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A Two-Hour Tour of Roman Canova (named after the
Tombs, Legends, and Artists sculptor Antonio Canova) to
see the exterior of his studio 8
at No. 16, a corner building
The northern half of central Rome with its air of mystery is studded with ancient statues
a great place for families to explore. Following this trail of and carvings. Turn left onto
creepy places and famous deaths interspersed with glimpses Via del Corso 9, Rome’s “Main
of the city’s historic artists’ center, visitors can see Imperial Street.” This is just under a mile
mausoleums, a death mask, and a crypt decorated with (1.5 km) of palazzi and stores
monks’ bones. This is also a Rome where art is not just in that has hosted parades,
carnivals, races, and processions
the museums – it is everywhere – so you will see working art for centuries, and still functions
studios, pass Rome’s Gallery of Fine Arts, and wander down as the main drag for Rome’s
the famous “artists’ row.” evening stroll, the passeggiata.
As you pass San Giacomo on
your left (once the church of a
hospital founded in 1339 as a

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POPOLO t VIALE G. D’ ANNUNZIO
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1 Castel Sant’Angelo, site of Emperor Hadrian’s tomb VIA D. PENNA V. D. OCA VIA DEL BABUINO
VIA A. BRUNETTI q VIALE TRINITÀ DEI MONTI
Imperial Tombs Camporese. On the right, at the V I A D I R I P E T T A VIA LAURINA y
VIA D.
Begin at Emperor Hadrian’s corner of Via Canova, is the VANTAGGIO V I A D E L C O R S O
tomb, deep in the heart of the church of Santa Maria Portae VIA MARGUTTA
papal Castel Sant’Angelo 1 (see Paradisi 7, designed in 1523 by 0
pp250–51). From the castle’s Antonio Sangallo the Younger 7 V. A. CANOVA 9 VIA D. GRECI u VIA DEL B ABU INO
riverside entrance, turn left with a 1509 Madonna and 6 8
then left again along the Child by the sculptor L UN G OTEVERE IN AUGUSTA VIA DELLA FREZZA i Spagna
star-shaped walls, before Sansovino. The V I A A R A PAC I S PIAZZA DI a
VIA DELLA CROCE
SPAGNA
turning right into Piazza octagonal interior 5 VIA V I T TORIA VIA MARIO DE' FIORI p s
Cavour, dominated on dates to 1645. Turn 4 VIA DELLE CARROZZE o VIA D. ARTISTI V. VITTORIO VENETO
the south by the huge, right down Via LUNGOT. DEI MELLINI V IA B O C C A D I L EON E PIAZZA
ostentatious Palazzo di VIA P. CAVALLINI AUGUSTO VIA BELSIANA VIA CONDOTTI MIGNANELLI VIA GREGO RIANA V I A F R A N C E S C O C R I S P I VIA PURIFICAZIONE f
PIAZZA
Giustizia 2 (see p249), 5 Frieze from 3 IMPERATORE VIA BORGOGNONA V I A S I S T I N A Barberini
slowly sinking under its Ara Pacis VIA V. COLONNA Ponte Cavour V I A T O M A C E L L I V. PROPAGANDA d
PIAZZA
own weight since 1910. CAVOUR VIA DELL’ARANCIO V I A D U E M A C E L L I VIA ZUCCHELLI PIAZZA
VIA L.
Turn right down Via Colonna CALAMATTA V. CAPO LE CASE BARBERINI
VIA D. AVIGNONESI
to cross the Tiber on Ponte 2 VIA ULPIANO V I A D E L T R I T O N E
Cavour. Once across the LUN GOTEV ERE P R ATI
busy Lungotevere, turn left V IA TRI B ON I A N O LUNG O T E V E RE M AR ZI O

to go into the church of
San Rocco 3 (see p143). T e v e r e
Just beyond it lies LUNGOT. CASTELLO
the Mausoleum of 1 P.te Umberto
Augustus 4 (see p143),
sprouting a miniature F i u m e
grove of cypresses. To its
left sits the ancient altar, Sant’Angelo Ponte L UNG O T EV E RE T OR DI NO N A
Ara Pacis 5 (see p142)
showing Augustus’ family.
The Tridente 0 meters 200
Continue heading north up
Via di Ripetta. On your left is the 0 yards 200
graffiti-covered courtyard of Key
the Accademia di Belle Arti 6,
Rome’s fine art academy, Walk route 0 Baroque magnificence inside the
designed in 1845 by Pietro Chiesa di Gesù e Maria
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