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The Eagle Fountain was
built to celebrate the arrival
of water from the Acqua Prati
Paola aqueduct at the
Vatican. The eagle is the VATICAN
Borghese crest. Tevere
PIAZZA
NAVONA
Aurelio CAMPO
DE'FIORI
JANICULUM
Locator Map
See Central Rome Map pp16–17
The Casina of Pius IV is a
delightful summer house in the
Vatican Gardens built by
Pirro Ligorio in the
mid-16th century.

Entrance to Vatican
Museums

2 . Vatican Museums
Raphael’s Madonna of Foligno
(1513) is just one of the Vatican’s
many Renaissance masterpieces.

The Galleon
Fountain is a
perfect scale
model of a
17th-century ship
in lead, brass, and
copper. It was
made by a
Flemish artist for
Pope Paul V.

V I A D I P O R TA A N G E L I C A

P I A Z Z A
SAN PIETRO The obelisk was erected here in
P I A Z Z A 1586 with the help of 150 horses
and 47 winches.
P I O X I I
The Cortile della Pigna is mostly
the work of Bramante. The niche
for the pine cone, once a
To Via della Roman fountain, was added by
Conciliazione Pirro Ligorio in 1562.

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