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Apartments in this quarter:
Via
Collegio Capranica): "Raphael", a two bedroom apartment in
an 18th century building. Two bathrooms.
You will find the map of the quarter, with precise indication of where the apartments are, in the map of Rome.
The Pantheon is the best preserved monument of antiquity. It is also the most ancient monument in the world that preserved its original function: a religious temple (first pagan and then Christian). It is an engineering marvel of the Romans transformed later into a Christian church and national monument hosting the graves of Raphael as well as of the former Italian Royal family. |
 Pantheon |
In the next photos you can see: Palazzo Montecitorio (left), an elegant and awesome
sixteen century palace, which is the seat the Italian Parliament. In front you can see one of
the obelisks of ancient Rome. To the right you can see the church of Santa Maria in
Minerva, where the body of St. Catherine of Siena rests (her head rests in Siena, where
she was born).
In front of the church you can see the elephant statue, by the famous sculptor and
architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
 Palazzo Montecitorio: Parliament |
 Santa Maria in Minerva |
Within a distance of 200 metres (220 yards) you find: the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, Piazza
Navona, Campo dei Fiori etc. (click on
the underscored names to see the photos).
In this area
you have the embarrassment of richness of
restaurants (you have all the variants of the Italian cuisine, and also from family-run
"trattorie" to fine "ristoranti" or "pizzerie", where they
make the pizza both after the Roman or the Neapolitan way. There also gelaterie, pastry
shops, bars, pubs etc.
One last word about public transport: the quarter is right in the centre of Rome, and you
can walk to most places. But if you want to use the public transport, it is very efficient
in the streets around the quarter (electric buses in the little streets, buses in the
large streets).
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To visit the immediately adjacent quarters, click on these addresses-URLs:
- The Piazza Navona - Via della Pace quarter.
- The Piazza Navona - Campo' de Fiori quarter
- The Jewish quarter
- The Trevi Fountain-Spanish Steps (Piazza
di Spagna)
- The Trastevere quarter
- The Monti-Coliseum quarter
- The Roman Forum
- The Janiculum