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9 . Spanish Steps
Even when obscured Villa
by crowds, the steps Borghese
are one of the glories
of late Baroque Rome. T e v e r e PIAZZA DI SPAGNA
VIA
VENETO
PIAZZA
DELLA
PIAZZA
NAVONA ROTONDA QUIRINAL
Locator Map
See Central Rome Map pp16–17
3 Colonna dell’Immacolata
A Roman column supports a
statue of the Virgin Mary.
0 Trinità
dei Monti
This 16th-century
church has a
spectacular
setting and
some of the finest
views in Rome.

1 Sant’Andrea
delle Fratte
Pasquale Marini painted
The Redemption to decorate
the interior of Borromini’s
high dome in 1691.

V I A D I P R O P A G A N D A
V I A B O R G O N O N A

V I A F R A T T I N A V I A D E L L A V I T E

2 Palazzo di
Propaganda Fide
This facade (1665) was one
of the last works of the great
Francesco Borromini.

7. Keats-Shelley Memorial House
The library is part of the small museum
established in the house where the
English poet Keats died in 1821.

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