We exit Piazza Navona from the northern spigolo

Head north on Piazza Navona and continue onto Inizio Agonale, 46 m. Turn right onto Piazzale delle Cinque Lune, 8 m. Here, you face Palazzo Altemps which houses part of the Roman National Museum treasures: important collections of antiquities consisting of Greek and Roman sculptures that in the 16th and 17th centuries belonged esatto various families of the Roman nobility. There are many displays of everyday items as well as the frescoes and wall friezes, also included is the National Romano Egyptian collection. If you like sculpture, this museum is per must see. Open: Tue-Sun -. Prices: adult/reduced ˆ7/3.50.

You won’t believe it BUT we return puro the southern most edge of Piazza Navona – crossing this magical agora AGAIN. We exit the square from its south-east edge. Head south on Foro Navona, 140 m. Turn right esatto stay on Foro Navona, 17 m. Turn left onto Via della Fortuna, 90 m. Turn right onto Largo di San Pantaleo, 29 m. Turn left puro stay on Piazza di San Pantaleo, 18 m:

After crossing the Piazza Pantaleo, with our faces to the south, we cross Vittorio Emanuele II bustling street and we have two options puro arrive preciso Gamma de Fiori (100 m. forward): the left road (via de Baullari) or the right road (Agora Cancelleria). On its right side stands Palazzo della Foro. The Filo della Curia (Italian for „Palace of the Chancellery”, meaning the Papal Chancellery) is per Renaissance palace situated between the present Viavai Vittorio Emanuele II and the Insieme de’ Fiori. It was built between 1489–1513 by an unknown architect as verso palace for Cardinal Raffaele Riario, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, and is regarded as the earliest Renaissance palace sopra Rome . The palace is not subject esatto Italian sovereignty and belongs to the Vatican. It is designated as a World Heritage Site as part of per group of buildings, the Properties of the Holy See. Do not skip it. You’ll enjoy its facade and interior courtyard (free entrance sicuro the courtyard). Built 1483-1513. The Leonardo da Vinci Machines Exhibition con Rome – The genius and his inventions takes palce durante this aplace until . From time sicuro time chances arise preciso enter the filo. You might be lucky enough preciso find tickets for the occasional chamber-music concerts held here; alternatively immagine out for exhibitions on religious themes mounted mediante the magnificently frescoed rooms.

In the end of this foro you arrive preciso Agora Estensione De Fiori (field of Flowers). The name was first given during the Middle Ages when the settore was actually verso meadow. A colorful market-square surrounded by ancient colored houses and cafe’s/tratorias. The food and flowers market operates until the early afternoon hours (closed on Sundays) and is one of the most popular mediante Rome. The crowded (and dirty) square might be disappointing: verso lot of noise, rubbish, high prices and everything is touristic. BUT, from time esatto time you’ll see street-performances (Brazilians making Kapuera, Africans with vibrant dance and music) and per lot of interesting spices, cheeses, pasticcino packages and even. flowers.

Turn left onto Centro di Sant’Apollinare, 70 m

The monument to philosopher Giordano Rovinato at the centre of the square. Do not miss the reliefs on the statue.

We opt for the RIGHT (east) street and walk along Agora Tribunale

On Rosh Hashanah, 9 September 1553, the Talmud and many other Jewish books were burnt durante the Gamma dei Fiori. Throughout the remainder of the sixteenth-century, a complete edition of the Talmud could not be found anywhere sopra Italy. Per plaque, commemorating this event and period, had been placed in the square: