When arriving in Rome at the Termini station you can choose to make your way to the center of the catholic religion. This is St.Peter’s Basilica. You will be crossing the entire city on your way. Start our straight to the V. le. E. De Nicola and make a left. When you get to the corner of the Republica it will be on your right in front of you, make a right. Go to the center of this Piazza and make a left to get to the Via Nazionale. Follow that all the way down until you run into the Mercati Traianei. Stay to your right on the Tre Cannelle and make or stay right onto Via IV Novembre and stay left on the Corso Vittorio Emanuele. You will pass Palazzo Venezia on your left on the way. Stay straight on this road all the way down towards the end and you will see S. Giovanni dei Florentini on the left and then get to the bridge of Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II. Stay straight to the Via della Conciliazione and make a left. Stay straight and you should be able to see St. Peter’s Basilica in the distance right in front of you. St. Peter’s is the central location for the catholic religion. This Basilica took over a century to build. In the Basilica there are many sites you need to check out. The first is the Baldacchino, a canopy designed by Bernini in the 17th Century. The other most important part that you won’t and can’t miss is the Dome of St. Peter’s. It was designed by Michelangelo and is 448 feet high.
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