the Eternal City

the Eternal City

Rome, Italy. The celebrated singer is traveling to the Eternal City for a performance at the Vatican for the Pope himself!
See also: city, eternal
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the Eternal City

a name for the city of Rome.
See also: city, eternal
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • put on a good, poor, wonderful, etc. show
  • put on a good/poor/etc. show
  • The City that Never Sleeps
  • pied-à-terre
  • Headstone City
  • look me up when you're in town
  • city slicker
  • slicker
  • walk the streets
  • cement city
References in periodicals archive
To contemplate the shift from future to past in the topos of the Eternal City, let us take a detour back through Classical Rome to explore the origins of this rhetorical figuration.
This recent turn of events is most welcome in challenging preconceived notions of art in the Eternal City at the turn of the seventeenth century.
The 2004 edition of the Calendario Romano, a calendar that promotes tourism to the Eternal City, has raised some eyebrows.
The newspaper II Messaggero reported that the system, 15 feet beneath the Eternal City and a quarter of a mile long, runs below the Roman Forum and emerges near the Colosseum.
NEW YORK: In John Guare's Chaucer in Rome, the Eternal City is overflowing with Holy Year pilgrims.
ESCAPE TO THE ETERNAL CITY THIS summer sees the arrival of NH Collection Fori Imperiali, in Rome, joining the NH Hotel Group's other five properties already open in the Italian capital.
Birmingham Reader Offers PS50 Low deposits Book by 31st August Rome, Sorrento & Pompeii 8 days from PS759 Flying direct from Birmingham, 20, 27 May, 10 June, 2, 16, 23, 30 September & 14 October 2017 The timeless glories of the Eternal City, Pompeii's window on the Roman world, and the exquisite Neapolitan Riviera.
Many of the Eternal City's famous landmarks are visible from the fairways.
Jet2holidays has three nights in the Eternal City on offer, staying at the four star Grand Hotel Fleming, room only, for PS139 per person, based on two sharing.
Finding the main themes to be resisting assimilation and resisting imperial claims, he discusses figured speech and the critique of imperial power, the warning against idolatry, a better hope, the eternal city and its ruler, Jesus' defeat of the devil, Jesus' Herculean labor of liberation, and the theodical challenge of Flavian triumph.
While in the Eternal City, they visit the Keats museum and a top restaurant.
Jep's mood is mirrored by the restless camera as his dreamlike journey reveals surprises around each corner of the eternal city.
Enjoy a fascinating discovery of the eternal city of Rome, the stunning sights of Sorrento and the hidden treasures of Pompeii Highlights..Rome, Pompeii, Capri,Amalfi, Montecassino Abbey and Sorrento.
Against arguments that the Eternal City is itself a monument and exhibition, the Museum opened in 1930 with the express mission of conserving Rome's life, traditions, and image as modernity increasingly claimed the streets outside.
The lovebirds, who got engaged in July 2008, were overheard finalizing details for a summer wedding in the Eternal City while at the Library Bar at the Paramount Hotel, reports the New York Post.