Streets

All roads lead to Rome, they used to say, and some of these old roads still do. The old Appian Way still stretches as far as Brindisi, the Via Salaria still makes it to Porto d’Ascoli on the opposite coast and the Via Aurelia still meanders along the Tyrrhenian coast to the north of Italy. Inside the city center there are also a number of famous shopping streets, like the Via del Corso, the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Via Nazionale. The Via della Conciliazione is worth a mention and the Via Condotti and its parallel streets house the most prestigious boutiques of Italy. The historical center is characterized by narrow, meandering alleys like the Via della Lungara in Trastevere, the Via Giulia and the Via delle Botteghe Oscure.

Via del Moro (Trastevere)

The Via del Moro connects the Piazza di Sant’Apollonia to the Piazza Trilussa in Trastevere on the opposite bank of the river Tiber. Many of Rome’s piazza’s and streets are named after churches, but the Via del Moro is an exception, … Continue reading →

Via dei Fori Imperiali

Via dei Fori Imperiali

The Via dei Fori Imperiali is a relatively new addition to Rome’s street plan. It connects the Colosseum to the Piazza Venezia, the most central square of the city, and on both sides of the road archeological ruins of the … Continue reading →

Corso Vittorio Emanuele II

Corso Vittorio Emanuele II is one of Rome’s most important streets, since it connects the Piazza Venezia to the Tiber river and thus to the Via della Conciliazione and the Vatican City. The street was built in 1886 and was … Continue reading →

Via dei Cappellari

The Via dei Cappellari is a side street on the west side of the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome. In the past it was longer than it is nowadays and under the name Via Tecta or Porticus Maximae probably included … Continue reading →

Via Sistina

The Via Sistina is a street in the center of Rome, connecting the Piazza Trinità dei Monti to the Piazza Barberini. The part closest to the Piazza Barberini belongs to the rione Colonna, whereas the part closer to Trinità dei … Continue reading →

Via Veneto

The Via Vittorio Veneto was originally just called the Via Veneto, but after World War I the name was changed to “Vittorio Veneto” in honor of a battle having taken place at a village of that name. In reality everybody … Continue reading →

Via dei Banchi Vecchi

The Via dei Banchi Vecchi is one of the most beautiful streets in the center of Rome and even though it is very short it still manages to run through three rioni: Ponte, Parione and Regola. It starts almost at … Continue reading →

Via del Babuino

The 14th century Via del Babuino, in the rione Campo Marzio, connects the Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish Steps to the Piazza del Popolo and is one of the most interesting streets of Rome. Originally the Via del Babuino … Continue reading →

Via dei Coronari

The Via dei Coronari is a very picturesque and central Rome street, near the Piazza Navona and was constructed when Pope Sixtus IV had the area between the center and the Ponte Sant’Angelo redisigned in order to create a direct … Continue reading →

Via Giulia

Via Giulia is a narrow street in Rome’s historic center and meanders more or less parallel to the curves of the river Tiber and the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. Its southern part is located in the rione Regola and in … Continue reading →

Via Margutta

Via Margutta is a small street of no more than a couple of blocks. It runs parallel to the Via del Babuino and can only be accessed from this street as well. There used to be a dirty stream coming … Continue reading →

Via Cavour (Castro Pretorio)

Via Cavour is one of Rome’s most important streets, connecting the main railway station Termini to the area including the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. The part of the Via Cavour nearest to Roma Termini is located in the rione … Continue reading →

Via della Conciliazione

The Via della Conciliazione (rione: Borgo) is not a very long street (about 500m), but it is very important, since it connects the Castel Sant’Angelo to Saint Peter’s Square and the Vatican City. It is a fairly new street, built … Continue reading →

Via Condotti

Via Condotti at Night

Rome’s most prestigious shopping street Via Condotti is a fairly narrow street connecting the Piazza di Spagna to the Via del Corso, of which it is a side street. It is one of the world’s leading streets for designer stores … Continue reading →

Via del Corso

Palazzi in the Via del Corso

Rome’s number 1 shopping street Via del Corso is probably the only straight street in the entire center of Rome. It is also the only street of a reasonable width, since most of the rest of the area is characterized … Continue reading →

Via Nazionale

Via Nazionale is one of Rome’s most important (shopping) streets and connects the Piazza della Repubblica with Trajan’s Forum. It stops at Largo Magnanapoli. It cuts through two of Rome’s riones, Castro Pretorio and Monti. It is a relatively new … Continue reading →

Via Appia Antica (Appian Way)

The Via Appia Antica is the most famous of the ancient roman streets. It is also called Regina Viarum (Queen of the Streets) and was built in 312 BC by the censor Appio Claudio Cieco,who was also responsible for the … Continue reading →

Via di San Dorotea (Trastevere)

The Via di San Dorotea is a street in the quarter of Trastevere in Rome. Its most important tourist attraction is the Chiesa dei Santi Dorotea e Silvestro. For the painter Raffaello the main attraction was another one, however, since … Continue reading →

Via della Lungara

The present Via della Lungara follows the trajectory of an old road which near the Piazza Sant’Egidio forked off from the old Via Aurelia and continued northward towards the Vatican City. It then followed the present Via della Scala as … Continue reading →

Via della Lungaretta

Via della Lungaretta

The Via della Lungaretta in Rome’s picturesque quarter of Trastevere runs exactly where, in the 2nd century BC, the Via Aurelia Nova was located. The ancient Via Aurelia Nova started at what was then called the Ponte Emilio (and is … Continue reading →