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Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller
- II - Rione Trevi(coat of arms of Rione Sant'Eustachio)
You may wish to see an introductory page first.
Rione Trevi is named after a trivio, a junction where three streets met near Fontana di Trevi at the centre of the rione.
It includes the western side of the Quirinale hill and the plain between this hill and Via del Corso.
It borders to the west on Pigna, to the south and the east on Monti and to the north on Colonna and the walls of Rome.
Coat of arms of Rione Trevi
Three swords are the symbol of Rione Trevi a reference to the three streets of the junction.
Ruins in Giardino Colonnese and in Horti Sallustiani are the main surviving evidence of ancient Rome in this rione.
The two statues in Piazza del Quirinale come from nearby Rione Monti and the obelisk in the same square
comes from Mausoleo di Augusto.
Rione Trevi has some of the most imposing palaces of Rome: Palazzo del Quirinale and
Palazzo Barberini were built between the
end of the XVIth century and the first half of the next century on the Quirinale hill, when the area was almost
considered countryside. Other interesting palaces of more or less
the same period are Palazzo Sciarra, Palazzo Colonna and
Palazzo Odescalchi, all between Via del Corso and the Quirinale hill.
SS. Apostoli is the main church of the rione, while the façades S. Susanna
by Carlo Maderno (1603) and S. Marcello by Carlo Fontana (1683) mark the start and
the end of Baroque architecture in Rome.
(top) Frieze of Palazzo Barberini; (left to right) cornice detail of Palazzo della Stamperia; the serious and the laughing man in Palazzo Mellini; detail of an XVIIIth century building in Via in Arcione opposite Palazzo Gentili Del Drago
Elegance and a bit of folly are the main characteristics of the decoration of many palaces in Trevi. The prevalence of XVIIth and XVIIIth century architectural patterns is very evident also in minor aspects.
1777 Map of Rione Trevi
Legend of the numbers in the map
1) S. Maria di Loreto
2) Nome di Maria
3) Palazzo Spinelli
4) Palazzo Odescalchi
5) Palazzo Colonna
6) S. Romualdo (lost)
7) Palazzo Bolognetti (lost)
8) Palazzo dell'Accademia di Francia
9) S. Marcello
10) Monastero dell'Umiltà
11) Palazzo Sciarra
12) Monastero delle Vergini
13) S. Maria in Via
14) Palazzo Poli or Conti
15) Palazzo Poli (rear side)
16) Palazzo della Stamperia
17) Piazza della Pilotta
18) Piazza di Montecavallo o del Quirinale
19) S. Maria dei Foglianti (lost)
20) S. Nicola in Arcione (lost)
21) Chiesa dell'Angelo Custode (lost)
22) Palazzo Barberini
23) S. Niccolò da Tolentino
Main monuments of Rione Trevi (clickable map)
The red X mark the main changes which occurred after 1777:
a) X in the upper left part of the map: the gardens and villas were replaced after 1870 by a residential quarter;
b) several X linked by two lines in the centre of the map: in 1926-1932 two new large streets modified the area between Piazza Barberini and Chiesa di S. Susanna;
c) several X linked by lines above the great green area: in 1885 the streets linking Via del Corso and Piazza Barberini were
enlarged and became one large street (Via del Tritone): this street was linked with the new quarters developed near the railway station by a tunnel under the Quirinale
hill;
d) several X linked by a line in the lower part of the map: in 1878 a new street was opened to link Piazza Venezia with Via Nazionale and the railway station.
The different colours group the monuments which are shown in the same page.
The image used as background for the table shows a detail of Fontana di Trevi.
You can start your tour of Rione Trevi from Porta Salaria.
| I - Monti | II - Trevi |
| III - Colonna | IV - Campo Marzio |
| V - Ponte | VI - Parione |
| VII - Regola | VIII - Sant'Eustachio |
| IX - Pigna | X - Campitelli |
| XI - Sant'Angelo | XII - Ripa |
| XIII - Trastevere | XIV - Borgo |
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