The Greater Rome area is full of attractions for all ages. Piazzas, churches, ruins and architectural masterpieces are only part of the Eternal City magnetism. For art lovers, Rome is the world richest city. Rome also teems with sound, starting before dawn lasting into the night. Church bells meld with honking horns to create a cacophony that somehow seems fitting for bustling streets lined with modern-day boutiques, shops, produce stalls and other kiosks now standing alongside antiquities. For the new millennium, Rome went all out to scrape away decades of grime and pollution, revealing more of the city original glory and making classic attractions -- from the Colosseum to Trevi Fountain and Piaza Navona -- sparkle again. Whether filthy or clean, Rome monuments stand as an ever-present reminder of its status as one of the greatest centers of Western civilization when all roads once led to Rome.