Centro Storico
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Capitoline Hill

The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. It was the citadel of the earliest Romans. By the 16th century, Capitolinus had become Capitolino in Italian, with the alternative Campidoglio stemming from Capitolium. The English word capitol derives from Capitoline.

Located at 41.8933, 12.4831 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1546, Visitor attractions in Rome, Seven hills of Rome, Piazzas in Rome

Trajan's Column

Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum.

Located at 41.8958, 12.4842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient Roman architecture, Buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century, 2nd-century Roman sculptures, Monumental columns in Rome, Roman victory columns, Military art, Roman Dacia, Dacia in art, Trajan

Church of the Gesù

The Church of the Gesù is the mother church of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order also known as the Jesuits. Officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all'Argentina (English: Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the "Argentina"), its facade is "the first truly baroque façade", introducing the baroque style into architecture. The church served as model for innumerable Jesuit churches all over the world, especially in the Americas.

Located at 41.8958, 12.4797 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1560s architecture, Buildings and structures completed in 1580, Jesuit churches, Renaissance architecture in Rome, Mannerist architecture in Italy, Roman Baroque, Baroque painting, Titular churches in Rome, 19th-century church buildings

Cordonata

Cordonata (Italian noun, from cordone, meaning "lineal architectonic element which emphasizes a limit") is a sloping road composed of transversal stripes ("cordoni"), which are made with stone or bricks. It has a form almost similar to a flight of steps, but allows the transit of horses and donkeys.

Located at 41.8936, 12.4822 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Footpaths, Types of roads

Doria Pamphilj Gallery

The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is a large art collection housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Italy. It is situated between the Via del Corso and Via della Gatta. The principal entrance is on the Via del Corso (until recently the entrance to the gallery was from the Piazza del Collegio Romano). The palace facade on the Via del Corso is adjacent to the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata. Like the palace, it is still privately owned by the princely Roman family Doria Pamphilj.

Located at 41.8977, 12.4811 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Rome, Palaces in Rome, Pamphili family, Private collections

Altare della Patria

The Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument built in honour of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.

Located at 41.8946, 12.4831 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in Rome, Buildings and structures in Rome, Monuments and memorials in Italy, Altars, National symbols of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Museums in Rome, History museums in Italy, Terminating vistas

Capitoline Museums

The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three palazzi surrounding a central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years.

Located at 41.8931, 12.4825 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Rome, Piazzas in Rome, Archaeological museums in Italy, Museum districts, 1471 establishments in Italy, Museums of Ancient Rome, Museums of Ancient Greece, Numismatic museums,

Santa Maria in Aracoeli

The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Mariae de Ara coeli in Capitolio, Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara coeli al Campidoglio) is a titular basilica in Rome, located on the highest summit of the Campidoglio. It is still the designated Church of the city council of Rome, which uses the ancient title of Senatus Populusque Romanus. The present Cardinal Priest of the Titulus Sancta Mariae de Aracoeli is Salvatore De Giorgi.

Located at 41.8939, 12.4833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 6th-century church buildings, Burial places of popes, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Palazzo Venezia

The Palazzo di Venezia (formerly Palace of St. Mark) is a palazzo (palace) in central Rome, Italy, just north of the Capitoline Hill. The original structure of this great architectural complex consisted of a modest medieval house intended as the residence of the cardinals appointed to the church of San Marco.

Located at 41.8961, 12.4817 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome, Renaissance architecture in Rome

San Marcello al Corso

San Marcello al Corso is a church in Rome, Italy, devoted to Pope Marcellus I. It is located just inset from Via del Corso, in ancient times called via Lata, and which now connects Piazza Venezia to Piazza del Popolo. It stands diagonal from the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata.

Located at 41.8987, 12.4818 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1592, 4th-century church buildings

Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome

Santa Maria di Loreto is a 16th century church in Rome, central Italy, located just across the street from the Trajan's Column, near the giant Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II.

Located at 41.8961, 12.4842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, Renaissance architecture in Rome, 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings

Province of Rome

The Province of Rome (Italian: Provincia di Roma) is one of the five provinces of Lazio, Italy. The province of Rome is the most populous of Italy, hosting the metropolitan area of Rome.

Located at 41.8931, 12.4828 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Province of Rome, Provinces of Italy, Geography of Rome

Piazza Venezia

The Piazza Venezia is a major circus and the central hub of Rome, Italy, in which many thoroughfares intersect. It takes its name from Venice ("Venezia" in Italian), after the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II) who had built the Palazzo Venezia, a palace set next to church of Saint Mark, also nearby, the patron saint of Venice. Palazzo Venezia was the former embassy of the city of the Republic of Venice to Rome.

Located at 41.8964, 12.4825 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Piazzas in Rome

San Marco, Rome

San Marco is a minor basilica in Rome dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist located in the small Piazza di San Marco adjoining Piazza Venezia. It was first built in 336 by Pope Mark, whose remains are in an urn located below the main altar. The basilica is the national church of Venice in Rome.

Located at 41.8957, 12.4814 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome, 336 establishments, 4th-century church buildings, Burial places of popes, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Basilica Ulpia

The Basilica Ulpia was an ancient Roman civic building located in the Forum of Trajan. The Basilica Ulpia separates the temple from the main courtyard in the Forum of Trajan with the Trajan's Column to the northwest. It was named after Roman emperor Trajan whose full name was Marcus Ulpius Traianus. It became perhaps the most important basilica after two ancient ones, the Basilicas Aemilia and Julia.

Located at 41.8956, 12.4846 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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2nd-century architecture, Ancient basilicas in Rome

Santa Maria in Via Lata

Santa Maria in Via Lata is a church on the Via del Corso, in Rome, Italy. It stands diagonal from the church of San Marcello al Corso.

Located at 41.8982, 12.4813 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 17th-century architecture, 5th-century church buildings

Palazzo Altieri

Palazzo Altieri is a palace in Rome, which was the home of the Altieri family in the city. The palace faces the square in front of the Church of the Gesù.

Located at 41.8963, 12.479 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1660s architecture, Palaces in Rome, Roman Baroque

Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

The Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum (Italian: Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, Latin: Ss. Nominis Mariae ad forum Traiani) is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. This church should not be confused with the church Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina in south-east Rome. The pale marble church stands in front of the Column of Trajan, a few dozen steps from the similarly domed, but externally more colorful, church of Santa Maria di Loreto.

Located at 41.8961, 12.4846 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Roman Baroque, Roman Catholic congregations established in the 18th century, Religious buildings completed in 1741

Palazzo Colonna

The Palazzo Colonna is a palatial block of buildings in central Rome, Italy, at the base of the Quirinal Hill, and adjacent to the church of Santi Apostoli. It is built in part over ruins of an old Roman Serapeum, and has belonged to the prestigious Colonna family for over twenty generations.

Located at 41.8975, 12.4842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1660s architecture, History of Rome, Roman Baroque, Private collections, Palaces in Rome

Fontana di Piazza d'Aracoeli

The fountain in the Piazza d'Aracoeli is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located at the base of the Capitoline Hill. It is one of the first, and simplest, of Renaissance fountains that would embellish the city. Two circular basins, capture the water, the top ringed by children pouring water from jugs, while above them is the heraldic symbol of the papal family.

Located at 41.8944, 12.481 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Fountains in Rome, 16th-century architecture

Palazzo Muti

The Palazzo Muti (officially the Palazzo Muti e Santuario della Madonna dell' Archetto) is a large townhouse in the Piazza dei Santi Apostoli, Rome, Italy, built in 1644. Together with the neighboring Palazzo Muti Papazzurri, it originally formed part of a complex of adjoining palazzi and other houses owned by the Muti Papazzurri family. During the 18th century this entire range of buildings was, by courtesy of the Pope, the residence of the exiled Stuart dynasty while in exile in Rome.

Located at 41.8984, 12.4827 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome, 1640s architecture

Palazzo Mancini

The Palazzo Mancini is a palazzo in Rome, Italy. From 1737 to 1793 it was the second home of the French Academy in Rome.

Located at 41.8975, 12.4819 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome

Bufalini Chapel

The Bufalini Chapel is a side chapel of the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome, Italy. First chapel on the right after the entrance, it houses a cycle of frescoes executed c. 1484-1486 by Pinturicchio depicting the life of the Franciscan friar St. Bernardino of Siena, sainted in 1450.

Located at 41.8938, 12.4829 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Chapels in Rome, 1480s paintings, Paintings by Pinturicchio

Palazzo Grazioli

Palazzo Grazioli is a building situated at Via del Plebiscito 102 between the Palazzo Doria Pamphili and Palazzo Altieri in Rome, Italy, in an area rich in archaeological remains of ancient Rome, the result of numerous modifications and restoration work carried out by several noble Roman families who lived there over the centuries. The oldest sources connects the palace to the Ercolani family and was initially built by Giacomo della Porta.

Located at 41.8967, 12.4806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome, Silvio Berlusconi

Santi Apostoli, Rome

The Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles (Italian: Santi XII Apostoli, Latin: SS. XII Apostolorum) is a 6th century Roman Catholic parish and titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, dedicated originally to St. James and St. Philip and later to all Apostles. Today, the basilica is under the care of the Conventual Franciscans, whose headquarters in Rome is in the adjacent building. The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus XII Apostolorum is Angelo Scola.

Located at 41.8981, 12.4832 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 6th-century church buildings, Burial places of popes