Travel with Rick Steves · Saturday, August 8, 2026
Susanna Perocchini highlights Largo Argentina in Rome as an interesting site due to its ancient Roman temple ruins and a thriving cat sanctuary. Nina Bernardo notes that the area embodies Rome's 'everlasting present' where historical continuity is evident, with spaces being reused over time.
“Personally, I am a big fan of Largo Argentina because I don't know if our people do know that there's a cat sanctuary.”
“So it's really interesting that these fabulous cat, very kind of fat cats, they can live among the best ruins of Roman temples.”
“So from a temple into something else, that can be why not a cat sanctuary, for example.”
“And there's an author who describes history in Rome as an everlasting present.”