This collection gathers places and events centered on sculpture, from ancient statues to modern works displayed in museums, squares, and parks. It is useful for visitors who want routes built around sculptors' work or who prefer seeing pieces in person.

Places: Sculpture (77)

• 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…
• Arch of Septimius SeverusThe Arch of Septimius Severus closes off the Roman Forum on the Capitoline side, at the northwest corner of the forum square. It was dedicated in A…
• Arch of the ArgentariiThe Arch of the Argentarii stands on Via del Velabro, leaning against the left side of the church of San Giorgio al Velabro, about 100 meters from…
• Arch of TitusThe Arch of Titus closes the Roman Forum on the Colosseum side, at the top of the Velia ascent, at the point where Via Sacra reached its highest el…
• Ardea (RM)Ardea (RM) is reached from Rome in about 40 minutes: from the Grande Raccordo Anulare you take via Laurentina (SP 95a) southbound and continue for…
• Atelier Canova TadoliniAtelier Canova Tadolini is at Via del Babuino 150/a, at the corner with Via dei Greci, in the heart of the Tridente, halfway between Piazza di Spag…
• Barcaccia FountainBarcaccia Fountain - Piazza di Spagna, 00187 Rome RM
• Basilica of San Pietro in VincoliThe Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli is a Catholic place of worship in the historic center of Rome, in the Monti district, on the Oppian Hill. It…
• Basilica of Sant’Agostino in Campo MarzioThe Basilica of Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio is one of the first great Renaissance churches built in Rome and, in all likelihood, the one with the…
• Basilica of Santa Maria sopra MinervaBasilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Piazza della Minerva, 42, 00186 Rome RM
• Basilica of Santi XII ApostoliThe Basilica of Santi XII Apostoli is in Piazza dei Santi Apostoli, a few steps from Piazza Venezia and the Altare della Patria, in the Trevi distr…
• Bernini in Rome: an itinerary through his worksGian Lorenzo Bernini worked in Rome for almost 60 years, under eight popes, and the result is that today there is no honest way of crossing the cen…
• Borghese GalleryThe Borghese Gallery is a splendid museum in Villa Borghese Pinciana, one of the most beautiful in Rome, period, thanks to the rich collection on d…
• Casa dei Mostri - Palazzetto ZuccariCasa dei Mostri - Palazzetto Zuccari - Via Gregoriana, 28, 00187 Roma RM
• Centrale MontemartiniCentrale Montemartini - Via Ostiense, 106, 00154 Rome RM, Italy
• Church of San Francesco a RipaChurch of San Francesco a Ripa Piazza di San Francesco d'Assisi, Roma Best kept ecclesiastical secret of Trastevere, whic…
• Church of Sant’Agata in TrastevereChurch of Sant'Agata in Trastevere Largo san Giovanni de Matha, Rome Simply the church that keeps the statue of the Madonn…
• Church of the GesùThe Church of the Gesù faces a narrow square halfway between Palazzo Venezia and Largo di Torre Argentina, at one of the most crossed and least loo…
• Civitella d’Agliano (VT)Civitella d’Agliano is a municipality of just over 1,500 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, postal code 01020, area code 0761, set at 262 mete…
• Column of Marcus AureliusThe Column of Marcus Aurelius rises in the middle of Piazza Colonna, in the heart of the Campus Martius, and still stands exactly where it was plan…
• Column of the Immaculate ConceptionThe Column of the Immaculate Conception stands in piazza Mignanelli, the stretch of piazza di Spagna that widens in front of Palazzo di Propaganda…
• Fontana del MascheroneThe Fontana del Mascherone is in via Giulia, at the corner with via del Mascherone, in the Regola district, a few meters from the Farnese arch and…
• Fontana delle ApiThe Fontana delle Api is at the corner of Piazza Barberini and Via Vittorio Veneto, in the Ludovisi rione, on the sidewalk at the mouth of the stre…
• Fontana delle NaiadiThe Fontana delle Naiadi is in the middle of Piazza della Repubblica, in the Castro Pretorio rione, in Rome, and you can see it at any hour without…
• Foro ItalicoForo Italico - Lungotevere Maresciallo Diaz, 00135 Rome RM
• Fountain of the Four RiversFountain of the Four Rivers - Piazza Navona Rome
• Giacomo Manzù Museum in ArdeaThe Giacomo Manzù Museum is an Italian state museum opened in 1981 in Ardea, dedicated to the work of the sculptor Giacomo Manzù.
• Gipsoteca – Museum of Classical ArtThe 1,200 plaster casts of the gipsoteca (Museum of Classical Art at Sapienza) let students, researchers and enthusiasts trace centuries of the his…
• Lorenzo Ferri MuseumLorenzo Ferri Museum - Via Cavour, 23, 00033 Cave RM, Italy
• Michelangelo in Rome: Where to See His WorksMichelangelo Buonarroti spent almost 40 years of his life in Rome and died here, on February 18, 1564, in a house that no longer exists. Rome is th…
• Michelangelo’s CloisterMichelangelo's Cloister - Via Enrico de Nicola, 76, 00185 Rome RM, Italy
• Monster Park of BomarzoThe Park of the Monsters of Bomarzo, also called the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo or Villa delle Meraviglie di Bomarzo, is a spectacular monumental compl…
• Mormon Temple in RomeMormon Temple in Rome - Via di Settebagni, 376, 00139 Roma RM
• Moro FountainThe Moro Fountain closes the south end of Piazza Navona, on the side of Via di Pasquino and of the palace that now houses the Museo di Roma at Pala…
• Moses FountainThe Moses Fountain is in Piazza di San Bernardo, in 00185 Rome, and it isn't a fountain like the others: it's the visible head of an aqueduct. It's…
• Museo Barracco – Giovanni Barracco Museum of Ancient SculptureMuseo Barracco - Giovanni Barracco Museum of Ancient Sculpture - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 168, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
• National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary ArtNational Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art - Viale delle Belle Arti, 131, 00197 Rome RM, Italy
• Neptune FountainThe Neptune Fountain closes the north side of Piazza Navona, at the opposite end from the Moor Fountain and about 30 steps from Bernini's Four Rive…
• Obelisco della MinervaThe Minerva Obelisk is the smallest of Rome's 13 ancient obelisks and, in all likelihood, the most photographed in relation to its height: a red gr…
• Palace of the Conservators on Capitoline HillPalace of the Conservators on Capitoline Hill - Piazza del Campidoglio, 4, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
• Palazzaccio – Palace of Justice of RomeThere are buildings in Rome that you visit and others that simply loom over you. The Palazzaccio - Palace of Justice of Rome undoubtedly belongs to…
• Palazzo Altemps – National Roman MuseumPalazzo Altemps, formerly Palazzo Riario, is a historic building in Rome. It stands a short distance from Piazza Navona, in Piazza Sant'Apollinare…
• Palazzo MerulanaPalazzo Merulana - Via Merulana, 121, 00185 Roma RM, Italia
• PasquinoPasquino is the marble torso propped against the northwest corner of Palazzo Braschi, in the square that since the 16th century has ended up taking…
• Piazza BarberiniPiazza Barberini is in Rome, postal code 00187, at the intersection of Via del Tritone, Via Sistina, Via Veneto, Via Barberini and Via delle Quattr…
• Piazza del QuirinalePiazza del Quirinale is the most beautiful free panoramic terrace in the center of Rome, and nobody sells it to you as such because you don't pay f…
• Piazza della RepubblicaPiazza della Repubblica is the big semicircular square that opens at the crossing of Via Nazionale, Via Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Viale Enrico…
• Piazza San PietroPiazza San Pietro is the great colonnaded square that stands in front of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini b…
• Pietro Canonica Museum at Villa BorghesePietro Canonica Museum at Villa Borghese - Viale Pietro Canonica, 2, 00197 Rome RM, Italy
• Ponte Sant’AngeloPhoto: Ruud Koot, CC BY-SA 3.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castel_and_Ponte_Sant%27Angelo_(Rome).JPG) P…
• Porta del PopoloPorta del Popolo is the northern gate of the Aurelian Walls, the ancient Porta Flaminia. For almost 1,800 years it was the entrance to Rome for any…
• Quattro FontaneThe Quattro Fontane are four wall fountains set into the beveled corners of the intersection between Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinal…
• 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…
• Rione Monti: What to See in the Neighborhood Between the Colosseum and Santa Maria MaggioreRione Monti is Rome's rione I, the first on the official list and the largest of the 22: it takes up the strip of the city between the Colosseum an…
• San Bernardo alle TermeSan Bernardo alle Terme is a round church at Via Torino 94, at the corner with Piazza San Bernardo, carved out of one of the two circular halls tha…
• San Girolamo della CaritàSan Girolamo della Carità is a church on Via di Monserrato, in the Regola rione, halfway between Campo de’ Fiori and the Tiber, and it contains wha…
• Sant’Andrea delle FratteAt Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, on either side of the high altar, there are two marble angels that Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpted with his own hand bet…
• Santa BibianaSanta Bibiana is a small church, closed almost all the time, at Via Giovanni Giolitti 154, on the east flank of Termini station, squeezed between t…
• Santa Caterina da Siena a MagnanapoliSanta Caterina da Siena a Magnanapoli is the Baroque church that closes off the top of the climb of Via Nazionale, at Largo Magnanapoli, beside the…
• Santa Maria della PaceSanta Maria della Pace is about 100 meters from piazza Navona, in the Ponte district, and manages the feat of staying invisible to almost everyone…
• Santa Maria della Vittoria ChurchThe Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria is on Via XX Settembre, in the heart of the Sallustiano district, a few steps from the Fountain of Moses a…
• Santa Maria in MonserratoSanta Maria in Monserrato is the Spanish national church in Rome and stands at Via di Monserrato 115, in the Regola district, halfway between Campo…
• Santa Maria in MonticelliSanta Maria in Monticelli is at Via di Santa Maria in Monticelli 28, in the Regola rione, on a side street off Via Arenula on the Tiber side. It is…
• Santi Domenico e SistoSanti Domenico e Sisto is the church at the top of the two-flight staircase of Largo Angelicum, on the Magnanapoli rise, the point where Via Nazion…
• Santo Spirito dei NapoletaniSanto Spirito dei Napoletani is at Via Giulia 34, in the Regola district, and it opens mainly for services: the national tourism portal lists openi…
• Sapienza University CityThe Sapienza University City is at Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, in Rome, and is run by Sapienza University of Rome. You can walk through the campus withou…
• Sperlonga (LT)Sperlonga (LT) - Sperlonga 04029 LT
• Temple of Aesculapius at Villa BorgheseTemple of Aesculapius at Villa Borghese - Via Ulisse Aldrovandi, 6, 00197 Roma RM
• The Talking Statues of RomeThe talking statues of Rome are six sculptures scattered around the historic center on which, from the 16th century onward, Romans secretly posted…
• Tomb of Marcus Vergilius EurysacesTomb of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces: Free to view from outside in Piazzale Labicano (Porta Maggiore).
• Tombs of Via Latina (Barberini, Valerii, Pancratii)Tombs of Via Latina: Temporarily closed for PNRR restoration work, available through a virtual tour on MUVI Appia.
• Trajan’s ColumnTrajan's Column rises almost 40 meters at the northern end of Trajan's Forum, a few steps from Piazza Venezia, wedged between the side of the Traja…
• Trevi FountainTrevi Fountain is the largest and among the most famous fountains in Rome.
• Triton FountainThe Triton Fountain, a work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is in Rome in Piazza Barberini.
• Turtle FountainPhoto: Rijksmuseum, CC0 license, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontana_delle_Tartarughe,_RP-F-F80027.jpg) The Turt…
• 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…
• Vitorchiano (VT)Vitorchiano is in the province of Viterbo, in the heart of the Tuscia, and is a little over an hour from Rome's Grande Raccordo Anulare. By car you…