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VIA VENETO

In Imperial Rome, this was a suburb where became capital of Italy in 1870, the Ludovisi
rich families owned luxurious villas and sold their land for development. They kept
gardens. Ruins from this era can be seen in a plot for a new house, but tax on the profits
the excavations in Piazza Sallustio, named from the sale was so high, they had to sell
after the most extensive gardens in the area, that too. By 1900, Via Veneto had become
the Horti Sallustiani. After the Sack of Rome a street of smart modern hotels and cafés.
in the 5th century (see p28), the area reverted It featured prominently in Fellini’s 1960 film
to open countryside. Not until the 17th La Dolce Vita, a scathing satire on the lives
century did it recover its lost splendor, with of movie stars and the idle rich, but since
the building of Palazzo Barberini and the then has lost its position as the meeting place
now-vanished Villa Ludovisi. When Rome of the famous.

Sights at a Glance
Churches and Temples Restaurants
3 Santa Maria della Concezione see pp315–17
and Capuchin Crypt 1 Edoardo
7 Santa Susanna 2 Brunello Lounge & Restaurant
8 Santa Maria della Vittoria 3 Harry’s Bar
Historic Buildings 4 Mirabelle
5 San Marco
2 Casino dell’Aurora Ludovisi 6 La Terrazza dell’Eden
6 Palazzo Barberini
See also Street Finder
Famous Streets map 5, 6
1 Via Veneto
Fountains
4 Fontana delle Api
5 Fontana del Tritone
D ' I T A L I A PIAZZA
C O R S O C A M P A N I A VIA PORTA SALARIA
FIUME
V I A
S I C I L I A
PORTA V I A S A R D E G N A LUDOVISI VIA LUCANIA VIA CALABRIA V.
PINCIANA V I A VIA A B R U Z Z I V I A G N A B O N C O M PA G N I V I A VALENZIANI
V I A
V I A R O M A
V I A D I P O R T A P I N C I A N A VIA EMILIA V I A V I A M A R C H E SALLUSTIANO V I A Q U I N T I N O S E L L A VIA S. TULLIO VIA FLAVIA
PUGLIE
S I C I L I A
V I A L A Z I O
VIA NERVA
V I A
PIAZZA
V. BELISARIO P I A V E
TOSCANA
V I A L O M B A R D I A
SALLUSTIO
VIA
VIA COLLINA
P I E M O N T E
S A L L U S T I A N A
FRIULI
L U D O V I S I
VIA VITTORIO VENETO
AURORA
FLAVIA
VIA
V I A
V I A
V I A VITTOR I O V E N E T O S E T T E M B R E
V I A L U C U L L O
VIA
V I A V. CADORE L I G U R I A V I A L. B IS SO V I A G . C A R D U C C I V I A A U R E L I A N A
V I A S A L AND R A
V. S.
V IA D . A R T I STI ISIDORO TOLENTINO LAT I
V I A
S. NICOLA D. B A R B E RI N I
VIA
VIA PURIFICAZIONE
Barberini X X
SALITA DI S. NICOLA DA TOLENTINO
V I A
0 metres 300
0 yards 300
V. DEL L E Q UAT T RO F O NTA N E
The magnificent interior of Santa Maria della Vittoria For keys to symbols see back flap
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