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ESQUILINE

The Esquiline is the largest and highest of The area is now heavily built up, except
Rome’s seven hills. In Imperial Rome the for a rather seedy park on the Colle Oppio,
western slopes overlooking the Forum a smaller hill to the south of the Esquiline,
housed the crowded slums of the Suburra. where you can see the remains of the Baths
On the eastern side there were a few villas of Titus, the Baths of Trajan, and Nero’s
belonging to wealthy citizens like Maecenas, Domus Aurea. The area’s main interest,
patron of the arts and adviser to Augustus. however, lies in its churches. Many of these
The essential character of the place has were founded on the sites of private houses
persisted through two millennia; it is still where Christians met to worship secretly in
one of the poorer quarters of the city. the days when their religion was banned.

Sights at a Glance
Churches Restaurants
1 San Martino ai Monti see pp310–11
2 San Pietro in Vincoli 1 Agata e Romeo
3 Santa Pudenziana 2 Cuoco e Camicia
4 Santa Maria Maggiore 3 Da Danilo
pp174–5 4 La Gallina Bianca
5 Santa Prassede 5 Hang Zhou
7 Santa Bibiana 6 Tempio di Iside
Museums See also Street Finder 7 Trattoria Monti
maps 5, 6, 9
9 Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale
Historic Piazzas
8 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 0 meters 300
Ancient Sites 0 yards 300
0 Auditorium of Maecenas
q Sette Sale V.LE E. DE NICOLA VIA
w Domus Aurea PIAZZA DEI
Arches CINQUECENTO MARSALA
Termini
6 Arch of Gallienus Termini
Stazione Centrale
Roma Termini
M. D’AZEGLIO VIA CAVOUR
VIA VIA MANIN AMENDOLA VI A
BALBO URBANA VIA FARINI GIOBERTI
D.
CATTANEO
PIAZZA
VIA
DELL’
CESARE ESQUILINO VIA VIA PRINCIPE AMEDEO
VIA
VIA
V. D. ESQUILINO
VIA S. M. MAGGIORE V. LIBERIANA PIAZZA S. VIA C. FILIPPO
VIA V. PAOLINA MARIA VIA RATTAZZI Laziali
GIOVAN NI
CAVOUR V. QUATTRO MAGGIORE VIA CARLO VIA III TURATI
NAPOLEONE
VIA DI
VIA B.
RICASOLI
VIA S. MARTINO
VIA D. OLMATA S. PRASSEDE V. S. VITO VIA T. MAMIANI G I O LIT TI
Cavour
VIA VIA GIOVANNI CANTONI AI MONTI V I A ALBERTO Vittorio Santa Bibiana
LANZA
VIA
PIAZZA S.
LARGO MARTINO AI V. D. STATUTO Emanuele LAMARMORA
VENOSTA VIA IN SELCI MONTI VIA PRINCIPE UMBERTO
PIAZZA
CAVOUR MONTE OPPIO V. LEOPARDI EMANUELE II CAIROLI
VITTORIO
VIA FRANGIPANE VIA D. SETTE SALE LARGO VIA BUONARROTI ESQUILINO VIA PRINCIPE EUGENIO
VIA
VIA
VIALE DEL DI TRAIANO MECENATE M MACHIAVELLI CONTE VERDE M A N Z O N I
VIA VIA EUDOSIANA PARCO DI LEOPARDI FERRUCCIO VIA BIXIO
TRAIANO
VIA
VIA N.
VIA D. TERME
DANTE
V. D. ANNIBALDI
Colosseo PIAZZA VIA T. TASSO V I A E. F ILI B ER T O NINO
D EL COLOSSEO
VIA VIA C. BOTTA VIA ALFIERI VIA V I A L E
V. GALILEO GALILEI Manzoni
V I A L E D O M U S VIA A. POLIZIANO E R U L A N A
VIA N. SALVI
VIA RUGGERO BONGHI
VIALE MANZONI
V I A L. MURATORI
V. P. VILLARI
V I A L A B I C A N A
Detail from the apse mosaic at Santa Maria Maggiore For keys to symbols see back flap
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