{"id":190212,"date":"2017-08-13T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T13:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.studiainitalia.com\/?p=190212"},"modified":"2024-10-22T17:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:28:44","slug":"learn-italian-rome-secret-sights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studiainitalia.com\/en\/blog\/learn-italian-rome-secret-sights\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Italian in Rome: 5 Secret Sights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is easy to see why Rome is one of the most visited and loved cities in the world, thanks to its beautiful ancient buildings, museums and lush gardens. And away from the itineraries of mass tourism, you can find more surprising cultural and natural wonders. If you have decided to learn Italian in Rome<\/a>, we have 5 lesser-known sights where you can escape the crowds<\/strong>, enjoy the scenes and even find inspiration<\/strong> to do some homework and study the beautiful language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Parco degli Acquedotti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Part of the Appian Way Regional Park, the Parco degli Acquedotti is named after the ancient Roman stone water bridges that go through it. It retains a rustic air and is perfect for a picnic or to practice your photography skills. You will surely have noticed its distinctive looks in movies like La Dolce Vita<\/em> or in La Grande Bellezza<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Municipal Rose Garden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Located at the foot of the Aventine Hill, just above the Circus Maximus, this heavenly garden boasts more than one thousand species of roses from all five continents. This area was already devoted to flowers back in the 3rd century BC! Every May, Rome\u2019s Rose Garden hosts the “Premio Roma”, honouring the newest, most beautiful, and most scented rose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Centrale Montemartini<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Situated on Via Ostiense, the Montemartini Power Plant is an extraordinary example of an industrial building transformed into an exhibition space. It was originally the first public electricity plant in Rome. Now it contains an outstanding collection of classical sculptures from the excavations carried out in Rome at the end of the nineteenth century and during the first decades of the twentieth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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