Trastevere
Neighborhood: Trastevere - Testaccio - Aventino - Gianicolo
Phone: +39 06 488 991
Fax: +39 (0)6 481 9316 (Roma Tourismo)
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It is strange to think that this area of Rome was originally built to be a city port where storehouses held goods at the time of Augustus and continued to do so until the end of the 19th Century. Trastevere then became a downmarket residential quarter and has now developed into a very desirable quarter. The heart of the district is Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere with its lovely church, a 17th-century palazzo and a fountain in the middle which is probably Rome's oldest, having been designed by architects such as Bernini, Fontana and Della Porta. There are still some well-conserved medieval houses. On Sunday mornings, you can visit the 7th Corte dei Vigili in Via dei Salumi, and if you enter the guards' rooms, you will see grafitti on the walls written by Roman soldiers who served the emperors from Septimus Severus to Caracalla, in addition to notations of their guard duty.
The Spirit of Rome
Neighborhood: Trastevere - Testaccio - Aventino - Gianicolo
Phone: +39 06 488 991
Fax: +39 (0)6 481 9316 (Roma Tourismo)
Email | Map | add to Travel Bag (NEW)
It is strange to think that this area of Rome was originally built to be a city port where storehouses held goods at the time of Augustus and continued to do so until the end of the 19th Century. Trastevere then became a downmarket residential quarter and has now developed into a very desirable quarter. The heart of the district is Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere with its lovely church, a 17th-century palazzo and a fountain in the middle which is probably Rome's oldest, having been designed by architects such as Bernini, Fontana and Della Porta. There are still some well-conserved medieval houses. On Sunday mornings, you can visit the 7th Corte dei Vigili in Via dei Salumi, and if you enter the guards' rooms, you will see grafitti on the walls written by Roman soldiers who served the emperors from Septimus Severus to Caracalla, in addition to notations of their guard duty.
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wonderful trastevere
nightime the place comes alive,outdoor dining sitting in a piazza with the crowds of people, just en...
Reviewed by:dennisbarsby from on Jun 23 2008
The little known secret of Roma
Trastevere, can be found directly across the Ponte Sisto bridge. As you walk the streets of Piazza N...
Reviewed by:sharonweidelman from on Aug 21 2007
Loved It!
We stayed in this area and really enjoyed it -- tons of restaurants and some vendors at night-- enou...
Reviewed by:chinamomnl from on Jul 27 2007
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