Sights in Trastevere

What to see in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome

Tourist info:
www.turismoroma.it
www.060608.it
City museums:
www.museiincomuneroma.it
Ancient sites:
archeoroma.beniculturali.it

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A street in Trastevere** Trastevere itself - This former working class district is Rome's left bank, a bohemian neighborhood of cobblestone streets, loads of restaurants and bars, and a lively air day and night... Full story

Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome** Santa Maria in Trastevere - Rome's first church named for the Virgin, its frescoed façade floodlit at night, the apse covered with mosaics by Pietro Cavallini, its cosmatesque floor inlaid with swirling patterns of marble chips... Full story

Cavallini frescoes in Santa Cecilia in Trastevere* Santa Cecilia in Trastevere - You'd never know from the bland baroque interior of this convent church that, by slipping a modest bribe to the nuns, you can get inside the cloistered section to see one of Rome's last remaining medieval masterpieces of fresco by Pietro Cavallini... Full story

Bernini's Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica in san Francesco A Ripa in TrastevereSan Francesco a Ripa - Bernini was the master of racy, nearly erotic religious themes... Full story

Raphale's Galatea in the Villa Farnesina, Rome* Villa Farnesina - Baldassare Peruzzi built this modestly sized but sumptuously decorated villa for banking mogul Agostino Chigi in 1508–11, who had particularly good taste in artists and hired Raphael, Sodoma, and Peruzzi to decorate the interior of his new villa.... Full Story

The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Corsini, RomeGalleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica: Palazzo Corsini - This 15th-century palace houses the original half of Rome's National Gallery of paintings (the other half's in the Palazzo Barberini, near Via Veneto). The paintings are hung sort of all squished together, but its worth a visit for such big names as Raphael, Caravaggio, Fra' Angelico, Guido Reni, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Guercino.... Full Story

Botanical Gardens in TrastevereOrto Botanico - A hidden botanical garden of quiet paths in Trastevere... Full Story

Isola TiberinaTiber Island - Rome's only island rides the water of the Tevere like a boat laden with the echoes of ancient myths and beliefs... Full story

View from the Gianicolo at night* The Gianicolo - The Janiculum is not, technically, one of the famous "seven hills of Rome," but it's still my favorite—stretched between Trastevere and the Vatican Borgo across the Tiber River from the ancient center, and offering a stunning panorama of the city... Full Story

Tatro dei burratini sul gianicoloTaking in a puppet show on the Gianicolo - See Pulcinella shows (in America, this translated to Punch & Judy) and other puppet classics Tuesdays to Sundays in this little theater on the hill (show times vary; usually in late afternoon)... Full Story

Mercato Porta Portese* Porta Portese Market - Even if you buy nothing, this giant mercato dei pulci—why is it called a "flea market" in every language?—is a carnival of sights, sounds, and smells (don't worry, mostly of roasting corn). This is the Big Mamma of Roman flea markets. Not to be missed.... Full Story

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The Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican Museums*** Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel - Rome's most magnificent collection of museums includes Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, the Raphael Rooms, exquisite ancient Roman sculptures, and a painting gallery stuffed with works by Leonardo da Vinci, Giotto, Caravaggio, Raphael, Fra' Angelico, and many more....Full Story

Basilica San Pietro*** St. Peter's Basilica - The capital of Christendom and most magnificent basilica on Earth is a late-Renaissance/early-baroque masterpiece of architecture and decoration, an artistic collaborations across the centuries between the likes of Michelangelo and Bernini, and something of a personal pulpit for the man who lives next door: the Pope... Full story

The Foro BoarioThe Foro Boario - The forgotten forum, a pair of teensy, utterly ancient temples slung between the back side of the Capitoline Hill and the Tiber River, across from the Mouth of Truth, in what was until modern time a cow pasture.... Full Story

Bocca della Verita, in Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, Rome* Santa Maria in Cosmedin - It's not the glittering mosaics, 12th-century bell tower, or cosmatesque pavement inside that draw the crowds to this medieval church; it's the ancient Roman sewer-covering inside the portico, a grotesque face with a gaping mouth called the * "Mouth of Truth," into which Gregory Peck-wannabes trust their hands and brazenly tell lies while Audrey Hepburn types shriek with horror as the men pretend that the mouth chomps off their hands for fibbing. Rent Roman Holiday and you'll see what I mean... Full story

Bocca della Verità* The Mouth of Truth - An ancient Roman sewer-covering carved into a grotesque face with a gaping mouth that legend holds will bite off the fingers of anyone who dares stick in his hand and tell a lie.... Full Story

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