Sights in the Tridente

What to see in the Tridente neighborhood of Rome—from Piazza del Popolo to the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain

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

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Piazza di Spagna - Scalinata Trinità dei Monti*** The Spanish Steps - A graceful arc of stairs—set off by azaleas in spring and always overflowing with chattering Romans and tourists—is tied in an off-center double-bow to an elegant hillside at the very heart of Rome's trendiest shopping district... Full Story

Fontana di Trevi** The Trevi Fountain - The world's most famous wishing well is a riot of sculpture and favorite late-night gathering place in Rome.... Full Story

Ara Pacis* Ara Pacis - Augustus had his "Altar of Peace" built in 13 BC to celebrate the peace brought by his unification of the Empire. Though you can peer at it through the glass walls of its enclosure, it's worth the admission to go inside and examine up close the beautiful relief panels carved with mythological figures and long processions of prominent citizens from Rome's history—carvings that represent the point at which Roman art finally significantly broke from Greek models to make a strong, classical statement all its own... Full story

Mausoleum of AugustusTomb of Augustus - This 287-foot-wide brick cylinder crowned with a dirt mound and cypress trees once housed the remains of every Roman emperor from the first, Augustus (died AD 14), to Nerva (died AD 98), plus some family members and favored generals. Invading barbarians hordes sacked the tomb during the fall of Rome, unceremoniously dumping the imperial ashes onto the floor to make off with the urns as booty. In the Middle Ages, this became a fortress, then a baroque amphitheater for cockfights and bear baiting, and finally a concert hall until 1936... Full story

Teh Caravaggio chapel in Satan Maria del Popolo** Santa Maria del Popolo - This little gem of a church at the very northern edge of the city center is one of my favorite in all of Rome, and it acts as a primer of Italy's Renaissance and early baroque movements, with works by Caravaggio, Bernini, Raphael, Pinturicchio, Sansovino, Bramante, Guillaume de Marcillat, Annibale Carracci, and more... Full story

Piazza del Popolo* Piazza del Popolo - This huge oval space, centered on an fountain sprouting ancient Egyptian obelisk of Ramses II, between the banks of the Tiber River and the terraced 19th-century Pincio Gardens leading up to Villa Borghese Park once formed part of the gardens belonging to the family of the crazed and despised Emperor Nero. After complaints that Nero's ghost haunted the pine grove on the site, the church razed it and built the amazing church of Santa Maria del Popolo, crammed with art and architectural works by Caravaggio, Bernini, Raphael, and Pinturicchio... Full story

Palazzo ZuccariPalazzo Zuccari - The artists who once owned this palazzo near the top of the Spanish Steps laid out an unusual unwelcome mat in the form of turning the door and window frames into the gaping maws of monstrous faces .... Full Story

Mercato delle Stampe - Old and antique books, prints, maps, and stamps in a small group of booths and shops at Largo della Fontanella Borghese (between the Pantheon and Ara Pacis).
Mon–Sat 9:30am–6pm.

Borghetto Flaminio - One of the most noted of the antiques markets, operating every Sunday (except in August) in a small courtyard off the Via Flaminia, a few blocks north of Piazza del Popolo.
Piazza della Marina 32, tel. +39-06-588-0517. Sundays 10am–7pm.

Nearby sights

Giardini Villa Borghese park* Villa Borghese Gardens - Rome's main park, with bike rentals, paddle boats, the landscaped Pincio gardens overlooking Piazza del Popolo, and—this being Rome, after all—several wonderful museums (including the Borghese Gallery)... Full Story

The Capuchin Crypt in Rome's Santa Maria Immacolata ConcezioneSanta Maria Immacolata Concezione - No one comes here for the church itself, they come of the creepy Capuchin Crypt underneath, where the walls of four chapels are mosaicked with the bones of dead monks... Full story

Bernini's Apollo & Daphne at the Borghese Gallery in Rome** Galleria Borghese - Rome's Galleria Borghese in the middle of the city's best park is a frescoed 1613 villa packed to the gills with amazing works by Bernini, Caravaggio, and Raphael—not to mention ancient statuary—and ranks as one of my top three small museums in the world. Warning: Entry is on timed tickets which you must book ahead of time (and it can sell out days in advance)... Full Story

Colonnna di Marco AurelioColumn of Marcus Aurelius - The emperor's exploits and most famous victories spelled out comic-strip fashion in a spiral up this giant marble pillar along the Via del Corso.... Full Story

The Pantheon in Rome*** The Pantheon - The only ancient Roman temple to survive the millennia intact is also one of the most amazing architectural spaces in Rome, an expansive cylinder swaddled in precious marbles, topped by a vast concrete hemisphere, and pierced by a wide shaft of sunlight from the oculus at the center... Full Story

Museum of Souls in PurgatoryMuseo delle Anime del Purgatorio (Museum of Souls in Purgatory) - Proof that not everyone makes it to the afterlife on the first try.... Full Story

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