Eternal City

John Lateran, the Campagna, the Appian Way, the Seven Hills, the Baths of Caracalla, the Claudian Aqueduct, the Cloaca Maxima--the eternal bore designed the Eternal City, and unless all men and books do lie, he painted every thing in it!

This kind of answer given in a measured official tone, as of a clergyman reading according to the rubric, did not help to justify the glories of the Eternal City, or to give her the hope that if she knew more about them the world would be joyously illuminated for her.

The Emperor had ceased to dwell in Rome when the Eternal City fell into the hands of barbarians.

The handles of the litter were supported by four men, who were from time to time relieved by fresh relays, -- even as the bearers of Mother Cybele used to take turn and turn about at Rome in the ancient days, when she was brought from Etruria to the Eternal City, amid the blare of trumpets and the worship of a whole nation.

He set out, and on the Saturday evening reached the Eternal City by the mail-coach.

Miss Bordereau sailed with her family on a tossing brig, in the days of long voyages and sharp differences; she had her emotions on the top of yellow diligences, passed the night at inns where she dreamed of travelers' tales, and was struck, on reaching the Eternal City, with the elegance of Roman pearls and scarfs.

They received an early visit from Mrs Merdle, who led that extensive department of life in the Eternal City that winter; and the skilful manner in which she and Fanny fenced with one another on the occasion, almost made her quiet sister wink, like the glittering of small-swords.

ESCAPE TO THE ETERNAL CITY THIS summer sees the arrival of NH Collection Fori Imperiali in Rome, joining the NH Hotel Group's other five properties in the Italian capital.

Set within a splendid palazzo, the 42-room boutique hotel, decorated in 19th-century style, a stone's throw from some of the Eternal City's most famous sites.

VEL TRA NEWSLATEST TRAVEL ADVICE, OFFERS AND NEWS ESCAPE TO THE ETERNAL CITY THIS summer sees the arrival of NH Collection Fori Imperiali in Rome, joining the NH Hotel Group's other five properties already open in the Italian capital.

Historians and art historians explore early modern Rome from the perspectives of governing the city and international politics; living in the city and Campagna; mapping, planning, building, and display; and intellectual life in the Eternal City. Among specific topics are diplomatic culture in early modern Rome, Romanus and Catholicus: Counter-Reformation Rome as Caput Mundi, Roma theatrum mundi: festivals and processions in the Ritual City, Roman church architecture: the early modern facade, and printers and publishes in early modern Rome.

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