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Via della Conciliazione (Conciliation Street [1]) is a major street in the Rione of Borgo, leading to St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican City.Around 500 m in length, [2] it connects Saint Peter's Square to the Castel Sant'Angelo on the western bank of the Tiber River.
The Via Giulia is a street of historical and architectural importance in Rome, Italy, which runs along the left (east) bank of the Tiber from Piazza San Vincenzo Pallotti, near Ponte Sisto, to Piazza dell'Oro. [1] It is about 1 kilometre long and connects the Regola and Ponte Rioni. [1]
The Via del Corso is a main street in the historical centre of Rome. It is straight in an area otherwise characterized by narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas. Considered a wide street in ancient times, the Corso is approximately 10 metres wide, and it only has room for two lanes of traffic and two narrow sidewalks.
Via dei Coronari (known colloquially in Rome as I Coronari) is a street in the historic center of Rome.The road, flanked by buildings mostly erected in the 15th and the 16th century, belongs entirely to the rione Ponte and is one of the most picturesque roads of the old city, having maintained the character of an Italian Renaissance street.
Via Cavour. Via Cavour is a street in the Castro Pretorio and Monti rioni of Rome, named after Camillo Cavour.It is served by the Rome Metro stations Cavour and Termini.The facade of the original permanent Roma Termini railway station reached this street, though it is now 200 metres further back towards the Esquiline.
Via Merulana is a street in the Rione Monti of Rome, Italy. It is south of the main train station (Stazioni Termini) of Rome, near the Oppian Hill. The street connects two major papal basilicas: the Santa Maria Maggiore to the St John Lateran. The name derives from family that owned the land during the medieval period.
Via Margutta is a narrow street in the centre of Rome, near Piazza del Popolo, accessible from Via del Babuino in the ancient Campo Marzio neighborhood also known as "the foreigner's quarter". Mount Pincio is nearby. Via Margutta originally was home to modest craftsmen, workshops and stables, but now hosts many art galleries and fashionable ...
The origins of Via del Babuino dates back to 13th century. The first two names of the street were Via dell’Orto di Napoli and Via del Cavalletto.In 1525, works commissioned by Pope Clement VII gave the street a new aspect and a new name: Via Clementina, in honor of its creator.