Via Roma : The History of Rome in Fifty Streets

Why is the broad avenue leading to St. Peter{u2019}s called the Street of Reconciliation? What does the Via dei Fori Imperiali{u2015}where the ancient imperial forums lie{u2015}have to do with Mussolini? How does the name Piazza Navona disclose what is hidden under the square? Via Roma tells Rome{u2019}s secrets one street at a time. In this brilliant guide, Willemijn van Dijk takes readers across time and place as they wander along the roads of the ancient Italian capital. Street by street, fifty of them, van Dijk allows the stones to reveal their origins, their makers, the significance of their names, and the history they continue to echo. Caesars, popes, dictators, mafia dons, generals, philosophers, and artists. Architecture, ideas, romance, food, and intrigue. Rome is the eternal city to which all roads lead, and van Dijk unfolds the city{u2019}s rich past through those roads. Via Roma is an indispensable book for any and every inquisitive lover, and visitor, of the city along the Tiber Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright Contents Introduction: How Is a City Born? I. The Tiber II. Via Monte Tarpeo III. Via del Velabro IV. Via del Tempio di Giove V. Piazza dei Cinquecento VI. Via Appia Antica VII. Via di Monte Testaccio VIII. Piazza di Porta Maggiore IX. Piazza del Teatro di Pompeo X. Piazza della Suburra XI. Piazza Sallustio XII. Via del Piè di Marmo XIII. Piazza Augusto Imperatore (I) XIV. Via Mecenate XV. Via della VII Coorte XVI. Viale della Domus Aurea XVII. Piazza dei Protomartiri XVIII. Via Sacra XIX. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla XX. Viale Castrense XXI. Ponte Milvio XXII. Passetto di Borgo XXIII. Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta XXIV. Via Cola di Rienzo XXV. Via del Corso XXVI. Via dei Coronari XXVII. Via Giulia XXVIII. Piazza del Campidoglio XXIX. Campo de’ Fiori XXX. Via delle Quattro Fontane XXXI. Piazza della Rotonda XXXII. Via del Babuino XXXIII. Piazza Navona XXXIV. Piazza San Pietro XXXV. Vicolo del Divino Amore XXXVI. Piazza del Popolo XXXVII. Piazza di Trevi XXXVIII. Via delle Carrozze XXXIX. Piazza di Spagna XL. Piazza della Cancelleria XLI. Piazzale Garibaldi XLII. Piazza Colonna XLIII. Via dei Fori Imperiali XLIV. Via della Conciliazione XLV. Via Nicola Zabaglia XLVI. Largo 16 Ottobre 1943 XLVII. Via Rasella XLVIII. Via Vittorio Veneto XLIX. Via Michelangelo Caetani L. Piazza Augusto Imperatore (II) Walk 1: In the Footsteps of Classical Rome Walk 2: In the Footsteps of the Popes and the Renaissance Walk 3: In the Footsteps of Bernini and the Baroque Walk 4: In the Footsteps of the Grand Tour and the Belle Époque Walk 5: In the Footsteps of Fascism and the Second World War Conclusion: The Path to the Future Select Bibliography Index of Names and Sights Via Roma Is An Indispensable Book For Any And Every Inquisitive Lover, And Visitor, Of The City Along The Tiber.--ron Mellor, Distinguished Research Professor Of History, University Of California, Los Angeles Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung