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Quirinale to the Piazza della Repubblica

Map of Quirinale to the Piazza della Repubblica

Pompous ministry buildings, government palaces, and a plethora of offices and banks mark this area as central Rome's principal business district, but you can also find some glorious monuments of Rome's artistic legacy here. The massive Palazzo Quirinale marks the more sober limit of this district laid out in the late 19th century. Home to Italy's president, it has a panoply of over-the-top spectacular salons you can see on a tour. For more venerable treasures, head over a few blocks to the north; on ugly, frantic Piazza Barberini, you can catch Bernini's Fontana del Tritone, while just up the road is one of Rome's biggest 17th-century extravaganzas, the Palazzo Barberini.

At a Glance

RESTAURANTS

ENTERTAINMENT

SHOPPING

1. Santa Maria della Concezione
Explore a spooky, but oddly beautiful, crypt.
2. Santa Maria della Vittoria
See the perfect Bernini chapel.
3. Ta Matete
Rome's most stylish bookstore and art gallery.
4. Villa Torlonia
This overlooked museum is in Mussolini's former home.

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