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PAPAL ROME
Route: Ponte Sisto, Piazza Farnese, Via Giulia, Campo de' Fiori, Palazzo
della Cancelleria, Piazza Navona, Castel Sant'Angelo, Basilica of St.
Peter
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From the fifteenth-century Ponte
Sisto, erected to connect Trastevere to the center of the city, you
get to Piazza Farnese.
From here you getto Via
Giulia, a straight road parallel to the
river. On the way are renowned palaces, (Sacchetti and Falconieri) and important churches (San Giovanni dei
Fiorentini, Santa Maria of the Oration and
Death). You get then to piazza di Campo de’ Fiori that, with its open market, stilI preserves a lively and popular atmosphere while, at night, it becomes a meeting
place for renowned restaurants and nightclubs. The Palazzo della
Cancelleria, which names the homonymous square, was for several
centuries site of the Apostle Chancellery, the Pope’s Offices. Beyond the Corso Vittorio Emanuele, you
get to Piazza Navona.
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At the center of the square is the
Fountain of the Rivers that faces the church of Sant’Agnese in
Agone.
From the square you get to via del Governo Vecchio. The road was crossed by Dante during the Jubilee in 1300.The road brings to the Tiber
embarkment, in the vicinity of Ponte Sant’Angelo.
On the opposite side is Castel Sant’Angelo. In the Middle Ages, it was changed into a fortress.
By crossing via della Conciliazione you get to the Basilica of St.
Peter.
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