican Radio was commissioned by Pope Pius XI after the Conciliation with Italy in order to connect their systems via the center of the Catholic Church with the various parts of the world. read more
By: Daniele | 2011-08-10 | Destinations The first library and archive of the first popes were missing, for reasons not yet well known, in the first half of the century. XIII. read more
By: Daniele | 2011-09-07 | Destinations Left atrium to the left of the so-called Armour and crossed the Atrium of the Four Gates, we arrive at the Cortile della Pigna, housed in the Belvedere sixteenth of the space. read more
By: Paul Crooze | 2010-11-20 | Arts & Entertainment Odyssey Tours was founded by a committed team of individuals who, with many years experience in the tour industry, saw the need for a more intimate, friendly and personalised tour service and so established Odyssey Tours. read more
By: Daniele | 2011-09-15 | Destinations Nucleus of the Vatican Museums was the collection of sculptures made by Julius II (1503-1513) and exposed in the so-called "Courtyard of the Statues", today the Octagonal Courtyard read more
By: Kim Gifford | 2010-11-17 | Cruises Vatican Rome Tours Inc. launches its NEW tours of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel designed for Rome first timers, Christian families visiting Rome with children and cruise passengers docking at Rome port to enjoy a Rome day tour of the Vatican City at their own pace with no lines. While in Rome tour Rome and the Vatican City with qualified and friendly Vatican Tour Guides to enjoy Rome with a private Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica tour with skip the lines Vatican tour read more
By: Games Brown | 2011-09-22 | Travel & Leisure Right Travel is a tour operator specializing in Italy Travel. They even offer Escorted Tours to Italy. read more
By: Daniele | 2011-08-31 | Destinations Obtained below the floor of the church, but elevated compared to the Basilica of Constantine in the fourth century, the caves contain, in addition to chapels dedicated to different saints, tombs of kings, queens and popes in the tenth century onwards. read more
By: Gaizka Pujana | 2010-10-25 | Article Marketing A visit to Rome is a visit through time. So many wonders are there to be seen. Ruins of Ancient Rome provide breathtaking views. No visit to Rome would be complete without seeing the Colosseum, the Forum, the Pantheon and so many more. read more
By: Daniele | 2011-08-16 | Destinations The Astronomical Observatory, or the Vatican Observatory, is a scientific research institute directly dependent on the Holy See, attached to the Governorate of Vatican City. read more
By: Stewart Roy | 2010-03-29 | Adventure Tourism Rome, the capital city of Italy is widely regarded as a major tourist destination. This Eternal City, which appears to be timeless, has been in existence for over three thousand years and is characterized with streets that are littered with ruins of its rich cultural past. read more
By: Dean Wickham | 2011-11-17 | Destinations Rome, the Eternal City, a place full of history and culture. Everywhere you step you are walking through some point in the timeline of the last 2500 years. It is a city to be lived and loved by everyone through it’s beautiful architecture, food, art and romance. Every world traveler has Rome on their list of must see destinations, and most start their tour of Italy here. Here are 10 must see att read more
By: daniele76 | 2011-01-01 | Destinations Tradition says that the city of Rome was founded in the mid-eighth century BC by Romulus and Remus, the twin brothers the sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia.The traditional date of the official founding of Rome goes back to 21 April 753 BC. The ancient city was created through a progressive meeting of villages, built on the famous seven hills, in a single village inhabited by the ancient Romans read more
By: Paige Taylor | 2010-09-15 | Exotic locations The Vatican's Apostolic Library, the High-Tech Library for Ancient Volumes is scheduled to be re-opened on September 20, 2010. The three-year renovation of the 16th century library costs 25 million euros (32 million US dollars). After three-year renovation, Vatican's Apostolic Library has 65,000 manuscripts called "Codex B" - the well-known oldest Bible. "Codex B" dated from about 325 AD and is considered to be among the 50 bibles in the world. Besides, the massive restoration have made volumes and manuscripts catalogued and security measured. The Vatican's Apostolic Library re-opens to about 4,000 authorised researchers, scholars and academics. Let's have a thorough look at the most stunning images of the Vatican's Apostolic Library after three-year restoration. read more