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The Porta Pinciana was Villa
built in AD 403. Only the Borghese
central arch of white
travertine is original.
VIA VENETO

QUIRINAL
V I A V E N E T O Locator Map
See Central Rome Map pp16–17

2 Casino dell’Aurora
V I A L U D O V I S I
Ludovisi
A pavilion is all that
remains of the great
Ludovisi estate that
once occupied most
of this quarter of Rome.

V I A V E N E T O

1 Via Veneto
V I A D I S A N B A S I L I O
Built during the redevelopment of
Rome at the end of the 19th
century, this street of chic hotels
Key and spacious sidewalk cafés
Suggested route enjoyed its heyday during
the 1950s and 1960s.
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V I A D I S A N N I C O L A D A T O L E N T I N O
V I A B I S S O L AT I 7 Santa Susanna
This church is dedicated to
a martyr executed during
Diocletian’s persecution of
Christians in the 3rd century AD.

8 . Santa Maria
della Vittoria
L A R G O D I S A N TA S U S A N N A Cornaro Chapel, designed
The highlight of this
Baroque church is the
to resemble a theater.
The center of the stage
is occupied by Bernini’s
thrilling sculpture of The
Ecstasy of St. Teresa.

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