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of the Piazza Navona The Piazza Navona is from a walking distance
to the Spanish Steps
and the baroque styled Trevi
Fountain.
From always, the Piazza Navona is synonymous with joy, festivities
and popular entertainment. Today, Romans and tourists go hang there day and night
besides street artists, musicians and portraitists. The medieval streets around
the Piazza Navona are full of artisan shops, trattorias and pizzerias. There is
an elegant and natural mixture of baroque and renaissance styled buildings.
Although
the Piazza Navona reproduces in shape the antique Dominitian stadium, it is mostly
an architectural celebration of the baroque and renaissance periods. Since
the beginning of the 16th century, the Popes wanted to embellish the small streets
by building churches and palaces. Some of the elite people of the time made up
their residences in the area which attracted librarians and other quality shops.
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hotels in the Piazza Navona area >
See Rome's tourist city
map to find where is the Piazza Navona.
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