Every street has a story.
Ciro tells it to you, on the spot.
Stand anywhere in Rome and a narrator tells you what happened right there, then answers your questions, in your language. Real history, walkable routes, and a little mystery. Live in Rome.
Email info@ciroai.com and we add you to the iOS TestFlight build manually.
A 35-second film
Rome has told stories for two thousand years. Now it tells them to you.
Drawn by hand, scored for sound, and played live in your browser. Press play, or jump to any chapter.
What it feels like
Less like an audio guide. More like a friend who knows the city.
Twenty seconds each. Tap one and turn the sound on.
Act 01 · Historical
Real history, told on the spot.
Rome · 41.900° N · 12.475° E
The Fugitive's Last Canvas
Rome, 1606. The greatest painter in the city is wanted for murder. You are handed his police file and asked to close it. Six stops through Campo Marzio, from th…
Open the storyAct 03 · Interactive
Solve a small mystery as you walk.
Coming soon. We are still writing the first interactive stories.
Act 04 · Cinematic
Stand where famous scenes were shot.
Coming soon. We are still writing the first cinematic stories.
Act 05 · Personal Reflection
A quiet moment, written for you.
Coming soon. We are still writing the first personal reflection stories.
Our first story · free
The Fugitive’s Last Canvas
Rome, May 1606. A painter kills a man in a brawl by the tennis courts, and runs. Four hundred years later, a crow who kept the papal police archive asks you to walk his last days in the city. Six stops, a little over a kilometre, and a verdict at the end that is yours to give.
- Walk
- ≈ 50 min
- Stops
- 6
- Best at
- golden hour
In field testing now in Campo Marzio. Every church, every hour, every step is being checked on foot before it ships.
- 01Piazza NavonaWhere Il Corvo opens the file
- 02Palazzo MadamaThe cardinal who protected him
- 03San Luigi dei FrancesiFind his face in the crowd
- 04Sant’AgostinoThe pilgrims with dirty feet
- 05Via della Pallacorda28 May 1606, the fight
- 06The PantheonYour verdict
A series · Rome, told by Ciro
Every stone has a story. Here are six.
One question, three true facts, and the place to stand when you want the rest. Each chapter is a fact, so you can skip straight to the one you want.
Made in Rome
Written by people who walk these streets. Told by a voice that answers back.
Ciro began as a master’s thesis at Sapienza Università di Roma and became a small studio in the city it was written about. The AI does the listening and the answering; the stories, the routes and the facts are made by hand.
True before clever
Every fact is checked against sources before a narrator says it. When historians disagree, the story says so.
Walked, not imagined
Before a route ships we walk it ourselves. We time each leg, check the opening hours and stand where you will stand.
Eyes up, not down
Ciro talks so you can look at the city. The phone is there for the map, the clue and the moment you want to ask.
Erfan Soleymanzadeh
Founder · design & engineering
Kimia Bayat
Co-founder · interactive storytelling
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