`Hole Of Rome` On The Aventine Hill In Rome, Italy Editorial Image

View of a `Hole of Rome` on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy. People waiting to get a view of Saint Peter`s Basilica through the keyhole of the door leading to the Villa of the Knights of Malta. Not far from the church of St. Alexis, high on the Aventine Hill, via di Santa Sabina opens onto the quiet Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta. Bordered by a high wall, decorated with neoclassical obelisks and military trophies, it leads to a famous and fascinating broad wooden door, known affectionately by Romans as the `Hole of Rome`. With kaleidoscope charm, a vision of St Peter`s dome affectionately known to Romans as the `Cuppolone` perfectly in perspective, framed by the tops of trees in the foreground, opens up. Often wrapped in a thin mysterious mist, seems to stand at the end of the garden path, just beyond the door.