Rome - Passeggiata del Gianicolo

The Passeggiata del Gianicolo lined with busts of Italian patriots, extends along the Janiculum from the Porta San Pancrazio to the Piazza della Rovere (near the Vatican), offering magnificent views of the whole of central Rome and the outlying districts, extending to the surrounding hills. The light-tower dates from 1911. In Piazza Garibaldi is a monumental equestrian statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi (restored in 1990), one of the great figures of the fight for Italian unity in the 19th century.

Every day on the stroke of noon an Austrian cannon in this square fires a shot which resounds far over the city to announce the time. The terraces around the square offer what is perhaps the finest panoramic view of Rome. A little way north is a statue of Garibaldi's wife Anita, her hair streaming in the wind.