Via del Corso
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The Via del Corso is a main street in the historical centre of Rome. It is straight in an area otherwise characterized by narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas. Considered a wide street in ancien
Via del Corso seen from the Vittoriano (on the left Palazzo Bonaparte, where Maria Letizia Ramolino, Napoleon's mother, lived and died)
San Marcello al Corso
Galleria Doria Pamphilj art museum
Chigi Palace seat of the Council of Ministers of the Government of Italy
Piazza del Popolo
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Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars after which the church of Santa Maria del
Via del Corso
…Corso runs in a generally north–south direction. To the north, it links the northern entrance gate to the city, the Porta del Popolo and its piazza, the Piazza del Popolo, to the heart of the city at the Piazza Venezia, at the base of the Capitoline Hill. At the Piazza del Popolo, Via del Corso is framed by two Baroque…
The Piazza del Popolo.
An Egyptian obelisk of Ramesses II from Heliopolis stands in the centre of the Piazza.
The entrance of the Tridente from Piazza del Popolo, defined by the "twin" churches of Santa Maria in Montesanto (left, built 1662–75) and Santa Maria dei Miracoli (right, built 1675–79). The Via del Corso exits between the two churches.
Porta del Popolo