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Street by Street: Trastevere
1 Casa della
Trastevere is a major attraction both for its restaurants, clubs, and Fornarina
movie theaters, and for its picturesque maze of narrow cobblestone Raphael’s beautiful
alleyways. On summer evenings the streets are packed with jostling mistress is said to have
lived here. There is
groups of pleasure-seekers, especially during the noisy local festival, now a flourishing
the Festa de’ Noantri (see p61). Everywhere café and restaurant tables restaurant in the
spill out over sidewalks, especially around Piazza di Santa Maria in back garden.
Trastevere and outside the pizzerias along Viale di Trastevere. There are
also kiosks selling slices of watermelon and grattachecca, a mixture
of syrup and grated ice. It is usually easier to appreciate the
antique charm of Trastevere’s narrow streets in the
more tranquil atmosphere of the early morning.

The church of V I A D E L L A S C A L A
Santa Maria dei
Sette Dolori
(1643) is a minor
work by Borromini. V I A D E L L A P E L L I C C I A
3 Santa Maria
della Scala
The church’s unassuming
S A N T ´ E G I D I
facade conceals a rich P I A Z Z A
D E ´
Baroque interior. P I A Z Z A D I O R E N Z I
V I A D E L L A P A G L I A

P I A Z Z A D I
S A N TA I N R E
M A R I A V E
4 Sant’Egidio and Museo T R A S T E
di Roma in Trastevere
This 17th-century fresco of
Sant’Egidio by Pomarancio
decorates the left-hand chapel
in the church. The convent
next door is a museum of
Roman life and customs. V I A D I S A N C O S I M A T O
Vicolo del Piede is one
of the picturesque
narrow streets lined with
restaurant tables leading
off Piazza di Santa Maria
in Trastevere.

5. Santa Maria in Trastevere
The church is famous for its mosaics by
Pietro Cavallini, but it also has earlier works
such as this mosaic of the prophet Isaiah,
to the left of the apse.

The fountain of Piazza di Santa
Key Maria in Trastevere by Carlo
Suggested route Fontana (1692) is a popular
meeting place. At night it is
floodlit and dozens of young
0 meters 75 people sit on the steps
0 yards 75 around its octagonal base.

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