Rome - Italy 2025
What do you do when you are in the midst of house renovations? You pack your packs and head off to Italy. Wonderful. Well, there’s more to it as you’ll find out at the end of this travelogue.
So, Geoff and I left Brisbane at the end of October and flew straight to Rome. Why? To do a tour with Academy Travel through Puglia.
Let the journey begin.
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| Flying towards Rome |
Rome outside Termini - our hotel UNA, second on right
corner to be extremely vigilant...
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| Eataly snack |
Wednesday, 22 October
We visited two museums within a 3-minute walk from our hotel and Termini.
The first, Palazzo Massimo, at the Museo Nazionale Romano, houses treasures that we were to see in situ a few days later. It abounds with priceless mosaics, sculptures, wall paintings, vases and figurines.
Museo Nazionale Romano
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| Palazzo Massimo |
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| Just 3 mins walk from our hotel. |
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| Hellenistic Prince |
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| The boxer |
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| Aphrodite of Menophantos |
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A young girl from Ostia depicted as goddess Artemis colossal statue of Minerva .HEIC) a citharist* Apollo *player on a cithara (strummed string instrument)
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Patterns
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Faces
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Wall paintings and frescoes
creatures
Villa of Lilia garden fresco
Vases
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| I love staircases, the first of many... |
Termini to the right, Terme di Diocleziano to the left
Terme di Diocleziano
The baths were public baths in ancient Rome. Named after Emperor Diocletian and built from BCE 298 to 306, they were the largest of the imperial baths. The project was initially commissioned by Maximian upon his return to Rome in autumn 298 and was continued after Diocletian’s abdication under Constantius, father of Constante.
The baths were opened until c 537, when the Ostrogoths cut off the aqueducts to the city of Rome. The site houses the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, built within the 16th-century ruins, the Church of San Berardo alle Terme, and part of the National Roman Museum.
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Apart from sculptures and mosaics, and remnants of grandiose structures and arches, you can glimpse the past magnificence of awe-inspiring architecture.
Opposite Termini
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| Exiting the Terme |
Romans combine their cultural heritage with technology, as evidenced by this little robotic cleaner. Fascinating to watch.
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Dear Reader, if you switch to my page 2025 Puglia to Pompeii, you will be able to follow our travels through Puglia.