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Sommaire Palazzo Di Venezia Les essentiels ...........................6 Palazzo Spada ...................................74 Mercati Traianei............................. 102 Portico di Ottavia ..........................135 Si vous aimez ......................... 10 Via Giulia ............................................74 Foro di Augusto ............................. 102 Teatro di Marcello ..........................135 bonnes Foro di Nerva .................................. 103 Programmes ............................14 Isola Tiberina ...................................136 Foro di Cesare ................................. 103 Foro Olitorio et foro Boario.........136 adresses De la via del Corso Hébergement ...................................... 170 Santi Cosma e Damiano ............. 103 Santa Maria in Cosmedin ...........137 à la villa Borghese 75 Restaurants ...........................................175 Arco di Costantino ........................ 103 Circo Massimo ................................137 3 | De la via del Corso Glaciers ...................................................179 Colosseo ........................................... 103 Santa Sabina ...................................138 magazine à la piazza di Spagna ..........76 Bars, cafés ..............................................179 Un musée à ciel ouvert ..........18 Les thermes de Caracalla...............104 Palazzo Colonna .............................76 14 | Du Trastevere Shopping...............................................180 Dans l’éclat des mosaïques ............ 20 Domus Aurea .................................106 Palazzo Doria-Pamphili ................76 au monte Gianicolo .........139 Spectacles et loisirs ............................185 Le Caravage .......................................24 Sant’Ignazio...................................... 78 Santa Cecilia in Trastevere ..........142 Vie nocturne ........................................ 186 Le Bernin ........................................... 26 Palazzo di Montecitorio ................ 78 Le tour Santa Maria in Trastevere ...........143 Vitalité et maux chroniques 28 Piazza di Spagna ............................. 78 des grandes Villa Farnesina ................................143 La passion du ballon rond .............. 30 San Pietro in Montorio ................ 144 4 | Du Pincio basiliques ...........107 Organiserpratique son voyage ....................... 188 Métamorphoses urbaines ......33 à la piazza del Popolo ........79 9 | Saint-Pierre 15 | San Clemente Budget pour un séjour romain ...191 Les noces de la pierre et de l’eau ....37 Trinità dei Monti .............................80 et la Rome pontificale .....108 et le monte Caelius ..........145 Sur Place ............................................... 194 Scènes romaines .................... 38 Villa Medici .......................................80 Ponte Sant’Angelo ........................109 San Clemente ................................. 146 Rome sur deux roues .....................200 Rome gourmande..................44 Piazza del Popolo ............................80 Castel Sant’Angelo .......................109 Santi Quattro Coronati ................147 Lexique ............................................ 202 Città del Vaticano ..........................110 Santo Stefano Rotondo............... 148 Les dates qui ont fait Rome .48 Santa Maria del Popolo..................81 Index ................................................204 Musei Vaticani ................................116 Santa Maria in Dominica ........... 148 Dans la fraîcheur des cloîtres .........52 Mausoleo di Augusto .................... 82 Glossaire d’art et d’architecture ... 56 Ara Pacis Augustae ......................... 82 10 | Le quartier de Santa Maria 16 | Le tour du Quirinal ....... 149 5 | Du palazzo Barberini Maggiore.. ........................... 123 Fontana di Trevi ............................. 150 plans à la villa Borghese .............. 83 Santa Maria Maggiore .................123 Piazza del Quirinale .......................151 Plan d’ensemble | plan détachable .... ...................Rabat arrière de couverture Fontana del Tritone .......................84 Santa Prassede ...............................124 Palazzo del Quirinale .....................151 De la piazza Navona au Pantheon .62 itinéraires Via Veneto ........................................84 San Pietro in Vincoli ......................125 Sant’Andrea al Quirinale .............152 Bonne initiative ......................... 60 Du Gesù au palazzo Farnese ............70 Palazzo Barberini ............................84 11 | De San Giovanni San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane ....152 à San Lorenzo ....................127 De la via del Corso Museo e galleria Borghese ..........86 Santa Maria della Vittoria ...........152 à la piazza di Spagna ...........................77 La boucle San Giovanni in Laterano ............128 Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna Terme di Diocleziano ....................153 Du Pincio à la piazza del Popolo ......79 du Tibre ................61 e Contemporenea ...........................86 Obélisque de la piazza Palazzo Massimo alle Terme ......153 S. Giovanni in Laterano ................129 Du palazzo Barberini 1 | De la piazza Navona Museo Nazionale Etrusco à la villa Borghese ................................ 85 Scala Santa.......................................129 au Pantheon .........................62 di villa Giulia ....................................86 Échappées ..........154 De la piazza venezia San Lorenzo fuori le Mura ...........129 au Campidoglio ....................................88 Piazza Navona ..................................63 Mausoleo di Santa Costanza .....154 Du Foro Romano Santa Maria della Pace .................64 La Rome antique . 87 La via Appia Antica ........................155 au monte Palatino ....................................92 Via dei Coronari ...............................64 6 | De la piazza Venezia 12 | Vers San Paolo Villa d’Este à Tivoli. ........................156 fuori le Mura ......................131 Des Fori Imperiali au Colosseo ......100 Palazzo Altemps ..............................65 au Campidoglio .................88 Villa Adriana à Tivoli .....................157 Cimitero protestante .....................131 Saint-Pierre sommaire Palazzo di Venezia ..........................89 Sant’Agostino ...................................65 Ostia Antica .....................................158 et la Rome pontificale .......................110 Monte Testaccio San Luigi dei Francesi ....................65 Vittoriano ..........................................89 et Macro future ...............................131 Le quartier Capella Sant’Ivo ..............................66 Piazza del Campidoglio ................89 de Santa Maria Maggiore ................123 Centrale Montemartini ...............132 Balades ..............160 Pantheon ...........................................66 Musei Capitolini ............................. 90 De San Giovanni à San Lorenzo ......127 San Paolo fuori le Mura ...............132 Rome au balcon ....................160 Santa Maria sopra Minerva .........68 Santa Maria in Aracœli ..................91 Vers San Paolo fuori le Mura ............131 Sur les pas Des bords du Tibre 2 | Du Gesù 7 | Du Foro Les collines de Michel-Ange ......................162 au palazzo Farnese ............ 69 au monte Palatino ..............92 au monte Aventino ............................134 Rome côté jardins ............... 164 Du Trastevere Chiesa del Gesù ...............................70 Le Foro Romano ...............................93 de Rome ............. 133 Audaces au monte Gianicolo ...........................140 Cripta Balbi ........................................72 Monte Palatino ................................97 13 | Des bords du Tibre au monte Aventino ..........134 contemporaines ...................166 San Clemente Tempi Repubblicani ........................72 8 | Des fori Imperiali et le monte Caelius ............................145 Santa Maria in Campitelli ...........135 Échappées à 2 roues Palazzo della Cancelleria ...............73 au Colosseo ........................ 99 Le tour du Quirinal ............................ 150 Fontana delle Tartarughe............135 entre Rome antique Palazzo Farnese ................................73 Foro di Traiano ...............................100 et médiévale ...........................................168 Échappées .............................................154.
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