www.herity.it HERITY Certified Itineraries whc.unesco.org HOW TO READ THE TARGET 17. PIAZZA DEL COLLEGIO ROMANO www.romaturismo.it of Rome’s Historical Center Other places of interest The Jesuit seminary known as Collegio www.comune.roma.it Romano overlooks the square housing World Heritage Site a Library, Museum and Astronomic To Palazzo del Quirinale Quirinale del Palazzo To Observatory.The clock in the façade marked Dear Visitors, 1. PONTE S. ANGELO the “official” time of Rome. The palace, taken From Castel Sant’Angelo Castel From Together with that of Isola over by the Italian government in 1872 tnrr °1 n° Itinerary Tiberina, this is the only became the capital city’s first lyceum. Rome is pleased to welcome you with Roman bridge inside the this extremely useful map for tourists. city to reach modern times 18. PIAZZA S. IGNAZIO Translated into the world’s main lan- in its entirety.Built by the Emperor Hadrian in A splendid corner of the city guages, it reminds us of how important it is to manage the world’s artistic and 3 kilometers 3 137 AD as the entrance to his tomb, the once used as the background ramparts collapsed with the crush of crowds for Lenten theatrical representa- monumental assets, and property here heading towards the Tomb of St.Peter during tions. and elsewhere. The city you are in only only in the Holy Year of 1450. visiting with its legacy of thousands of years of history, offers some of the 2. ARCO DEI BANCHI greatest treasures that humanity has of history of 19. IL FACCHINO Together with the nearby street,this arch is an “The Porter” is part of a produced since the rise of civilization. interesting leftover from the Middle Ages. fountain built at the end They are known worldwide and need 2000 years 2000 It bears the oldest inscription on Tiber of the 1500s. Over time, no introduction. For that reason, the flooding, from 1276. it became another of City of Rome which I represent bids Rome’s talking statues. you make good use of this map to 3. ANTICA ZECCA (Ancient Mint) discover one of the city’s most striking Later Banco di Santo Spirito. Built in 1500 to 20. VITTORIANO itineraries, from Castel Sant’Angelo to substitute an older building, it stands at the Dedicated to the first king of Italy, Victor Palazzo del Quirinale. We hope that intersection of two streets (Via dei Banchi Emmanuel II. Begun in 1885 and completed your visit will help you grasp the main Vecchi and Via dei Banchi Nuovi) that led in 1925,this monument undoubtedly brought characteristic of Rome today: it is a city pilgrims towards the Basilica and the Tomb of the greatest changes in movement, integrating its unique St. Peter. to the area, since past with the needs of the present and several older buildings, an eye to the future. In this spirit, it is 4. VIA DEI BANCHI VECCHI including Palazzetto a great pleasure to welcome you and 5. VIA DEI BANCHI NUOVI Venezia were torn thank you, on behalf of the entire city, The final sections of the via down or moved. for the time you dedicate to us. We are peregrinorum and via papalis, Known as the “Altar of looking forward to seeing you again in streets that—starting in the the Fatherland” (it celebrates the Rome in the future. Middle Ages—followed the unification of Italy),it is little loved by Romans, path of St. Peter from and known as the “typewriter”. Recently Mariapia Garavaglia Trastevere and the Via Appia HERITY opened to the public,it offers an exceptional Deputy Mayor of Rome to Ponte Sant’Angelo.This was an ideal area for panorama of a vast area of the city. bankers to set up office,hence the name.This indicates the ranking of every site you visit in terms ancient urban structure changed when Corso of Relevance, Conservation, 21. GALLERIA SCIARRA Vittorio Emanuele was built at the end of the Built in 1885. An architec- We want your visit 1800s. Communication and Services. tural space combining the You might be bored to Rome to be The site’s performance in each area can be seen new materials of the 19th at times during the second 6. ARCO E CORTE DEGLI ACETARI century (iron and wrought a personal discovery. The number of medieval buildings still on the HERITY Target on a scale of 1 to 5. iron) with traditional materials. month of your stay in Rome, but Go wherever visible in the heart of the city is astounding. In order to obtain “HERITY”certification, Probably the best example of Here the name probably refers to the sellers of never during the sixth, your curiosity takes you. this type of architecture in Rome. mineral water (acetosa, i.e. fizzy, acidy; until a site must have a score of at least “1”in each area. and if you remain until the Enjoy every corner of the city. 1970 a public fountain of mineral water called 22. FONTANA DI TREVI We hope that your visit will acqua acetosa there was near Lake Albano) The last monumental twelfth month, you are seized Baroque creation begun by the idea of settling there. encourage you to return. 7. PASQUINO in 1732. Its fame and (HERITY Italia) The torso of an ancient Roman statue.It is the intact after the construc- façade (1700), the bell tower (1100) and the beauty have often been (Stendhal) first and best-known of the talking statues tion of Corso Vittorio; its recently restored corner palace with the put to good use in film. where,starting at the end of the 1400s,Romans façade was not cut like painted façade (1500) and the back of the Who doesn’t remember posted their (anonymous) criticisms of the that of other buildings.It complex of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza. Anita Ekberg in Fellini’s Useful phone numbers city’s powerful. is still inhabited by the Massimo family.Part of “La Dolce Vita”? the building is open to the public every March 14. PIAZZA DELLA ROTONDA According to tradition, One day, I want to write a tour City of Rome 8. PIAZZA NAVONA 16, the anniversary of a miracle performed for The site of Rome’s market from the mid-1600s throwing a coin in the 0039. 06.06.06 Square reproducing the one of the family’s children by St.Philip Neri. to the end of the 1800s. The fountain bears fountain brings good guide containing only maps 0039. 06.82.05.91.27 form of the stadium of one of the 13 ancient obelisks in Rome (8 luck. The change is collected by the Caritas 11. PALAZZO DELLA VALLE Egyptian and 5 Roman). At the end of the and hotel addresses. Carabinieri the Roman Emperor diocesana (institutes of charity). Domitian (1st century The only patrician palace not pillaged during 1500s, Pope Sixtus V used several to I’ll leave the other pages blank, 112 AD). For four centuries, the “Sacking of Rome” (1527), apparently decorate the squares and as reference points Financial Police it was a site of the fruit thanks to a large tribute that its owner paid to for urban development. This method was 23. PIAZZA DEL QUIRINALE so that everyone can follow 117 and vegetable market.The square’s theatrical Charles V. It is a government building today. imitated by some successors. A splendid square overlooking the center of Rome with the dome of St.Peter’s in the back- their own unique itinerary, Police effect—designed by two artists, Bernini and 12. PALAZZO MADAMA 15. PIAZZA DELLA MINERVA ground.The present layout (with the Salita di discover the restaurants, 113 Borromini—is a backdrop to the toy market held every year before the Befana—Epiphany. Built at the beginning of the 1500s by the Egyptian obelisk standing at the center of the Monte Cavallo adapted for carriages) was First Aid Medici family. It owes its square on the back of an elephant which designed by Virginio Vespignani for Pope Pius monuments and marvels 118 9. PIAZZA DE' MASSIMI name to the fact that it seems to be making fun of the onlooker. An IX (1866).During the that every city possesses but was part of the dowry of extraordinary creation by Bernini. opening ceremony Fire Department The center of the square contains fragments are never mentioned because 115 of a column discovered when Corso Rinasci- “Madama” Margaret of for the newly mento was built in 1938.The decorated façade Parma, wife of Alessan- 16. PIE’ DI MARMO designed square,the ‘the history they told us’ of the 15th century Palazzo Massimo, dro de’Medici.It became This marble foot is a Pope is said to have Project: DRI perhaps the best preserved in Rome, the seat of the Senate after Rome was annexed fragment of a colossal jokingly asked the is left out of the entry Based on an idea by: G. de Guichen and M. Quagliuolo overlooks the square. to the Kingdom of Italy. Roman statue. Often architect how much Texts: Miguel Ruiz Ramirez et al. used in calendar photos it would cost to ‘not to be missed’. English translation: Lenore Rosenberg restore it to the way Photographs: Gianluigi D’Ambrosio 10. PALAZZO MASSIMO ALLE COLONNE 13. PIAZZA S. EUSTACHIO with the famous Cats of (P. Coelho) Graphic design: Riccardo Fabio Catani Construction started 1532.The only palace left Excellent position to observe the church Rome. it was before. CASTEL S. ANGELO S. LUIGI DEI FRANCESI SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA S.