4-Hour Rome Architectural Highlights Tour

Caravaggio Painting

Highlights

Santa Maria del Popolo, Ara Pacis and Mausoleum Augusti

Sant' Agostino Church & San Luigi dei Francesi Church

Discover the paintings of Caravaggio

Rome

art, architectural, historical

Private Tour

4 Hours

Easy

English, Italian

Description

Visit the architectural highlights of Rome including Santa Maria del Popolo, Ara Pacis and Mausoleum Augusti, Sant' Agostino Church, San Luigi dei Francesi Church and many more in this 4-hour tour. Discover the life of Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio. Renowned in his time for the innovative and shocking realism of his paintings, he was considered a rebel against convention, both in his art and in his behaviour. Admire his most famous masterpieces painted by him in the Eternal City.

Itinerary

Rome Architectural Tour
- Start the tour by visiting Santa Maria del Popolo, an Augustinian Church.
- Visit the narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas of Via del Corso.
- Proceed to visit Ara Pacis and Mausoleum Augusti, dedicated to Pax - the Roman Goddess of Peace.
- Discover Sant' Agostino Church, one of the first Roman churches built during the Renaissance.
- Head to San Luigi dei Francesi Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, St. Denis the Areopagite and St. Louis IX, king of France.
- Continue to see the Navona Square, also known as Piazza Navona, the 1st century AD church used to be the platform to watch the agones (games).
- On this walking tour, you will have the chance to admire six of the most famous masterpieces painted by Caravaggio in the Eternal City.