Step Into History
Walk Rome in 1600
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Step Into History · City walk
Baroque Rome under Sixtus and Paul V, 1600
Rome in 1600 is a city remade by recent papal projects: obelisks lifted into piazzas, straight new thoroughfares cutting through medieval fabric, and the great dome of St Peter's asserting a renewed papal skyline. The walk moves from the city approach through market streets, taverns of the Campo Marzio where painters gather, riverside quays and the Borgo, finishing on the Janiculum with a wide view of dome and monuments.
33 scenes — 20 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Rome as it stood in 1600 (“Roman Baroque”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Via Flaminia Approach
- 2. Porta del Popolo
- 3. Piazza del Popolo
- ↳ Cerasi Chapel · interior
- 4. Pincian Terrace
- ↳ Medici Gallery · interior
- 5. Via dei Condotti
- 6. Via del Corso
- ↳ Doria Gallery · interior
- 7. Piazza Colonna
- ↳ Chigi Reception Hall · interior
- 8. Piazza della Rotonda
- ↳ Pantheon Rotunda · interior
- 9. San Luigi dei Francesi
- ↳ Contarelli Chapel · interior
- 10. Campo Marzio
- 11. Piazza Navona
- ↳ Sant'Agnese Oratory · interior
- 12. Campo de' Fiori
- ↳ Tavern Common Room · interior
- 13. Via dei Coronari
- ↳ Goldsmith's Workshop · interior
- 14. Ponte Sant'Angelo
- 15. Castel Sant'Angelo
- ↳ Papal Audience Hall · interior
- 16. The Borgo
- ↳ Santo Spirito Ward · interior
- 17. Piazza San Pietro
- ↳ St Peter's Nave · interior
- 18. Via della Lungara
- 19. Santa Maria in Trastevere
- ↳ Basilica Nave · interior
- 20. Janiculum Terrace