This collection gathers villas, palaces, gardens, and sites that European travelers visited during the Grand Tour, the educational journey popular across Europe in the century of the Enlightenment. It suits readers who want to understand how foreign visitors described and experienced the city.
Places: Grand Tour era (23)
Antico Caffè GrecoThe Antico Caffè Greco is at Via dei Condotti 86, in Rome, a few dozen meters from the intersection with Via del Corso and a short walk from Piazza…- Antonio Canova’s Studio and HouseAntonio Canova's Studio and House occupies the corner between Via delle Colonnette and Via Antonio Canova, in the Campo Marzio rione, a few dozen m…
- Basilica di Sant’ApollinareThe Basilica di Sant'Apollinare is at Piazza di Sant'Apollinare 49, at the northern end of Piazza Navona, and is open only Monday through Friday, f…
- Basilica of Sant’EustachioThe Basilica of Sant'Eustachio is less than 100 meters from the Pantheon, in the block between Via della Palombella, Via di Sant'Eustachio and the…
- Bosco Parrasio, Accademia dell’ArcadiaIn 1724, with a major donation from King John V of Portugal, construction began on Bosco Parrasio to house Accademia dell'Arcadia, whose aim was to…
- Casa di GoetheCasa di Goethe is at Via del Corso 18, a few steps from Piazza del Popolo, in the first stretch of Via del Corso that marks the entrance to the Tri…
- Church of Santa Maria MaddalenaThe Church of Santa Maria Maddalena faces the small square of the same name in the Colonna district, less than two minutes' walk from the Pantheon,…
- Historic Cafés and Shops of Rome: Which Ones Are Worth ItThe historic cafés and shops of Rome are today a shrinking heritage, and the most honest way to tell it is to start from the news that closed an er…
- Parco di Villa ChigiParco di Villa Chigi is open: it is a public garden of Roma Capitale in the Trieste district, Municipio II, with free entry every day from 7:00 to…
- Piazza di Sant’IgnazioPiazza di Sant'Ignazio is in the historic center of Rome, between Via del Corso and the Pantheon, in front of the church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola.…
- Quirinal ObeliskThe Quirinal Obelisk rises in the middle of the highest square in Rome, wedged between the two colossi of the Dioscuri holding back their horses an…
- Royal Palace of CasertaThe Royal Palace of Caserta is a historic royal palace, with an attached park, located in Caserta. Commissioned in the 18th century by Charles of B…
- San Claudio dei BorgognoniSan Claudio dei Borgognoni, which in the official sources carries the full name Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni, stands in Piazza di San Clau…
- San Nicola dei LorenesiSan Nicola dei Lorenesi occupies a corner of Largo Febo, behind Piazza Navona, about 50 steps from the side of Santa Maria dell’Anima. It is the na…
- San Stanislao dei PolacchiSan Stanislao dei Polacchi is at Via delle Botteghe Oscure 15, between Largo di Torre Argentina and Piazza Venezia, and it is the Polish national c…
- Sant’Eusebio all’EsquilinoSant'Eusebio all'Esquilino is the church on the north corner of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, at number 12/A, with the double-ramp staircase and the…
- Santa Maria della LuceSanta Maria della Luce is on Via della Luce, in Trastevere, in the stretch of the district that goes down toward Porta Portese and that the tourist…
- Scuderie del QuirinaleScuderie del Quirinale - Via Ventiquattro Maggio, 16, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Temple of Aesculapius at Villa BorgheseTemple of Aesculapius at Villa Borghese - Via Ulisse Aldrovandi, 6, 00197 Roma RM
- The Two Churches of Trajan’s ForumAt the foot of Trajan's Column two domed churches face each other like a pair built in a single go. They are not. Santa Maria di Loreto and the San…
- Trevi FountainTrevi Fountain is the largest and among the most famous fountains in Rome.
- Villa Albani TorloniaVilla Albani Torlonia can't be visited freely: it is private property of the Torlonia family, at Via Salaria 96 in Rome, and the Torlonia Foundatio…
- Villa del Priorato di MaltaVilla del Priorato di Malta - Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 4, 00153 Roma RM
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