Secret Rome, the hidden beauties

Hidden among the streets of the center, through the charming squares of the districts, in the interlacing of the villages or to outlying suburbs there is a secret Rome full of lesser-known wonders that go unnoticed and remain in the shadow of the most famous second floor. Here are some:

The "Fountain of the Turtles" Piazza Mattei, a short distance from Via Arenula and the streets of downtown. A little oasis of calm just a few steps Via Vittorio Emanuele behind ghetto, dominated by Palazzo Mattei erected opposite at the fountain: a delicate embroidery of marble and bronze, topped with small turtles from which flows the Acqua Vergine. In Rome, the Aventine Hill, a pleasant surprise awaits you just after the Orange Garden is the gate of the Priory of the Knights of Malta and through the keyhole you can see the most famous and suggestive view of St. Peter. Looking at it through this slot you can enjoy a fantastic view of the dome of St. Peter's framed by hedges of the gardens of the Priory. The Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta for a boundary wall decorated with neo-classical obelisks and military trophies, decorations visible on the architectures are rich symbols of esoteric meanings, especially related to Freemasonry. In Peter's Square of Illyria, dedicated to the founder of the Basilica of Santa Sabina, is the Orange Garden or Park Savelli that welcomes visitors with the scowl of a mask: a fountain by Giacomo della Porta, perhaps depicting Ocean, entering you will find many orange trees that give the name to the Garden and were planted in memory of S. Dominic founded his monastery here. Crossing the central avenue you come to the Belvedere and the view from here is laying on one of the most beautiful views of Rome and the Tiber since ancient temples that stood in the Forum Boarium, Santa Maria in retained, Janiculum Hill and imposing, in the distance, the dome of St. Peter. The route to admire "Mosaics" in Rome, including the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the Basilica of SS. Cosma and Damian (adjacent holes), the church of Santa Prassede and attached chapel of San Zeno, in a short distance church of Santa Pudenziana, San Clemente, Santa Maria in Trastevere, the Mausoleum of Santa Costanza in the complex of St. Agnes outside the Walls in Via Nomentana. The Theatre of Marcellus is perhaps the oldest theater come down to us. Its construction was begun by Caesar, but completed by Augustus in 11 BC dedicating it to his late nephew Marcellus. It is located in the Campus Martius, between the Tiber and the Capitoline Hill. The Borgo district is a small district between the city and the Vatican side of the Tiber in fact includes way of conciliation, that in contrast to what one would assume is not part of the Vatican City and the surrounding areas and Castel Sant'Angelo. The most important monument is the Castel Sant'Angelo, to visit the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia a twelfth-century basilica of Rome with the bell tower of the '400, in its interior you can admire numerous works of art such as the frescoes in the chapel of the Nativity with Gonzaga, the Pietà, the Resurrection.