Rome Districts - A Guide to Rome and Small Town Lazio

Palazzo Salviati Rome

The Palazzo Salviati is located in the Trastevere district in Rome and is nowadays the seat of the Istituto Alti Studi della Difesa. Highlights are a chapel designed by Giulio Romano and vault paintings by Annibale Brugnoli.

Ponte Sisto Rome

The Ponte Sisto in Rome connects the Via Pettinari in the rione Regola with the Piazza Trilussa across the river in the Trastevere district. Particularly at night the Ponte Sisto is often extremely crowded, since it also connects the Campo de’ Fiori (one of the busiest squares at night, with many pubs and pizzerias) with Trastevere, which is Rome’s number one nightlife quarter.

Via della Lungaretta Rome

The Via della Lungaretta in the picturesque Trastevere district in Rome runs exactly where, in the 2nd century BC, the Via Aurelia Nova was located. The street is split in two by the late 19th century Viale Trastevere.

Via Giulia Rome

The Via Giulia is a narrow street in the historic center of Rome. The street meanders more or less parallel to the curves of the river Tiber and the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.

Excubitorium Rome

In the Via della VII Coorte in the Trastevere district in Rome it is sometimes possible to visit the ruins of an ancient Roman police station called Excubitorium. The Via di Montefiore around the corner has some picturesque medieval houses.

Piazza Sidney Sonnino Rome

The Piazza Sydney Sonnino is located on the right side of the Viale Trastevere, directly after crossing the Ponte Garibaldi in Rome. It is dedicated to a former prime minister of Italy.

Palazzo degli Anguillara Rome

The Torre degli Anguillara can be seen next to the Palazzo degli Anguillara in the Piazza Sonnino in the district of Trastevere in Rome. A plaque on one of its walls misleadingly refers to the building as the Casa di Dante.

Trastevere district Rome

Trastevere is one of the oldest districts of Rome and also the capital’s main night-time area, with its myriads of narrow, meandering streets and alleys and its cheerful and cosy collection of restaurants and pubs, often still run by the same families that ran them 50 years ago.

Piazza G.G. Belli Rome

Piazza G.G. Belli is the square just across from the Ponte Garibaldi in the Trastevere district in Rome. Attractions on this square are the statue of Mr. Belli himself, the Palazzo Anguillara and the tower attached to this medieval tower.

Torre della Moletta Rome

The Torre della Moletta is a medieval tower on the south side of what is left of the Circus Maximus in Rome. The tower was one of the properties of the Frangipane family. Francis of Assisi is said to have stayed there one day. Since 2017 the tower can be visited together with the excavations of the Circus Maximus.

Category: Districts