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VATICAN
5 Santa Maria T e v e r e
dell’Anima PIAZZA DELLA ROTONDA
For four centuries
this has been the PIAZZA NAVONA
German church
in Rome.
CAMPO DE'
FIORI
Locator Map
See Central Rome Map pp16–17
Santa Maria
della Pace
2 . Piazza Navona
4 Sant’Agnese in Agone This unique piazza owes
Borromini’s startling its shape to a Roman
concave facade (1657) racetrack, and its stunning
dominates one side of decor to the genius of the
Piazza Navona. Roman Baroque.
V I A D I S A N TA M A R I A D E L L ´ A N I M A N A V O N A

C O R S O D E L R I N A S C I M E N T O 1 Fontana dei 8 Palazzo Madama
C O R S I A
Francesi
An 18th-century statue of
St. Louis stands in a niche
P I A Z Z A A G O N A L E V I A D E L S A L V AT O R E 7 . San Luigi dei
in the facade.
P I A Z Z A
A spread-eagled stone
Quattro Fiumi
D I PA S Q U I N O
the central doorway
This fountain
V I A D E G L I
supporting an lion skin decorates
of the palazzo, now
S TA D E R A R I
Egyptian obelisk was the Italian Senate.
designed by Bernini.
Fontana del Moro was remodeled
in 1653 by Bernini, who designed the
central sea god.
P I A Z Z A
D I S A N
V I A D E I S E D I A R I
P A N T A L E O
9 Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza
This tiny domed church is one
of Borromini’s most original
creations. He worked on it
between 1642 and 1650.
Key S A N T ´ A N D R E A 0 . Sant’Andrea della Valle
P I A Z Z A D I
The church, with its grandiose
Suggested route
facade by Carlo Rainaldi (1665),
D E L L A V A L L E
has gained fame outside Rome
as the setting of the first act of
To Campo de’ Fiori Puccini’s Tosca.
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