{"id":9138,"date":"2025-08-05T18:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=9138"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:39:55","slug":"eternal-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A holy city, a secular city, the capital of an empire and then of a faith, Rome cannot be visited: it has to be read and deciphered. You walk through it as if you were turning the pages of a historical novel, written in the ink of <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S%C3%A9n%C3%A8que\">Seneca<\/a>and the pounding of a hammer in the background. <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Le_Bernin\">Bernin <\/a>angry.<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Le_Pantheon\" >The Pantheon<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Le_Colisee_theatre_de_leternite\" >The Colosseum, theatre of eternity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#LEmpire_du_spectacle\" >L'Empire du spectacle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Piazza_Navona_le_coeur_baroque_de_Rome\" >Piazza Navona: the Baroque heart of Rome<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Fontaine_des_Quatre_Fleuves\" >Fountain of the Four Rivers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Fontaine_du_Maure\" >Fountain of the Moor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Fontaine_de_Neptune\" >Fountain of Neptune<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#La_Fontaine_de_Trevi_une_promesse_de_retour\" >The Trevi Fountain: the promise of a comeback<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Se_loger\" >Accommodation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#LHotel_de_la_Ville_%E2%80%93_Rocco_Forte_Hotel\" >L'H\u00f4tel de la Ville - Rocco Forte Hotel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Francesco_Roccato_Directeur_general_Italie_Rocco_Forte_Hotels\" >Francesco Roccato, Managing Director Italy Rocco Forte Hotels<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/eternal-rome\/#Lire\" >Read<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. In front of the Church of the Trinit\u00e0 dei Monti, founded by the French King Charles VIII, is the famous staircase of the Spanish Steps. DR.\" class=\"wp-image-9249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-Piazza-di-Spagna-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. In front of the Church of the Trinit\u00e0 dei Monti, founded by the French King Charles VIII, you can see the famous staircase of the Spanish Steps. In the foreground, the Barcaccia Fountain. DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Early flight. Landing at Fiumicino under an ivory-coloured sky. Rome receives you without haste, like a diva who has not forgotten the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_dolce_vita\">Dolce Vita<\/a>. Taxi to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roccofortehotels.com\/hotels-and-resorts\/hotel-de-la-ville\/\">H\u00f4tel de la Ville<\/a> (Rocco Forte Hotel), above the Spanish Steps. The elegant fa\u00e7ade overlooks the square designed by the Renaissance genius, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michel-Ange\">Michelangelo<\/a> (1478-1564). The doorman is as phlegmatic as the antique busts. From the moment you enter, you can feel the hushed atmosphere of a place where artists, diplomats and a few crowned heads pass through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/B.-Postel_Rome_ile-Tiberine_7-mars-2015-115-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. The only urban island in the Tiber, which is around 300 metres long and 90 metres wide, is little-visited and is linked to the banks of the Tiber by two bridges: the Cestius Bridge, built in 46 BC towards the Trastevere district, and the Fabricius Bridge, built in 62 BC towards the Ghetto. Brigitte Postel.\" class=\"wp-image-9198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/B.-Postel_Rome_ile-Tiberine_7-mars-2015-115-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/B.-Postel_Rome_ile-Tiberine_7-mars-2015-115-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/B.-Postel_Rome_ile-Tiberine_7-mars-2015-115-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/B.-Postel_Rome_ile-Tiberine_7-mars-2015-115-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/B.-Postel_Rome_ile-Tiberine_7-mars-2015-115-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/B.-Postel_Rome_ile-Tiberine_7-mars-2015-115-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. The only urban island in the Tiber, which is around 300 metres long and 90 metres wide, is little-visited and is linked to the banks of the Tiber by two bridges: the Cestius Bridge, built in 46 BC towards the Trastevere district, and the Fabricius Bridge, built in 62 BC towards the Ghetto. <em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> <em>Brigitte Postel.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You don't have to be an archaeologist to understand Rome, you just have to walk there. You just have to walk along the Tiber, a river that doesn't sing but remembers. Or to sit in the shadow of a column in the Forum, where dust mingles with grandeur. Here, every stone whispers, every shadow breathes, every alleyway seems to have been waiting for you for 2000 years. In short, Rome has never ceased to be the centre of the world, or at least of its own.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SN3686-Rome-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. One of the most spectacular views of Rome: the Ponte San Angelo, built in the 2nd century AD, with the dome of St Peter&#039;s in the background. Sylvain Grandadam.\" class=\"wp-image-9222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SN3686-Rome-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SN3686-Rome-1K-JPEG-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SN3686-Rome-1K-JPEG-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SN3686-Rome-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SN3686-Rome-1K-JPEG-600x392.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SN3686-Rome-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. One of the most spectacular views of Rome: the Ponte San Angelo, built in the 2nd century AD, with the dome of St Peter's in the background. Sylvain Grandadam.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-le-pantheon\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_Pantheon\"><\/span>The Pantheon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pantheon-rome-5008962-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. The most important monument on the Campus Martius and the only relic of imperial Rome, the Pantheon has survived for 19 centuries. OT Italy.\" class=\"wp-image-9250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pantheon-rome-5008962-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pantheon-rome-5008962-1K-JPEG-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pantheon-rome-5008962-1K-JPEG-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pantheon-rome-5008962-1K-JPEG-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pantheon-rome-5008962-1K-JPEG-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pantheon-rome-5008962-1K-JPEG-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. The most important monument on the Campus Martius and the only relic of imperial Rome, the Pantheon has survived 19 centuries. OT Italy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the midst of the Roman tumult, between the horns and imperial memories, a few narrow streets, a square and then suddenly a perfect, motionless mass, the Pantheon. It's not the grandeur that impresses, but the balance. An immense dome, larger than that of St Peter's (it is one metre shorter), rests on the air like an ancient mystery. Inside, the silence is not religious but philosophical. The silence of a place that knows that everything passes away: empires, wars, names engraved on the marble... Through the oculus - the open circle at the top of the dome - an oblique, almost timid light enters. The gods it housed are long gone. The Christians came, then the illustrious dead, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rapha%C3%ABl_(peintre)\">Rapha\u00ebl<\/a> (1483-1520), <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor-Emmanuel_II\">Victor-Emmanuel II<\/a> (1820-1878), his son <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humbert_Ier_(roi_d%27Italie)\">Humbert I<\/a> (1844-1900) and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marguerite_de_Savoie_(1851-1926)\">Margaret of Savoy<\/a> (1851-1926) are buried there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-le-colisee-theatre-de-l-eternite\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_Colisee_theatre_de_leternite\"><\/span>The Colosseum, theatre of eternity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D0554-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. In Rome, even the nuns visit the Colosseum. You never know, maybe a gladiator has been reincarnated as a pilgrim! Sylvain Grandadam.\" class=\"wp-image-9208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D0554-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D0554-1K-JPEG-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D0554-1K-JPEG-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D0554-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D0554-1K-JPEG-600x403.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D0554-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. The Vatican is great... but so is a break at the Colosseum between two Ave Maria's. <em><em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em><\/em> <em>Sylvain Grandadam.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As you approach this imposing monument, you are astonished by its size and technical audacity. Originally called the Flavian amphitheatre, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colis%C3%A9e\">Colis\u00e9e<\/a>Its construction began between 70 and 72 AD, under the emperor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vespasien\">Vespasian<\/a>and was completed in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/80\">80<\/a>&nbsp;under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Titus_(empereur_romain)\">Titus<\/a>The Colosseum was built not just to impress, but for games: fighting, shouting, sweat and blood. The Colosseum was a theatre of life in all its ferocity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0580-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. When you tell your boyfriend: come discreetly and he arrives as a centurion with a sign and the abbreviated motto &quot;Senatus Populus que Romanus&quot;! Sylvain Grandadam.\" class=\"wp-image-9210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0580-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0580-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0580-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0580-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0580-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0580-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. When you tell your mates: come discreetly and they arrive as senators and centurions with a sign displaying the abbreviated motto \"Senatus Populus que Romanus\"! <em><em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em><\/em> <em>Sylvain Grandadam.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>In the shadow of its stones, the silence is charged with the memory of gladiators, fights with wild beasts, enthusiastic and terrified crowds. Architectural beauty - the travertine pilasters, the tufa, the arches - is combined here with the brutality of the Circus games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-l-empire-du-spectacle\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"LEmpire_du_spectacle\"><\/span>L'Empire du spectacle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_Circus-Maximus-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. Located between the Aventine Hill and Mount Palatine, the Circus Maximus was the largest racecourse in Ancient Rome. The arena was around 600 metres long and 150 metres wide. Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-9193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_Circus-Maximus-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_Circus-Maximus-1K-JPEG-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_Circus-Maximus-1K-JPEG-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_Circus-Maximus-1K-JPEG-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_Circus-Maximus-1K-JPEG-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_Circus-Maximus-1K-JPEG-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. Located between the Aventine Hill and Mount Palatine, the Circus Maximus was the largest racecourse in Ancient Rome. The arena was around 600 metres long and 150 metres wide. Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The people wanted bread and games? We gave them to them <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circus_Maximus\">Circus Maximus<\/a>. This vast, grassy area between the Palatine and the Aventine, which joggers cross today, was once the most popular - and perhaps the most political - place in ancient Rome, with chariot races that fired up the crowds. Much more than a stadium, it was the Empire of the spectacle, the liturgy of the people. Imagine 200,000 screaming spectators, colourful factions - the Blues, the Greens, the Reds and the Whites - and horses thrown at full speed around a spina decorated with statues, obelisks and imperial symbols. The charioteers were stars, sometimes former slaves who had become rich.<br>Here, we didn't vote. We cheered, we insulted, we exulted. The spectators were nothing like our football fans. Far from being mere entertainment, chariot racing was the very image of Roman order and hierarchy.<br>The emperor, seated in his box on the Palatine, in full view of everyone, did not govern: he showed himself, not in the gravity of the Senate, but in the din of the circus. This was the Roman form of the social contract: magnificence versus loyalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-piazza-navona-le-coeur-baroque-de-rome\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Piazza_Navona_le_coeur_baroque_de_Rome\"><\/span>Piazza Navona: the Baroque heart of Rome<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fontaine-des-quatre-fleuves\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fontaine_des_Quatre_Fleuves\"><\/span>Fountain of the Four Rivers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_7419-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. If there&#039;s one square you really shouldn&#039;t miss, it&#039;s the Piazza Navona with its Fountain of the Four Rivers, topped at its centre by an obelisk from the Circus of Maxentius. Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-9196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_7419-1K-JPEG.jpg 683w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_7419-1K-JPEG-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_7419-1K-JPEG-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_7419-1K-JPEG-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u00a9Lasseur_7419-1K-JPEG-16x24.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. If there's one square in Rome you really shouldn't miss, it's the Piazza Navona with its Fountain of the Four Rivers, topped by an obelisk from the Circus of Maxentius. \u00a9 Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A Roman walk is all about stone, theatre... and water. In Rome, every fountain is a message and every square an opera set.<br>Where, in the time of the Caesars, Domitian's Stadium for sports competitions once stood, today's Piazza Navona is a monumental ellipse flanked by palaces, churches and, above all, theatrical fountains. In the centre, the most famous: the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fontaine_des_Quatre-Fleuves\">Fountain of the Four Rivers<\/a>masterpiece of <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Le_Bernin\">Gian Lorenzo Bernini<\/a> known as Bernini (1598-1680). Four rivers - the Danube, the Ganges, the Nile and the Rio de la Plata - symbolise the 4 continents known at the time. On either side of it, you can admire the Fountain of the Moor.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>(Fontana del Moro)<\/em> and the Fontaine de<strong> <\/strong>Neptune\u00a0<em>(Fontana del Nettuno)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fontaine-du-maure\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fontaine_du_Maure\"><\/span>Fountain of the Moor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0599-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. Fountain of the Moor. The Moor is an allegorical figure representing the peoples of the Mediterranean Sea, symbolising strength and the struggle against the elements. The dolphin is Neptune&#039;s messenger in Roman mythology. Sylvain Grandadam. \" class=\"wp-image-9216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0599-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0599-1K-JPEG-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0599-1K-JPEG-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0599-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0599-1K-JPEG-600x410.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0599-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. Fountain of the Moor. The Moor is an allegorical figure representing the peoples of the Mediterranean Sea, symbolising strength and the struggle against the elements. The dolphin with which he appears to be playing is Neptune's messenger in Roman mythology. <em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> <em>Sylvain Grandadam. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Opposite the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.turismoroma.it\/fr\/places\/palais-pamphilj\">Pamphili Palace<\/a>The Fountain of the Moor, now the Brazilian Embassy, has a Portasanta marble basin.<em>\u00a0(on the island of Chios)<\/em>built in 1575 by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giacomo_della_Porta\">Giacomo Della Porta<\/a>. The Pope <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Innocent_X\">Innocent X Pamphilj<\/a> (1644-1655) commissioned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/turismoroma.it\/fr\/itineraries\/les-lieux-du-bernin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gian Lorenzo Bernini<\/a>\u00a0to renovate the 16th-century fountain. A swimming pool was created based on the design of the previous pool, at the centre of which, in 1655, a statue sculpted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treccani.it\/enciclopedia\/giovanni-antonio-mari_(Dizionario-Biografico)\/\">Giovanni Antonio Mari<\/a>\u00a0based on an original drawing by Bernini himself. The sculpture depicts a man clutching the tail of a dolphin, whose head protrudes from the statue's legs and from whose mouth water gushes out.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0605-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. The Fountain of the Moor is surrounded by tritons blowing into large shells. Sylvain Grandadam.\" class=\"wp-image-9225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0605-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0605-1K-JPEG-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0605-1K-JPEG-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0605-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0605-1K-JPEG-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/D0605-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. The Fountain of the Moor (No, you can't fish there) is lined with newts blowing into large shells. <em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> <em>Sylvain Grandadam.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fontaine-de-neptune\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fontaine_de_Neptune\"><\/span>Fountain of Neptune<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/F1902-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. In 1873, the Municipality of Rome had the sculptural groups added to the fountain: Neptune fighting with an octopus by the sculptor Antonio Della Bitta and the nereids, sea dragons, loves and dolphins by Gregorio Zappala. Sylvain Grandadam.\" class=\"wp-image-9228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/F1902-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/F1902-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/F1902-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/F1902-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/F1902-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/F1902-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. In 1873, the Municipality of Rome had the sculptural groups added to the fountain: Neptune fighting with an octopus by the sculptor Antonio Della Bitta and the Nereids, the sea dragons, the<\/em> <em>love and dolphins by Gregorio Zappala \u00a9 Sylvain Grandadam.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The third fountain in the Piazza Navona, the Fountain of Neptune was commissioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gr%C3%A9goire_XIII\">Pope Gregory XIII&nbsp;<\/a>in 1574 at <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giacomo_della_Porta\">Giacomo della Porta<\/a>. But he only made the pool. The sculptures are much more recent and were made by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregorio_Zappal%C3%A0\">Gregorio Zappal\u00e0<\/a> and Antonio Della Bitta in 1873.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ITALIE6-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ITALIE6-1K-JPEG.jpg 596w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ITALIE6-1K-JPEG-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ITALIE6-1K-JPEG-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ITALIE6-1K-JPEG-447x600.jpg 447w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ITALIE6-1K-JPEG-18x24.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/N5_15465-Roma-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9234\" style=\"width:362px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/N5_15465-Roma-1K-JPEG.jpg 525w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/N5_15465-Roma-1K-JPEG-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/N5_15465-Roma-1K-JPEG-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/N5_15465-Roma-1K-JPEG-394x600.jpg 394w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/N5_15465-Roma-1K-JPEG-16x24.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u00a9<\/em> Sylvain Grandadam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-fontaine-de-trevi-une-promesse-de-retour\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_Fontaine_de_Trevi_une_promesse_de_retour\"><\/span>The Trevi Fountain: the promise of a comeback<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B-Postel-059-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. Designed by Nicola Salvi and completed in 1762, the Trevi Fountain represents the triumph of Neptune.  Brigitte Postel.\" class=\"wp-image-9230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B-Postel-059-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B-Postel-059-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B-Postel-059-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B-Postel-059-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B-Postel-059-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B-Postel-059-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. Designed by Nicola Salvi and completed in 1762, the Trevi Fountain depicts the triumph of Neptune. The god stands on a large sea shell pulled by tritons and two seahorses. <em><em>\u00a9<\/em><\/em> Brigitte Postel.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are places where water ceases to be \"water\" and becomes a sign. The Trevi Fountain is not a fountain in the strict sense. It's the fa\u00e7ade of an aqueduct disguised as a Baroque apocalypse. A wall that gushes out, spitting out its memory in cascades. The columns, the statues, the sea horses: it's all there, as in a Latin phrase or a church fresco, where every detail seeks to convert you.<br>The central figure, Neptune, is not a god but a sign of man's power over the elements. He rules, like a hydraulic minister in a Rome where magnificence is a political justification,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What tourists come for is not the fountain itself, but the myth it exudes. The tossing of the coin, with back turned and arm raised, is a semi-religious act, a pagan rite that has gone viral. This gesture is the grail of the tourist age: a small coin is exchanged for the promise of a return, in other words, repetition, a Nietzschean eternal restart.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-2531270-1K-JPEG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-2531270-1K-JPEG-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-2531270-1K-JPEG-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-2531270-1K-JPEG-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-2531270-1K-JPEG-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-2531270-1K-JPEG-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-2531270-1K-JPEG-1-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>And then there's Fellini, of course. Since \" <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_dolce_vita\">La Dolce Vita<\/a> \", <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anita_Ekberg\">Anita Ekberg<\/a> is no longer an actress but a mythical apparition, and the water in the fountain is no more than the liquid support for this collective memory. The reality of the fountain dissolves into the memory of the film.<br>And if you listen carefully, you might hear the ancient voices of the Roman aqueducts, which long before the selfie carried the dream of an eternal Rome.<br>Here, the Roman Baroque has been swallowed up by the chaos of tourism. Rome wanted to tame water. It produced a river of visitors. Neptune, the central God, contemplates the crowds with the indifference of a luxury hotel waiter. He has become an official of the marvellous.<br>The coins fall into the pool, one by one. A shower of euros thrown towards an imaginary future. Because the real miracle is no longer returning to Rome, but still believing that a throw of coins is enough to ward off oblivion. Around me, influencers adjust their dresses. Groups of Japanese hold up their selfie poles like divining rods. It's no longer a fountain, it's a pagan mass, celebrated without clergy but with hashtags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-se-loger\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Se_loger\"><\/span>Accommodation <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-l-hotel-de-la-ville-rocco-forte-hotel\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"LHotel_de_la_Ville_%E2%80%93_Rocco_Forte_Hotel\"><\/span>L'H\u00f4tel de la Ville - Rocco Forte Hotel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-De-La-Ville-Suite-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Italy. Rome. The terrace of the H\u00f4tel de la Ville - Cielo Terrace - is the latest Roman opening for the Rocco Forte group. It&#039;s sure to put Rome to shame! DR.\" class=\"wp-image-9213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-De-La-Ville-Suite-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-De-La-Ville-Suite-1K-JPEG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-De-La-Ville-Suite-1K-JPEG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-De-La-Ville-Suite-1K-JPEG-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-De-La-Ville-Suite-1K-JPEG-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hotel-de-la-Ville-De-La-Ville-Suite-1K-JPEG-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Italy. Rome. The terrace of the H\u00f4tel de la Ville - Cielo Terrace - is the latest Roman opening for the Rocco Forte group. It's sure to put Rome to shame! DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Opening in May 2019, the Rocco Forte group's second Roman hotel embodies the quintessence of Roman elegance. Located on the Pincio hill, in an eighteenth-century palace, it houses around a hundred rooms decorated by the gifted designer Tommaso Ziffer, who drew his inspiration from the 'Grand Tour' once undertaken by art lovers and writers. Tapestries, sumptuous fabrics, Renaissance-inspired statues, antique and contemporary furniture... Refinement is in every detail. The panoramic terrace, Cielo, is weightless above the Eternal City.<br>Overlooking the church and convent of the Trinit\u00e0 dei Monti, Cielo Terrace is decorated with elegant red and white striped sofas, offering 180\u00b0 views of the main Roman monuments.<br>The simple, tasty dishes are concocted by chef Fulvio Pierangelini, one of the great masters of Italian cuisine. Approximately \u20ac35 per person.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roccofortehotels.com\">H\u00f4tel de la Ville<\/a>Via Sistina, 69. Tel: +39 06 32 888 880. From \u20ac560 per night,<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roccofortehotels.com\">www.roccofortehotels.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irene-Forte-at-Hotel-de-la-Ville-1K-JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9241\" style=\"width:249px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irene-Forte-at-Hotel-de-la-Ville-1K-JPEG.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irene-Forte-at-Hotel-de-la-Ville-1K-JPEG-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irene-Forte-at-Hotel-de-la-Ville-1K-JPEG-768x621.jpg 768w, 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He oversees some of the group's flagship establishments in the region, including the Hotel de la Ville in Rome. Born in Turin, Francesco began his career in the hotel industry as a chef in 1995, moving into restaurant management before rising to the position of General Manager. His career has taken him all over the world, with professional experiences in Canada, Bermuda, Spain, the United States, London and back to Italy. 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