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CAMPO DE’
JANICULUM FIORI

TRASTEVERE
T e v e r e
Gianicolense AVENTINE
Locator Map
See Central Rome Map pp16–17
2 Ponte Sisto
P I A Z Z A P O N T E S I S T O This bridge was built on the orders
T R I L U S S A
of Sixtus IV in 1474 to link
Trastevere to central Rome.
The Torre degli
Anguillara (13th century)
is the only survivor of
V I A D E L L A P E L L I C C I A the many medieval towers
that once dominated the
Trastevere skyline.

P I A Z Z A
D E ´
R E N Z I
Piazza Belli is named after Giuseppe Gioacchino
T E V E R E
Belli (1791–1863), who wrote satirical sonnets
in Roman dialect rather than academic Italian.
At the center of the piazza stands a statue of
P I A Z Z A D I T R A S T E the poet (1913).
S A N TA I N R E
M A R I A V E
L U N G O T E V E R E S A N Z I O
G A R I B A L D I
P O N T E
V I A D E L L A R E N E L L A
7 Caserma dei
Vigili della VII
Coorte
The courtyard of this
B E L L I
P I A Z Z A
V I A D E L L A L U N G A R E T T A
antique Roman fire
station still stands.
V I A D I S A N G A L I C A N O P I A Z Z A
S O N N I N O
V I A L E D I T R A S T E V E R E

6 San Crisogono
The Romanesque bell tower
dates from the early 12th century.
The plain portico is a later addition
(1626), but is in keeping with the spirit
of this ancient church.

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