2/15/2017 0 Comments Via Giulia...To me, the via Giulia is one of the most beautiful streets in Rome. An impressive thoroughfare, dating from the early sixteenth century, it is designed in a straight line to connect the Vatican to the Ponte Sisto.
If you know Rome at all, you will understand how significant this long, straight and realatively wide street is to this ancient part of the city. It's creation was quite the feat of urban planning!! For this reason, it was a most desired address for the fashionable and wealthy set. Artists and the Elite flocked to make via Guilia their home..... Really, not much has changed today. When in Rome, it is a must to stroll by the many impressive Palaces (Palazzo) and Churches (Chiesa) that line this incredible street, to stroll below the famous Farnese Arch ( designed by Michelangelo himself ), and stop to admire the renaissance designed Fountain of the Mask, that incorporates a bathtub and mask from Ancient Rome. Enjoy!
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