The sacred fulcrum of Catholicism, the sumptuous basilica of St. Peter’s, attracts pilgrims from all over the world to the Vatican City

Built under Constantine in 324 A. D. on the tomb of the apostle Peter, who was buried in 64 A. D. after being crucified, in this part of Rome destined for the Arena of Nero, the church was demolished in the XV century as it was deemed unsafe and then rebuilt until it was definitively consecrated in 1626.

What to see in Rome

The Colosseum

It was the emperor Vespasian, the first of the Flavian dynasty, who, in 72 A. D., ordered this gigantic amphitheatre to be built on the site then occupied by an artificial lake attached to Nero’s Domus Aurea.

It was to cater for the games and entertainment of the Roman people; in fact, fights between the gladiators and ferocious animals brought specially from Africa and the Middle East were held there. 

The Amphitheatre has a circumference of 527 metres and is 57 metres high.