San Luca Palace

... main sight of the Forum include the Arch of Titus (Arco di Tito), the Temple of Saturn, Temple of Vesta, and the church of San Luca e Martina. These are all linked by the Sacra Via, the main road through the Forum.  We walk around for about an ...

... a modern network of roads and houses. It was very jarring to see them, along with the ruins of the watchtowers. We drove to San Callisto, as Luca told us that it lies under what used to be the Imperial Gardens, but sheep graze there now. Unfortunately, it ...

... 8217;s heritage sites: Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este. Villa Adriana: Ruins of the Roman Empire’s greatest imperial palace. Designed by Emperor Hadrian it became Rome’s largest and costliest palace. Simply wonder the lovely site but make ...

... ; We finished our walk around the gardens for another hour then headed back up hill to Palazzo Pitti.  The palace was beautiful inside, once owned by Luca Pitti, a banker then bought by the Medici's, Grand Duchy of Florence, a power base for Napoleon ...

... to offer. We walked to the Plaza de Armas where there is a massive Christmas tree with Coke sponcered barbles on it. Outside the Palace de Gobiero la Moneda is a massive Chilean flag and also horse back guards in a smart light green uniform. Whilst in ...

... in the area called Oltrarno, where the Pitti Palace (housing 4 museums) and the Boboli Gardens are. The Pitti Palace was commissioned by Luca Pitti (1458) and later bought & enlarged by Cosimo I and then became the official residence of the Medici ...