Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #9 in Rome, Italy

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 10.5 km
Ascend 205 m
Descend 236 m

Experience Rome in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Rome

Sight 1: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e dei Santi Martiri Canadesi

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Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e dei Santi Martiri Canadesi is the Roman Catholic national church of Canada, located at 46, Via Giovanni Battista de Rossi, Rome.

Wikipedia: Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (EN)

490 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Casa Museo di Luigi Pirandello, archivio e biblioteca

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Casa Museo di Luigi Pirandello, archivio e biblioteca

The Institute of Pirandellian and Contemporary Theatre Studies is located in Via Antonio Bosio, 13 B - 00161 in Rome.

Wikipedia: Casa di Pirandello (IT), Website

527 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Casino Nobile

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The Casino Nobile or Casino Principale is a building of Villa Torlonia, a villa on Via Nomentana in Rome, Italy.

Wikipedia: Casino Nobile (IT), Website

167 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: La Casina delle Civette

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The Casina delle Civette Museum is a former residence of the Torlonia family that has been converted into a museum. It is located within the park of Villa Torlonia in Rome. The name derives from the recurring theme of owls inside and outside the house. In the nineteenth century it was known as the Swiss Hut because of its rustic appearance similar to that of an alpine hut or a Swiss chalet.

Wikipedia: Museo Casina delle Civette (IT)

622 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa dei Santi Sette Fondatori

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Chiesa dei Santi Sette Fondatori

The Church of the Holy Seven Founders is a church in Rome, in the Nomentano district, in Via Bari.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Sette Fondatori (IT)

546 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Parrocchia San Giuseppe a Via Nomentana

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Parrocchia San Giuseppe a Via Nomentana

The church of San Giuseppe a via Nomentana is a church in Rome, in the Nomentano district, in Via Nomentana.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giuseppe a via Nomentana (IT)

573 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma

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The Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italian: Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, usually known as MACRO, is a municipal contemporary art museum in Rome, Italy. The museum is housed in two separate places: a former brewery in Via Nizza, in the Salario quartiere of the city; and a former slaughterhouse in Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, in the quartiere of Testaccio.

Wikipedia: Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (EN)

419 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa del Corpus Domini

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Chiesa del Corpus Domini

The Church of Corpus Christi is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, located in the Nomentano district, in Via Nomentana. it is a subsidiary place of worship of the parish of San Giuseppe in Via Nomentana, annexed to the house of the Religious of the Eucharist.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Corpus Domini (Roma) (IT)

289 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Porta Pia

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Porta Pia was one of the northern gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. One of Pope Pius IV's civic improvements to the city, it is named after him. Situated at the end of a new street, the Via Pia, it was designed by Michelangelo to replace the Porta Nomentana situated several hundred meters southwards, which was closed up at the same time. Construction began in 1561 and ended in 1565, after the artist's death. A 1561 bronze commemorative medal by Gian Federico Bonzagna shows an early plan by Michelangelo, very different from his final design. The façade on the outside of the city was completed in 1869 under the Neo-Classicist design by Virginio Vespignani.

Wikipedia: Porta Pia (EN)

441 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Peter Chanel

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The church of Santa Maria del Rosario in Pompeii is a Roman Catholic church located in Via Cernaia, in the Castro Pretorio district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Santissimo Rosario di Pompei (IT)

269 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù

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The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy, located in the Sallustiano district, in Via Piave.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù (Roma) (IT)

385 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Sepolcro del Giovinetto Quinto Sulpicio Massimo

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Sepolcro del Giovinetto Quinto Sulpicio Massimo

The tomb of Quintus Sulpicius Maximus was found during demolition work on the Porta Salaria in Rome. It was located under the eastern tower of the gate, which, after being severely damaged in a bombardment by Italian troops against the Papal States on 20 April 1870, was to make way for a new building by the architect Virginio Vespignani the following year. A copy of the tomb stands today near where it was found on the corner of Via Piave and Via Sulpicio Massimo in Rome.

Wikipedia: Grabmal des Quintus Sulpicius Maximus (DE)

192 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Santissimo Redentore e Santa Francesca Saverio Cabrini

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Santissimo Redentore e Santa Francesca Saverio Cabrini

The Church of the Most Holy Redeemer is a church in Rome, in the Ludovisi district, in via Sicilia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore e Santa Francesca Saverio Cabrini (IT)

450 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 14: Basilica di Santa Teresa d'Avila

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Basilica di Santa Teresa d'Avila

Santa Teresa d'Avila is a church on the Corso d'Italia in Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Teresa of Avila.

Wikipedia: Santa Teresa, Rome (EN)

671 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 15: San Camillo de Lellis

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The Basilica of San Camillo de Lellis is a church on Via Sallustiana, Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Camillus de Lellis (1550–1614).

Wikipedia: San Camillo de Lellis (EN)

399 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: San Nicola da Tolentino

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San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani is a church in Rome. It is referred to in both Melchiori's and Venuti's guides as San Niccolò di Tolentino, and in the latter it adds the suffix a Capo le Case. It is one of the two Roman national churches of Armenia. The church was built for the Discalced Augustinians in 1599, and originally dedicated to the 13th century Augustinian friar Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.

Wikipedia: San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani (EN)

208 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: San Basilio agli Orti Sallustiani

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San Basilio agli Orti Sallustiani

San Basilio agli Orti Sallustiani is a rectory church in Rome, on via Trevi in the Trevi district. It is dedicated to Saint Basil. The church is a secondary place of worship for the Parish of San Camillo de Lellis.

Wikipedia: San Basilio agli Orti Sallustiani (EN)

509 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di San Marone

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Chiesa di San Marone

San Marone is a church in Rome located in the Ludovisi rione and dedicated to Saint Maron, a 5th-century Syrian hermit who founded the Maronite Church. It is the national church of the Lebanese Maronite community in the city, with services following the Antiochian Rite in Arabic. The church was built in 1890 based on a design by Andrea Busiri Vici, to serve the neighbouring maronite monastery that, in 1936, was turned into an hotel.

Wikipedia: San Marone, Rome (EN)

282 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Casino Ludovisi

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Casino Ludovisi

Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi is a historical building in Rione Ludovisi, Rome, Italy. The building is located in the former domain Villa Ludovisi.

Wikipedia: Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi (EN)

631 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 20: Teatro Sistina

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The Teatro Sistina is a theatre in Rome, Italy.

Wikipedia: Teatro Sistina (EN), Website

403 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 21: Chiesa di Trinità dei Monti

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The Church of Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called simply Trinità dei Monti, is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church in Rome, central Italy. It is best known for its position above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the famous Piazza di Spagna. The church and its surrounding area are a French State property.

Wikipedia: Trinità dei Monti (EN)

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Chiesa dei Santi Giorgio e Martiri inglesi

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Chiesa dei Santi Giorgio e Martiri inglesi

San Giorgio e Martiri Inglesi is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, in the rione Campo Marzio on via di San Sebastianello.

Wikipedia: San Giorgio e Martiri Inglesi (EN)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Villa Medici

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Villa Medici

The French Academy in Rome is a French government institution located in Rome. It was founded in 1666 with the aim of welcoming young French artists for a period of one to five years so that they could develop their own creative projects.

Wikipedia: Académie de France à Rome (IT), Website

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 24: Spanish Steps

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The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top.

Wikipedia: Spanish Steps (EN)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Keats-Shelley Memorial House

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Keats-Shelley Memorial House

The Keats–Shelley Memorial House is a writer's house museum in Rome, Italy, commemorating the Romantic poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The museum houses one of the world's most extensive collections of memorabilia, letters, manuscripts, and paintings relating to Keats and Shelley, as well as Byron, Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Oscar Wilde, and others. It is located on the second floor of the building situated just to the south of the base of the Spanish Steps and east of the Piazza di Spagna.

Wikipedia: Keats–Shelley Memorial House (EN), Website

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 26: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli

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Chiesa della Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli

Santissima Trinità a Via Condotti or Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli is a church in Rome at the start of via Condotti in the Campo Marzio district. It is one of the national churches of Spain in Rome.

Wikipedia: Santissima Trinità a Via Condotti (EN)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 27: Chiesa di San Girolamo dei Croati

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Saint Jerome of the Croats is the national Catholic church of Croatia on Via Tomacelli in the Campus Martius of Rome. It is now a chapel of the Pontifical Croatian College of Saint Jerome in Rome and is only open to visitors by arrangement with the College.

Wikipedia: San Girolamo dei Croati (EN)

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: San Rocco all'Augusteo

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San Rocco all'Augusteo

La Chiesa di San Rocco is a Roman Catholic building that is part of the Parish of Saint Giacomo. The original conjoined building dates from 1499 and is located at 1 Largo San Rocco, Rome.

Wikipedia: San Rocco, Rome (EN)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Fontana del Porto di Ripetta

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The fountain of the port of Ripetta is located in Rome, in Piazza del Porto di Ripetta, where it was transferred in the early 1900s when, due to the widening of the banks of the Tiber, the river port of the same name where it was initially located was dismantled.

Wikipedia: Fontana del porto di Ripetta (IT)

362 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 30: Sacro Cuore del Suffragio

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Sacro Cuore di Gesù in Prati, also known as Sacro Cuore del Suffragio, is a catholic church in the centre of Rome (Italy), rising in the rione Prati, hosting the parish with the same name, entrusted to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

Wikipedia: Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (EN)

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