Inside Rome

Discovering the Classic Interiors of Rome.

Rome is a city built for display and grandeur. For centuries it has been a place of pilgrimage for artists and art-lovers, yet many of its greatest treasures remain unseen by the public. 'Inside Rome' penetrates the hidden world of Rome's historic interiors, revealing the previously unexplored whilst, at the same time, offering fresh perspectives on the less-familiar side of famous buildings. Superb colour photography by Francesco Venturi captures the diversity of outstanding interior spaces, ranging, for example, from the High Renaissance reception rooms of the Palazzo Farnese, to the Art Deco mosaics of Mussolini's Foro Italico.

This is a "grand tour" of one of the chief destinations of the Grand Tourists, surveying Vatican apartments, palaces and villas, embassies, clubs, private institutions and the city's most alluring shops. It is an absorbing depiction of the rich interior fabric of one of the world's most magnificent and historic cities.