Lungo il Tevere
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Across the oldest bridge of Rome, Ponte Fabricio, we reach the Isola Tiberina (or Small Tiber Island) in the middle of the Tiber river. Around 293 a.C. on this boat shaped island the Romans built a temple dedicated to Eusculapio, god of medicine and protector against plagues. On the ruins of the temple the Church of Saint Bartolomeo was built, while the hospital with the same name testifies the vocation of the island to medicine. We cross Ponte Cestio to the other bank of the Tiber to the district of Trastevere. |
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Trastevere, is, in many ways, the most popular district of Rome. Well-known world over you can still find Romans of seven generations living here. Across Piazza Gioacchino Belli (author of satirical sonnets in Roman dialect) and through typical allies full of small stores, workshops and restaurants we reach the heart of the area: Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, meeting place for young people, with its church and fountain baring the same name. |
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Coasting the Vatican State we go to the top of the Gianicolo, one of the seven hills of Rome, to assist to the Canon Ceremony (at noon every day) from the belvedere that also offers an incredible view of the city. We go down hairpin bends to Ponte Sisto leaving the right bank of the Tiber and through the Hebrew ghetto of Rome we emerge ourselves in the district of Campo dei Fiori. |
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Piazza Campo dei Fiori, with its open-air market, maintains the charm and the atmosphere of medieval inns. Around us the renaissance palaces of powerful and noble Roman families, certain of them real fortresses (Palazzo Farnese and Palazzo Spada). In the centre of the square stands the statue in memory of the philosopher Giordano Bruno, burnt alive here in 1600 for heresy. From the chaotic narrow lanes of the quarter, like Via dei Giubbonari or Via dei Baullari, whose names derived from the craftsmen’s workshops once found there, we reach Piazza Navona. |
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Baroque style dominates the spectacular scenography of Piazza Navona with its typical lengthened oval shape. Now a pedestrian zone it is, night and day, one of the most frequented places by Romans. It is here that young artists and portraitists paint, and acrobats, tumblers and mimes improvise their shows. Romans love this square built on the ruins of the Stadium of Domiziano whose tribunes are the foundations of renaissance palaces like Palazzo Pamphili that surround it. One remains bewitched admiring the different fountains situated in the square; we are encanted to see Fountain of the Moro, Fiumi, with the big Obelisco Egizio e di Nettuno (author Bernini). When in winter the square fills with stalls of toys, games and sweets it becomes a major attraction that culminates in the festivity of the Epiphany (6th January). We leave the square to wander around nearby lanes peeping into craftsmen’s workshops or antique dealers shops. |
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ROMAInsieme - ALONG THE TIBER A Tour along the river to the discovery of the most folkloristic areas of Rome |
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