The Trastevere of old is still there if you scratch beneath the surface. Although it was outside the main city walls (the literal ... Ancient Rome blends once more with Catholicism at Santa ...

Rome, October 17 - Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi on Wednesday called for sponsors to fund the upkeep and repair of the city's ancient Aurelian Walls, parts of which have crumbled in recent years.

Still, there is a bit of method to Rome’s madness: The city center is surrounded by the Aurelian Walls built around Rome’s seven fabled hills between 271 and 275 CE. Similar to the spiraling ...

"It is making a drawing by erasing the dirt on the wall, not by adding anything ... on the right bank of the Tiber in the Trastevere district of Rome, close to St Peter's and across the water ...