Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #17 in Rome, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 14.5 km
Ascend 297 m
Descend 272 m

Explore Rome in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Rome

Sight 1: Basilica di San Giuseppe al Trionfale

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San Giuseppe al Trionfale is a 20th-century minor basilica and titular church in Rome, located immediately north of the Vatican, dedicated to Saint Joseph.

Wikipedia: San Giuseppe al Trionfale (EN)

1537 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di San Gioacchino in Prati

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Chiesa di San Gioacchino in Prati

San Gioacchino ai Prati Castello is a church in Rome dedicated to Saint Joachim, the father of Mary, mother of Jesus. Construction began in 1891 and the building was opened to the public in 1898. It was consecrated on 6 June 1911 by Cardinal Pietro Respighi. Pope John XXIII made it a cardinal's titular church in 1960.

Wikipedia: San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello (EN)

1095 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 3: Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen

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The Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum is located in Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini 20 in the Flaminio district of Rome.

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731 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Basilica di Sant'Eugenio

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Sant'Eugenio is a titular church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to Pope Eugene I.

Wikipedia: Sant'Eugenio (EN)

1263 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 5: Casa di Goethe

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The Casa di Goethe is a museum in Rome, in Via del Corso 18, dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, his Italian Journey and his life at Rome in the years from 1786 through 1788. During his journey Goethe wrote a journal and also many letters which would be published in 1816-17 as the Italian Journey.

Wikipedia: Casa di Goethe (EN)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Santa Maria in Montesanto

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Santa Maria in Montesanto DellaGherardesca / CC BY 4.0

Santa Maria in Montesanto is a titular minor basilica church in Rome, in the Rione Campo Marzio, which stands in Piazza del Popolo, between Via del Corso and Via del Babuino. It is also known as the Church of the Artists. The church is popularly known as the twin church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, though it shows significant differences especially in the planimetry.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria in Montesanto (Rome) (EN), Website

240 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: All Saints' Anglican Church

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All Saints' Church is an active English-speaking chaplaincy of the Church of England's Diocese in Europe - a part of the Anglican Communion - in Rome, Italy.

Wikipedia: All Saints' Church, Rome (EN)

909 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Idrocronometro

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A hydrochronometer is a kind of water clock.

Wikipedia: Hydrochronometer (EN)

803 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 9: Museo Pietro Canonica

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The Pietro Canonica Museum is the house-museum of the sculptor Pietro Canonica and is part of the system of Museums in the Municipality of Rome. It is located in Via Pietro Canonica 2, near Piazza di Siena, in Villa Borghese, near the fortress. The house, where the artist lived until his death, was donated to him by the municipality of Rome, which now manages the museum.

Wikipedia: Museo Canonica (IT), Website

1181 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di San Roberto Bellarmino

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Chiesa di San Roberto Bellarmino

San Roberto Bellarmino is a church in Rome founded by Pope Pius XI in 1933, after the canonisation of the Jesuit Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621) in 1930, and his being named a Doctor of the Church in 1931. The architect Clemente Busiri Vici made the designs in the years 1931–1933. Construction took more than two decades, and it was consecrated in 1959 by Archbishop Luigi Traglia. It is served by the Jesuits, and has a mosaic by Renato Tomassi and a high altar donated by Beniamino Gigli. San Roberto Bellarmino is a titular church. Its cardinal priest is Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, who was created Cardinal on 22 February 2014.

Wikipedia: San Roberto Bellarmino, Rome (EN)

600 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù in Panfilo

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Chiesa di Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù in Panfilo

The church of Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù in Panfilo is a church in Rome, in the Pinciano district, at the intersection of Via Giovanni Paisiello and Via Gaspare Spontini.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù in Panfilo (IT)

429 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Catacombe di Santa Felicita

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The Catacombs of Santa Felicita are a catacomb in Rome, located on Via Salaria Nova, in the modern Salario district.

Wikipedia: Catacombe di Santa Felicita (IT)

1148 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 13: Chiesa di San Saturnino

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San Saturnino is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in northern Rome, dedicated to Saturninus the Martyr.

Wikipedia: San Saturnino (EN)

544 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 14: Parco Virgiliano

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The Virgiliano Park or Nemorense Park is located in Via Nemorense, in the Trieste district of Rome.

Wikipedia: Parco Virgiliano (Roma) (IT), Website

668 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 15: Catacomb of Priscilla

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Catacomb of Priscilla

The Catacomb of Priscilla is an archaeological site on the Via Salaria in Rome, Italy, situated in what was a quarry in Roman times. This quarry was used for Christian burials from the late 2nd century through the 4th century. This catacomb, according to tradition, is named after the wife of the Consul Manius Acilius Glabrio; he is said to have become a Christian and was killed on the orders of Domitian. Some of the walls and ceilings display fine decorations illustrating Biblical scenes.

Wikipedia: Catacomb of Priscilla (EN), Website

709 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 16: Villa Chigi

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Villa Chigi is an eighteenth-century villa located in Rome, in the Trieste district.

Wikipedia: Villa Chigi (Roma) (IT)

740 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa di Santa Emerenziana

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The Church of Saint Emerentiana on Tor Fiorenza is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, built as a parish church, by decree of Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani. It is named for Saint Emerentiana, a 4th-century martyr. On 5 March 1973 Pope Paul VI granted it a titular church as a seat for Cardinals.

Wikipedia: Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (EN)

922 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 18: Basilica di Sant'Agnese fuori le mura

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The church of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls is a titular church, a minor basilica in Rome, on a site sloping down from the Via Nomentana, which runs north-east out of the city, still under its ancient name. What are said to be the remains of Saint Agnes are below the high altar. The church is built over the Catacombs of Saint Agnes, where the saint was originally buried, and which may still be visited from the church. A large basilica with the same name was built nearby in the 4th century and its ruins can be seen near Santa Costanza, in the same site. The existing church was built by Pope Honorius I in the 7th century, and largely retains its original structure, despite many changes to the decoration. In particular the mosaic in the apse of Agnes, Honorius, and another Pope is largely in its original condition. The current Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Agnetis Extra moenia is Camillo Ruini.

Wikipedia: Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (EN)

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Sight 19: Catacombe di Sant'Agnese

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Catacombe di Sant'Agnese The original uploader was Folajimi at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Catacomb of Saint Agnes is one of the catacombs of Rome, placed at the second mile of via Nomentana, inside the monumental complex of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura, in the Quartiere Trieste.

Wikipedia: Catacombs of Saint Agnes (EN)

793 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 20: San Giuda Taddeo

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The church of San Giuda Taddeo is a church in Rome, in the Trieste district, in Via Gradisca.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giuda Taddeo (IT)

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