When in Rome

This “dashing chronicle” reveals what tourists have been visiting in Rome, from the era of the Roman Republic to contemporary times ( The Independent ). There is no place like Rome. Throughout its long, long history, its many changes in form and fortune, Rome has always been a tourist centre. In every age—Classical, Christian, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Modern—people have flocked to see its wonders. This is the story of what Rome’s visitors have looked at over the pa