Rome - Trastevere
Trastevere (from trans Tiberim), the district of Rome beyond the Tiber, has preserved much of the character of old Rome, with its narrow and irregular streets, its little squares and its venerable churches, such as Santa Maria in Trastevere. The people of Trastevere claim that their district is older than Rome. There is a constant bustle of life and activity in the Viale Trastevere and the little lanes and squares opening off it. This liveliness is at its height in the evening, but visitors who go across to Trastevere for their evening meal should take care to give thieves no opportunity to ply their trade.
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Museo Torlonia
The Museo Torlonia is one of the largest private collections of antiquities in Europe, with some 600 pieces of sculpture. The collection was begun by Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia (1754-1829), a wealthy Roman, who acquired a number of private collections and added to them material found in excavations on his estates.
San Crisogono
The church of San Crisogono, situated at the end of the Viale di Trastevere nearest the Tiber, was originally built at some time before 499 in honor of St Chrysogonus, martyred in the reign of Diocletian, and rebuilt in 1129.
Situated in the busy Piazza Sonnino, the church attracts large numbers of worshippers. The two porphyry columns of the triumphal arch are the largest in Rome.
Situated in the busy Piazza Sonnino, the church attracts large numbers of worshippers. The two porphyry columns of the triumphal arch are the largest in Rome.
San Francesco a Ripa
The present church of San Francesco a Ripa was built in 1231, replacing an earlier chapel belonging to the pilgrim hospice of San Biagio, in which St Francis was said to have stayed when visiting Rome. The church was rebuilt by Mattia de'Rossi in 1682-89. In the fourth chapel in the north aisle is a famous statue of the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, a major late work by Bernini (1674).
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| Open | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| Open | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
| Close | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Villa Doria Pamphili
Adjoining the Janiculum are the extensive grounds of the Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome's largest municipal park, now traversed by the Via Olimpica, a road constructed for the 1960 Olympics. The villa was built by Alessandro Algardi about 1650 for Prince Camillo Pamphili, a nephew of Pope Innocent X. On a terrace alongside the Via Aurelia Antica is the dei Quattro Venti (country house of the four winds), which is decorated with statues and reliefs.
