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Via dei Cestari - church costumes and devotional items of all sorts.
Via Condotti - Rome's most elegant shopping-mile
Via dei Coronari - famous for antiques
Via Marguttai - some of Rome's best galleries
Via della Croce - Wine and delicatessen
Via Appia Antica - as the name says (antica - antique) this very old cobblestone street is located somewhat south of the city center near the christian catacombs
Via del Corso - one of the most important streets in Rome, it stuffed full with shops and tourists. Nice to walk around, since it is a pedestrian only street.
Via Guilia - one of Rome's most elegant street. If you can afford a place there - you've got it made!
Via Rasellai - this street bore witness to some of Rome's saddest history: Italian partisans lured a national-socialist group in a trap. The Germans avenged by killing 335 innocent Romans.
Via Veneto - this is a blast from the not-so-distant past: fashion of the 50's and 60's Leave a Comment Address: Streets all over Rome Directions: All over - just ask a cabbie to bring you to your particular destination
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The big street that starts right in front of the Piazza Venezia is Via Del Corso. It got it’s name from the Italian word “corse” which means horse runnings. The races started during the 1400-ties, when the Paul II was the pope. He loved all kinds of races and competitions, and the Via del Corso was the perfect street for racing. The most popular (Corsa Del Barberi) was when frightened horses were set away running the whole street, and wasn’t stopped until they passed a white sheet at the end of the 2 kilometer long street.
Nowadays it’s a high living street, full of palaces, shops and churches. Leave a Comment Directions: Just go straight down from Piazza Venezia, and you will be going on Via del Corso.
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 Piazza Colonna by shivan
This is the heaven for tourist wanting to have some shopping. A few Romans there except on Saturday.
Along Via del Corso there is a beautiful square, called Piazza Colonna.
The obelisk in the middle is not roman, anyway, but stolen somewhere in the empire.
Another beautiful obelisk close to Caracalla, in front of the FAO Headquarters. It's been hit by a thunder this winter and heavily damaged. Leave a Comment
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Located on the busy via del Corso, the church of San Marcello contains the relics of Pope Marcellus. The church was built in the 16th century after a fire destroyed a previous structure, which dated back to the 8th century. The existing concave Baroque façade, however, was designed by Carlo Fontana and added only in the late 17th century. Address: Via del Corso
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 by OttoMarzoLeave a Comment Address: Via del CorsoDirections: Between Piazza Venezia and Piazza del Popolo, beside the Spanish Steps
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From the Piazza Venezia, the via del Corso runs a straight course for about a mile ending at the Piazza del Popolo. The name 'Corso' dates from the 15th century when Pope Paul II introduced horse racing (corsi) along the street - the races were imitations of the ancient games, and it wasn't only horses that ran; there were races for prostitutes, children, Jews and the crippled. They were finally banned in the 19th century.
The street is one of the main shopping thoroughfares, and there are plenty of opportunities for spending money!
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 Trajan's Column twin:
Antonine Column by AirpunkLeave a Comment Address: Piazza ColonnaDirections: Piazza Colonna is right in the middle of the Via del Corso (or just: the Corso) which is a main street between Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Venezia
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 S. Carlo al Corso church
ceiling by PackermanLeave a Comment Directions: Via del Corso close to the Mauseleo di Augusto
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Colonna Antonina was erected in 180 by Marcus Aurelius and dedicated to Antoninus Pius. Leave a Comment Address: Piazza Colonna
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