The exhibition
Galleria Borghese, early morning
A historic villa with Bernini and Caravaggio, before the light grows full. Reserved 8:30 opening, a walk in the gardens, coffee around the corner.
Issue 04 — Spring 2026
A magazine you can inhabit.
Private stays in Rome, built like a quarterly magazine: one season, one direction, choices kept few and curated. For those who come for the way, not the list.
Rome, in motion
A city told through gestures, not postcards.
Hours, hands, light, details — what photographs cannot say.
No. 03 — The columns
Four standing columns of the issue.
Like a magazine, every issue keeps four standing columns. The contents — places, exhibitions, people — change every season. The voice does not.
I
Slow morning
A museum before opening, a long breakfast, a walk in the gardens. The hours when Rome does not look like its guidebooks.
II
Lower hours
Evening openings, palaces lit from within, an empty room and ten people. The city when voices lower and marble changes colour.
III
Side pages
Courtyards, improbable archaeologies, thresholds that open for ten minutes. The Rome read off-index — the one that stays with you.
IV
At the table
Workshops, morning markets, a table set in a private home, a cook working bread while you take coffee. Roman style — the kind that does not need to sign itself.
No. 04 — The season's anchors
Three pages, in this issue.
Each issue keeps three anchors: an exhibition, a threshold, a morning. Refreshed each edition, never more than three. What — right now — earns the alarm or the dinner.
Lower hours
Capitolini, the terrace at sunset
The world's oldest public museum, from the terrace overlooking the rooftops. Ideal for small groups, paired with a dinner in Monti.
Side pages
Centrale Montemartini, industrial archaeology
Classical sculpture among turbines and machinery, away from the obvious circuits. A strong hour, paired with the Testaccio market or a historic trattoria.
The issue is refreshed each season — always for few. Receive the next issue →
No. 05 — The map
Where we look, when we say Rome.
Seven working districts. None chosen by inertia, none by trend. Each holds a precise role in the issue's pages — and someone there opens a door for us.
- 01 Testaccio Food pathways, morning market, popular-elegant Roman cooking.
- 02 Prati Hotel partnerships, refined local Rome — quietly.
- 03 Monti Heritage and design boutiques, an editorial daily life.
- 04 Aventino Contemplative Rome, slow morning, reserved.
- 05 Trastevere — filtered Selected corners only — thresholds and tables. Never cliché.
- 06 Coppedè / Salario Secret architecture, exclusive walks — always in the morning.
- 07 Garbatella Authentic storytelling, a counterweight to the centre.
No. 06 — Editor's note
A magazine, the photographers we work with say, is a slow way of looking at things. You choose a season, a direction, four or five images that hold the issue. Everything else, you save for later.
That is how we work. Rome is the fixed landscape; the rest changes every quarter. The exhibitions worth holding, the mornings when the light is right, the homes that open their door for a few guests.
That is why we work for few. And why every issue begins with an email, not a checkout.
The editors Roma Project — editorial curation, Spring 2026No. 07 — Glances
The photographic pages of the issue.
No. 08 — Colophon
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