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Highlights include Borgo Pio, Campo de' Fiori, Castel Sant'Angelo, Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Colosseum and Arch of Constantine, Curia Julia.

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  1. Borgo Pio: story on the “Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City” route

    The history of a new street brings papal ideas of morality into contact with rent, credit, and the safety of expelled women.

  2. Campo de' Fiori: story on the “The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains” route

    Here the route begins with a square where, three centuries later, a public sentence received a bronze reply.

  3. Castel Sant'Angelo: story on the “Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City” route

    Here you will see how an ancient mausoleum became a papal refuge and a place of surrender.

  4. Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola: story on the “The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains” route

    Inside, it will become clear how a painter replaced an unbuilt structure with a convincing architectural illusion.

  5. Colosseum and Arch of Constantine: story on the “From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome” route

    The finale will compare two ways of presenting new power to the city: a public arena and a monument to the victor.

  6. Curia Julia: story on the “From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome” route

    The Senate chamber is needed on this route to show, after the assault in the street, power acquired through a lawful procedure.

  7. Palatine Hill: story on the “From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome” route

    The emperor's private quarters will show how access to a single room could decide the fate of a reign.

  8. Pantheon: story on the “The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains” route

    This stop is needed to examine the investigation after which a venerated relic turned out to belong to someone else.

  9. Pasquino: story on the “The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains” route

    The mutilated marble will help explain how Roman mockery became a political tool.

  10. Passetto di Borgo: story on the “Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City” route

    The enclosed corridor explains how the pope could negotiate with a king who had entered Rome without leaving the route to the fortress.

  11. Piazza del Campidoglio: story on the “From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome” route

    Here, the city hall becomes the setting for testing how long popular support can keep a ruler in a palace.

  12. Piazza di Pietra: story on the “The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains” route

    The surviving side of the temple links an imperial dispute over succession with a later customs house and the modern chamber.

  13. Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish Steps: story on the “The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains” route

    The finale will show how a major architectural success came with defects, a lawsuit, and a career that never took off.

  14. Piazza Navona: story on the “The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains” route

    The square will show how a fountain model could restore an architect's papal commissions and deprive a rival of the central work.

  15. Piazza Venezia: story on the “From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome” route

    The route begins with the most recent and best-preserved stage for mass politics.

  16. Ponte Sant'Angelo: story on the “Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City” route

    This stop will show how a disaster changed the approach to the main pilgrimage crossing of the Tiber.

  17. St Peter's Basilica: story on the “Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City” route

    The high altar will form a vertical chain from the present church to the early shrine and the Roman Necropolis.

  18. St Peter's Square: story on the “Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City” route

    This stop will connect the openness of a papal audience with the assassination attempt, the rescue, and the subsequent forgiveness of the shooter.

  19. The edge of Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum: story on the “From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome” route

    The panorama will help you trace the soldiers' route from the city square to the fortified summit.

  20. Trevi Fountain: story on the “The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains” route

    The fountain will help you see how a papal plan took over someone else’s palace and left its own coat of arms on it.

  21. Vatican Museums: story on the “Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City” route

    The finale will show how a sculpture found in a vineyard became the core of a collection that the popes later opened to the public.

  22. Via della Conciliazione: story on the “Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City” route

    Here, you will need to compare the ceremonial view of the basilica with the vanished houses, shops, and square of old Borgo.

  23. Via Sacra and the Arch of Titus: story on the “From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome” route

    Here, the triumphal procession will appear as a ceremony that could not be completed without news from the Forum.

  24. Nearest audio-route stop: Trevi Fountain — 100 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  25. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Venezia — 120 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  26. Nearest audio-route stop: Colosseum and Arch of Constantine — 20 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  27. Nearest audio-route stop: The edge of Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum — 50 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  28. Nearest audio-route stop: Curia Julia — 60 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  29. Nearest audio-route stop: Curia Julia — 70 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  30. Nearest audio-route stop: Palatine Hill — 140 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  31. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Venezia — 100 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  32. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza del Campidoglio — 30 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  33. Nearest audio-route stop: Castel Sant'Angelo — 10 m in a straight line, route Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City

  34. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza di Pietra — 130 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  35. Nearest audio-route stop: The edge of Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum — 60 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  36. Nearest audio-route stop: Palatine Hill — 120 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  37. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza del Campidoglio — 80 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  38. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish Steps — 80 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  39. Nearest audio-route stop: Curia Julia — 100 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  40. Nearest audio-route stop: The edge of Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum — 140 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  41. Nearest audio-route stop: Pasquino — 100 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  42. Nearest audio-route stop: Campo de' Fiori — 120 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  43. Nearest audio-route stop: Campo de' Fiori — 150 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  44. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Navona — 100 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  45. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza del Campidoglio — 40 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  46. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Navona — 80 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  47. Nearest audio-route stop: Trevi Fountain — 40 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  48. Nearest audio-route stop: The edge of Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum — 60 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  49. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Venezia — 110 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  50. Nearest audio-route stop: Pantheon — 80 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  51. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish Steps — 100 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  52. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Navona — 30 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  53. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Venezia — 80 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  54. Nearest audio-route stop: Curia Julia — 30 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  55. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Navona — 140 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  56. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Navona — 50 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  57. Nearest audio-route stop: Via Sacra and the Arch of Titus — 60 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  58. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza del Campidoglio — 70 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  59. Nearest audio-route stop: Pantheon — 130 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  60. Nearest audio-route stop: Palatine Hill — 130 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  61. Nearest audio-route stop: Curia Julia — 100 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  62. Nearest audio-route stop: Curia Julia — 60 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  63. Nearest audio-route stop: Curia Julia — 70 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  64. Nearest audio-route stop: The edge of Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum — 50 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  65. Nearest audio-route stop: Via Sacra and the Arch of Titus — 100 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  66. Nearest audio-route stop: The edge of Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum — 30 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  67. Nearest audio-route stop: Palatine Hill — 90 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  68. Nearest audio-route stop: Via della Conciliazione — 110 m in a straight line, route Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City

  69. Nearest audio-route stop: Campo de' Fiori — 140 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  70. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza Venezia — 130 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome

  71. Nearest audio-route stop: Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish Steps — 130 m in a straight line, route The Heart of Rome: Squares, the Pantheon, and Fountains

  72. Nearest audio-route stop: Via della Conciliazione — 10 m in a straight line, route Borgo and the Vatican: Papal Power in the City

  73. Nearest audio-route stop: Curia Julia — 70 m in a straight line, route From Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum: Power in Rome