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Street by Street: Piazza Navona

No other piazza in Rome can rival y Oratorio dei
the theatricality of Piazza Navona. Filippini
Day or night, there is always The musical term oratorio
something going on in the comes from this place of u Torre dell’Orologio
informal worship.
This clock tower by
pedestrian area around its three Borromini (1648) is part of
flamboyant fountains. The Baroque the Convent of the Filippini.
is also represented in many of the
area’s churches. To discover an
older Rome, walk along Via del
Governo Vecchio to admire
the facades of its Renaissance
buildings, and browse in the V I A D E L C O R A L L O
fascinating antiques shops.

t Chiesa Nuova V I A D E L
This church was
rebuilt in the late 16th
century for the order V I A D I PA R I O N E
founded by San
Filippo Neri. G O V E R N O V E C C H I O
To Corso Vittorio V I A D I S A N TA M A R I A D E L L ´ A N I M A
Emanuele II

r Via del Governo
Vecchio
This street preserves a
large number of fine
Renaissance houses.

e Pasquino P I A Z Z A
Romans hung satirical D I PA S Q U I N O
verses and dialogues on
this weather-beaten statue.
6 Santa Maria della Pace
This medallion shows Pope Sixtus IV
who reigned 1471–84, and under 3 Palazzo Pamphilj
whose orders the church was built. This grand town house was built
for Pope Innocent X and his
C O R S O V I T T O R I O E M A N U E L E I I
family in the mid-17th century. P A N T A L E O
P I A Z Z A
D I S A N

q Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
The magnificent curving colonnade
(1536) is by Baldassarre Peruzzi.

Key
w Palazzo Braschi Suggested route D E L L A V A L L E
A late 18th-century building
with a splendid balcony,
the palazzo houses the 0 meters 75
Museo di Roma. 0 yards 75

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