Caravaggio was born in Milan, he moved to Rome  in 1592 where he became the most famous painter; in 1606, he killed a man, outlawed, he fled to Naples and died of fever on his way from Naples to Rome, in 1610.

Galleria Borghese:
Young Sick Bacchus (1593), Boy with a Basket of Fruit (1593), Still Life with Flowers and Fruit (1601), Saint Jerome Writing (1605), Portrait of Pope Paul V (1605), Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge (1605), Madonna and Child with St. Anne (1606), John the Baptist (1610), David with the Head of Goliath (1610).
Capitoline Museums:
Fortune Teller (1594), John the Baptist (1602).
Doria Pamphilj Gallery:
Penitent Magdalene (1597), Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1597), John the Baptist (1602).
Vatican Museums:
Entombment (1603).
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica:
Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598), Narcissus (1599), John the Baptist (1604).
San Luigi dei Francesi, Contarelli Chapel:
Calling of Saint Matthew (1600), Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (1600).
Santa Maria del Popolo, Cerasi Chapel:
Crucifixion of Saint Peter (1601), Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus (1601).
Sant’Agostino:
Madonna of Loreto (1604).

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Colosseum: The largest structure left to us by Roman antiquity. Was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles.
Vatican Museums: Highlights: The Sistine Chapel, Early Christian Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus and Dogmatic sarcophagus, Gallery of Maps, Borgia Apartment, the majestic Entombment (Caravaggio), Saint Jerome (Leonardo da Vinci), red marble papal throne, Raphael Rooms, Works by Fra Angelico, Giotto, Raphael, Nicolas Poussin and Titian…
Piazza Navona: One of the city’s best known squares.
Roman Forum: Was the political and economical centre of Rome during the Republic.
Pantheon: Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome.
Trevi Fountain: The largest Baroque fountain in the city.
Villa Farnesina: A Renaissance villa decorated by famous artists. Best known are Raphael’s frescoes.
Spanish Steps and Piazza di Spagna: The longest and widest staircase in Europe (138 stairs).
Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill): Religious and political center of the city since its foundation. Now housing the Capitoline Museums.
Palatine Hill: Associated with the legend of the foundation of the city.
St. Peter’s Basilica: One of the holiest Christian sites. Famous works in the church: The Pietà by Michelangelo, the papal altar, the Throne of St. Peter by Bernini and the Monument to the Stuarts by Canova.
Galleria Borghese: One of Rome’s top art museums. In the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. Famous 320-30 AD mosaic of gladiators, sculptures by Bernini and Canova, works of Caravaggio, Titian, Raphael, Rubens, Corregio, Dürer, Cranach…
Santa Maria Maggiore: One of the best-preserved Basilica. Highlights: the 5th-century mosaics, the Athenian marble columns, the high altar, the medieval bell tower, the Bethlehem crypt, beautiful coffered ceiling, Bernini’s statue of St Cajetan, frescos by Guido Reni, the Pauline Chapel and Sistine Chapel.
And Theater of Marcellus, Baths of Caracalla, Castel Sant’Angelo (or  Mausoleum of Hadrian), Piazza del Popolo, Trastevere (Rione XIII of Rome, one of Rome’s most charming areas), Arch of Constantine, Domus Aurea (a large landscaped portico villa in the heart of Ancient Rome), Trajan’s Column (famous for its spiral bas relief), National Museum of Rome (a set of museums in the city), Appian Way (once one of the world’s most important roads), San Giovanni in Laterano (Rome’s first church. Highlights: front façade, baldacchino, enormous statues of the twelve apostles, six papal tombs, the cloister with its columns and mosaics, baptistery)…

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- Several paintings by Caravaggio including the majestic Entombment
- Leonardo da Vinci‘s portrait of Saint Jerome
- Works by painters Fra Angelico, Giotto, Raphael, Nicolas Poussin and Titian
- The red marble papal throne, formerly in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
- Roman sculpture, tombstones, and inscriptions, including the Early Christian Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus and Dogmatic sarcophagus, and the epitaph of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus
- The Raphael Rooms
- The Niccoline Chapel
- The Sistine Chapel
- The Gallery of Maps: topographical maps of the whole of Italy, painted on the walls by friar Ignazio Danti of Perugia
- The frescoes and other works in the Borgia Apartment built for Pope Alexander VI …

1/  Louvre, Paris (8,300,000,  visitors 2007)
2/  Centre Pompidou, Paris (5,509,425 )
3/ Tate Modern, London (5,191,840 )
4/ British Museum, London (4,837,878 )
5/ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (4,547,353)
6/ National Gallery of Art, Washington (4,518,413)
7/ Vatican Museums, Vatican City (4,310,083)
8/ National Gallery London (4,100,000)
9/ Musée d’Orsay, Paris (3,166,509)
10/ Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (2,652,924)
11/ National Palace Museum, Taipei (2,650,551)
12/ Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2,435,300)
13/ State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (2,395,075)
14/ Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow (2,232,475)
15/ Museum of Modern Art, New York (2,219,554)
16/ Field Museum, Chicago (2,133,149)
17/ Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo (1,772,255)
18/ CaxiaForum Barcelona, Barcelona (1,674,607)
19/ Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow (1,650,000)
20/ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1,649,960)

The Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani), inside the Vatican City, are among the most visited museums of the world, displaying works from the collection built up by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries: The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio) in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, The School of Athens (Raphael) in the Stanza della segnatura, The Creation of Adam (Michelangelo) inside the Cappella Sistina, the frescoes and other works in the Borgia Apartment, etc.
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