Ancient Rome Treasures Walking Tour: The Borgia Family and its Secrets

Itinerary
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Stop At: Piazza di Campo de' Fiori, 00186 Rome Italy

Campo de 'Fiori owes its name to the daisies, the poppies, the "non-forget-me-nots", to the meadow flowers, in short, which once adorned the square, closed on one side by a row of small buildings belonging to the Orsini family and on the other descending towards the Tiber. When in 1478 the Campidoglio market, in Piazza del Mercato, was moved to Piazza Navona, thus investing, all the surrounding area, including Campo de 'Fiori, this became an important business center.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Lungotevere Castello 50, 00193 Rome Italy

We will begin the two hours of semi-private tour explaining Castel Sant'angelo where in the moments of danger the Popes went to flee, making Caste Sant'Angelo an emergency residence, and the very famous Ponte Sant'Angelo.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Via Giulia, Rome Italy

In the Middle Ages Via Giulia was called "magistralis" because it was considered a main road, even if it was winding and muddy. Sisto IV della Rovere, in the reorganization plan of the city, in 1478 restructured this street called "mercatoria" because it connected the area of high financial potential (Piazza di Ponte S. Angelo) with the markets of Campo de Fiori and Piazza Navona.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Piazza di Pasquino Centro Storico, 00186 Rome Italy

The square is home to Pasquino, the famous talking statue of Rome. At the foot of the statue (often around the neck), sheets containing satire in verse were hung in the night, aimed at anonymously biting the most important public figures: the so-called "pasquinate" barometer of the popular discontent against power, corruption and arrogance of the rulers.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Piazza Sforza Cesarini, 00186 Rome Italy

There are historic buildings that have traveled over time, changing and adapting to the history that surrounded them.

They are those buildings that capture the spirit of a place, characterizing it, residences that continue to be studied and investigated for their fascination with hidden things.

They are places full of details that tell the people who have lived and who still inhabit those rooms, men who have walked next to the precious treasures that populate the building, trying to preserve their magic, protecting their cultural and civil heritage.

Duration: 20 minutes