City Secrets Rome

A unique guidebook to Rome that draws on the knowledge of the artists and dreamers who live and work in this city to reveal its secrets. See the world's most magnificent art, architecture and antiquities through the eyes of the people who know them best: a renowned painter shows the way to an overlooked masterpiece; an archaeologist walks you through an intriguing ancient ruin; a Renaissance scholar tells which of Michelangelo's works he finds most moving of all. Along the way, a poet laureate shares the address of a gourmet cheese shop with its own pizzeria... A unique compilation, 'City Secrets: Rome' is the key to a new kind of travel. Reissue.