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What is happening here every Saturday and Sunday? ⤵️ Enter the Church of the Gesù at 6PM (or at 5:30PM on Saturday and Sunday from end of September).. Here you will find the fabulous Macchina Barocca (Baroque Machine)! 🤩 What is it? It was a way of evangelizing through spectacular and sensational theatrical shows People entering this church would enter a sort of ecstatic state and feel transported into the story and faith of St Ignatius A little bit of context.. 🔸The Church of the Gesù (Chiesa del Gesù, in Italian) is the mother church of the Jesuit order, whose founder was Ignazio di Loyola 🔸The Jesuits have always been very successful at evangelizing, because of their great communications skills. They knew how to get to the hearts of the people. And here you can have an idea of that 😊 🔸This church that we see today was built in the 1600s. After the period of the Counter Reformation (when people got away from the Church of Rome due to scandals and loss of trust) the Church of Rome aimed at bringing as many people back to church. 🔸And the Baroque Machine was one of the ways to do so 🔸Since the 1600s, every day at 5:30PM the show starts! On the left nave music starts, with a voice narrating the story of St Ignazio di Loyola. 🔸The painting on top of the altar starts sliding down, revealing the super precious statue of St Ignazio 🔸Today we have speakers playing music, but originally the music and the narration would be played LIVE! 🤩 🔸Imagine.. there were musicians, singers, funambulists lighting the candles.. what an incredible show it must have been! 🔸At the end of the show the whole church is illuminated, revealing the incredible paintings and frescoes of the dome and the ceilings! 🤩 🔸Be on time, and you will be rewarded for your visit!😉 🔸Have you ever heard of the Baroque Machine? Add it to your bucket list next time you’re in Rome! 😉 Want to discover more Rome gems with us? Join our walking tours at the LINK IN BIO! 😊🙌 #rome #rometours #rometourguide #romethingstodo  #hiddengems

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Want to experience Rome with us? ⤵️ These are among the wonderful people that we meet during our walking tours 🧡 ➡️If you want to experience Rome “behind-the-scenes” with us, go to our LINK IN BIO to learn more 😉 #rome #rometours #rometourguide #romethingstodo  #hiddengems

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Raise your hand if you’re googling the recipe of zabaione and the address of this church right now 😜 Want to discover more Rome gems with us? Join our walking tours at the LINK IN BIO! 😊🙌 #rome #rometours #rometourguide #romethingstodo  #hiddengems

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Want to experience Rome with us? ⤵️ These are among the wonderful people that we meet during our walking tours 🧡 ➡️If you want to experience Rome “behind-the-scenes” with us, go to ur LINK IN BIO” to learn more 😉 #rome #rometravel #rometours #rometourguide #romeitaly #whatitalyis #rometravelers #romeitalytravel #romethingstodo #romeplaces #romerightnow #rometraveltips #romesecrets #romeviews #hiddengems

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Ready to go underground? 😉 Full video is on Instagram #rome #virtualtour #hiddengems #hiddengem #underground #secretplace #rometour #traveltiktok

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This beautiful exhibition is now on at the Museo di Roma in Palazzo Braschi, right in Piazza Navona, and will run until April 2027. A must-see if you want to discover the stories behind those images that have become so familiar to all of us. 🎨 #rome #rometours #rometourguide #romethingstodo  #hiddengems

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On the occasion of Appia Day, today we visited the Mausoleum of the Equinoxes 🤩 It is an ancient Roman family mausoleum dating back to the 2nd century BC. Who owned it, how many people were buried there, and who they were are still shrouded in mystery… 👀 Want to discover more Rome gems with us? Join our walking tours at the LINK IN BIO! 😊🙌 #r#romer#rometoursr#rometourguider#romethingstodo#h#hiddengems

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Wouldn’t you like to peek inside a noble’s life? 👀 These windows are also known as “kneeling windows”, because they recall the shape of the kneeling stool. Want to discover more Rome gems with us? Join our walking tours at the LINK IN BIO! 😊🙌 #rome #rometours #rometourguide #romethingstodo #hiddengems

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More than 20 Mithraea have been identified in Rome 👀 And the Barberini Mithraeum is reopening this weekend after years of closure! 🎉 Want to discover more Rome gems with us? Join our walking tours at the LINK IN BIO! 😊🙌 #rome #rometours #rometourguide #romethingstodo  #hiddengems

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The story of these angels ⤵️ Bernini was a sculptor.. and also an entrepreneur. In fact he was commissioned a lot of work, and he took all of it, thanks to the help of his assistants. His assistants were of course great sculptors, but Bernini just gave that little extra magic to his marbles.. When he was commissioned the statues on Ponte Sant’Angelo (bridge leading to Castel Sant’Angelo), depicting the elements of the via Crucis of Jesus, he only personally produced 2 out of the 10 statues that you see today: the one holding the INRI sign and the one with the crown of thorns. Once the statues were completed the Pope considered these two angels too precious to be left outdoors on the bridge. So he had two copies made by Bernini’s assistants and kept these two originals for himself. Shortly after the Pope died and the angels were transferred to Palazzo Bernini (in via della Mercede, right next to this church). Until in 1729 they were moved to the church where we can see them today (Sant’Andrea delle Fratte) Have you ever seen these gems? They are incredible to see this close 🤩 Want to discover more Rome gems with us? Join our walking tours at the LINK IN BIO! 😊🙌 #rome #rometours #rometourguide #romethingstodo  #hiddengems

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How to visit ⤵️ This is the Fontanone of the Gianicolo, built in the 1600s by Pope Paul V of the Borghese family. He wanted to celebrate the renovation of the ancient Roman aqueduct of Trajan, so he built this beautiful fountain on the Janiculum hill. This is one of the most beautiful panoramic points of view over the city.. But if you go behind the fountain the view gets even better! 😉 Behind the Fontanone in fact there is the so-called “Secret Garden” which is usually closed to visitors, except from very few days a year! The Secret Garden will be open exceptionally until September 29th from 6:30pm until 8pm. There will also be events, such as Book-crossing, Yoga classes and theatre plays. Access is for free, but some particular events require a ticket. Are you going to go? Want to discover more Rome gems with us? Join our walking tours at the LINK IN BIO! 😊🙌 #rome #rometours #rometourguide #romethingstodo  #hiddengems