egend has it that Romulus founded Rome in 753 BC on the Palatine Hill. The city became the centre of an empire stretching from Scotland to Egypt, leaving behind the Colosseum, the Forum and the Pantheon. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the popes made it the capital of Christendom and commissioned churches, squares and fountains from the greatest artists.
Capital of unified Italy since 1871, Rome remains a city of neighbourhoods where life happens outdoors: the morning market, espresso at the counter, the evening passeggiata. Here you eat the Roman classics: carbonara, cacio e pepe and Jewish-style artichokes.