Rome is one of the oldest cities in the world. Among imperial ruins, Renaissance palaces, historic squares, and modern streets, stories of love, desire, bodies, power, and nonconforming identities have existed for centuries—often hidden or excluded from official narratives.

The tour begins in Piazza Argentina, the symbolic site where Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. Caesar is remembered not only for his military achievements and political power, but also for the rumors and accusations linked to his relationship with Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, offering insight into how sexuality was perceived and lived in Ancient Rome.

The route then continues to the ancient Baths of Nero, in the heart of the Campus Martius. In Roman times, public baths were central spaces of male social life, nudity, and the body on display. Authors such as Martial, Juvenal, and Senecadescribed them as places of gazes, freedom, and encounters—relationships lived away from the eyes of public morality.

Crossing the historic center, we stop at the Pantheon, a landmark that marks the transition from Ancient Rome to Renaissance Rome within our narrative. Entering the Renaissance and early modern period, the walk continues between Piazza Venezia and Palazzo Madama, where figures such as Michelangelo Buonarroti, with his love poetry dedicated to men, and Caravaggio, whose paintings reveal an unmistakable—yet often unspoken—male erotic tension, take center stage.

The route then moves to the Forum of Caesar, returning to the political and symbolic heart of Ancient Rome, before arriving at the Colosseum, the city’s most iconic monument and a silent witness to Rome’s cultural and social evolution through the centuries.

The tour concludes in contemporary Rome along Via di San Giovanni in Laterano, known today as Rome’s Gay Street. Located opposite the Colosseum, this final stop is where past and present meet, showing how gay love has never disappeared, but has continually changed its form and expression.