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experience to pass through its vast markets, while at night it morphs into
bronze doors and gaze up at the largest a raucous open-air pub. Amidst the
unreinforced concrete dome ever built. chaos look out for a sinister statue of
The Walk » Follow the signs to Piazza Navona, a hooded monk. This is the heretic
stopping en route for a quick coffee at Caffè philosopher Giordano Bruno who was
Sant’Eustachio (Piazza Sant’Eustachio 82; burned at the stake here in 1600.
h8.30am-1am Sun-Thu, to 1.30am Fri, to 2am Sat). The Walk » Head up to Piazza Farnese, a matter
Piazza Navona of metres away.
With its ornate fountains, baroque Palazzo Farnese
palazzi (mansions) and colourful cast The formidable Palazzo Farnese
of street artists, hawkers and tour- (www.inventerrome.com; Piazza Farnese; €9;
ists, Piazza Navona is central Rome’s hguided tours 3pm, 4pm & 5pm Mon, Wed &
elegant showpiece square. Its grand Fri) is one of Rome’s finest Renaissance
centrepiece is Bernini’s Fontana dei buildings. Now home to the French
Quattro Fiumi, an ornate, showy foun- Embassy, it can only be visited on a
tain featuring personifications of the guided tour (for which you need to
rivers Nile, Ganges, Danube and Plate. pre-book; see the website for details),
The Walk » Exit the piazza to the south, cross but it’s worth it to marvel at a series of
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and continue up Via frescoes by Annibale Carracci that are
dei Baullari. said by some to rival Michelangelo’s in
Campo de’ Fiori the Sistine Chapel.
Noisy, colourful Campo de’ Fiori is The Walk » To get back to Largo di Torre
Argentina, double back to Corso Vittorio Emanuele
a major focus of Roman life: by day II and head right.
it hosts one of Rome’s best-known
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