Popes and Artists: sex, lies and betrayals in the 1600s｜Italy

Together, with a wonderful walk through the historical city center of Rome, we'll discover the secret places of the adventurous life of the main artists of Italy, that lived and worked in Rome in the golden centuries of the Baroque! Bernini, Borromini and Caravaggio are just some of them! We are going to see not only the main squares with thier masterpieces, but also the secret streets and buildings of their hidden lives! Fights, secret, blood, passion, competition, revenge, courtesans and Popes are part of the story! You'll learn about the great Popes who promoted art but also about Popes with no mercy and their scandalous lives!

We'll start from the Trevi Fountain, than we will walk until Piazza di Pietra and the church of S. Ignazio, to reach the wonderful Pantheon. Here, we'll see the tomb of Raphael and then we'll visit the church of S.Louis, to admire the wonderful trilogy of paintings by Caravaggio: they have a very unbelievable story behind them! In few minutes, we'll be in the wonderful Piazza Navona, to learn something about the great competition between two famous sculptors. We will end our tour in front of the House of Fiammetta, to learn something about this beautiful woman of the 1500s and the duels for her love.