Here we will explore the sacred area of Sant’ Omobono dedicated to Etruscan goddesses Fortuna e Mater Matuta. We will later explore the temples of Vesta and Portunus. The itinerary will go on with the visit of the “foro Olitorium”, the ancient vegetable market. Here we will go down to the underground of the Church of San Nicola in Carcere which preserves the remains of three republican temples dedicated to Juno, Spes and Janus. Later we will explore the archaeological area of the theatre of Marcellus , the first theatre of Rome built by the emperor Augustus in honour of his nephew Marcello .

The Roman ghetto is today one of the most fascinating and ancient districts of Rome.. In 1899 the area was chosen for the construction of the main synagogue of Rome so that today the ghetto is still the lively centre of the Jewish community. At lunch we will stop at the Gigetto restaurant one of the most celebrated restaurants of romano-giudaic tradition inserted into the Roman columns of the Porticus Octaviae. Here you can taste the exquisite fried “carciofi all giudia”, crispy outside and soft inside, and a range of excellent dishes such as pasta alla gricia , matriciana , cacio e pepe and the superb creamy pasta “alla carbonara”. If we still have some energy after lunch we can have a look at the nearby Tiber Island. Since antiquity the island has been linked to the rest of Rome by two bridges, and was once called Insula Inter-Duos-Pontes which means “the island between the two bridges”.he Roman ghetto is today one of the most fascinating and ancient districts of Rome.

If we still have some energy after lunch we can have a look at the nearby Tiber Island. Since antiquity the island has been linked to the rest of Rome by two bridges, and was once called Insula Inter-Duos-Pontes which means “the island between the two bridges”. In ancient times, before Christianity spread through Rome, Tiber Island was avoided because of the negative stories associated with it. Only the worst criminals and the contagiously ill were condemned there. This however changed when a temple of the medicine god Asclepius was built on the island by the Romans.

The Mouth of Truth (Italian: Bocca della Verità [ˈbokka della veriˈta]) is a marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, at the Piazza della Bocca della Verità, the site of the ancient Forum Boarium (the ancient cattle market). According to enduring medieval legend, it will bite off the hand of any liar who places their hand in its mouth,[ or, alternatively, any who utters a lie while their hand is in the mouth. It still attracts many visitors who audaciously insert their hands. The massive marble mask weighs about 1300 kg (2800 lbs) and probably depicts the face of the sea titan god Oceanus. The eyes, nostrils and mouth are open. Historians aren't quite certain what the original purpose of the disc was. It was possibly used as a drain cover in the nearby Temple of Hercules Victor, which had an oculus—a round open space in the middle of the roof, similar to that of the Pantheon. Historians aren't quite certain