Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller

This map of Rome was included in an 1852 French Guide to Rome and it is based on a larger 1841 map by Paul-Marie Letarouilly (*); it shows Rome as it was before the development of railway and the 1870 annexation to the Kingdom of Italy; because it shows Rome in the last years of the Papal government, it is very useful to locate the monuments which house the papal coats of arms listed in the catalogue.

Clickable section of the Map of Rome

LIST OF COATS OF ARMS IN THIS QUADRANT
The locations are linked to a page where they are shown together with an XVIIIth century etching by Giuseppe Vasi. The links at the names of the popes open in a separate window showing their coat of arms only.

Location	Pope	Notes
1) S. Pietro	Urban VI Bartolomeo Prignano 1378-89 Gregory XIII Ugo Boncompagni 1572-85 Paul V Camillo Borghese 1605-21 Pius VI Giovan Angelo Braschi 1775-99 Leo XIII Gioacchino Pecci 1878-1903 John Paul II Karol Wojtyla 1978-2005	Grotte Vaticane Heraldic symbol - - On the dome -
2) Piazza di S. Pietro	Alexander VII Fabio Chigi 1655-67 Innocent XIII Michelangelo Conti 1721-24	- Heraldic symbols (eagles)
3) Palazzo Apostolico	Leo X Giovanni de' Medici 1513-21 Paul VI Giovanni Battista Montini 1963-78	- -
4) Cappella Sistina	Sixtus IV Francesco Della Rovere 1471-84	-
5) Corridoi del Vaticano	Benedict XIII Vincenzo Maria Orsini 1724-30 Benedict XIV Prospero Lambertini 1740-58 Pius VII Barnaba Chiaramonti 1800-23	- - -
6) Cortile della Pigna	John Paul I Albino Luciani 1978	Small coat of arms
7) Museo Pio-Clementino	Clement XIV Vincenzo Ganganelli 1769-1774	-
8) Entrance to Musei Vaticani	Pius XI Achille Ratti 1922-1939	-
9) Vatican Gardens	Benedict XVI Joseph Ratzinger 2005-2013	Behind the dome of S. Pietro
10) Tower near Porta Pertusa	John XXIII Angelo Roncalli 1958-1963	Heraldic symbols
11) Acqua Lancisiana	Pius VIII Francesco Castiglioni 1829-1830	-
12) Via della Conciliazione	Pius XII Eugenio Pacelli 1939-1958	-
13) Castel Sant'Angelo	Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia 1492-1503	-
14) Ponte degli Angeli	Clement VII Giulio de' Medici 1523-1534	-
15) Porta S. Pancrazio	Pius IX G. Maria Mastai-Ferretti 1846-1878	-
16) S. Maria dell'Anima	Adrian VI Adrian Florisze 1522-1523	-
17) Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi	Innocent X Giovan Battista Pamphili 1644-1655	-
18) Palazzo Spada	Julius III G. Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1550-1555	-

See the whole map or move to another quadrant:
Quadrant 2 - NE - Piazza di Spagna
Quadrant 3 - SW - Trastevere
Quadrant 4 - SE - S. Giovanni in Laterano

The map can also be seen in a high resolution image (2300x1850 pixels) which has links to pages of this website showing all the monuments listed in the left section of the map.

(*) Paul-Marie Letarouilly (1795-1855) was a French architect and engraver who published in 1840-55 Édifices de Rome moderne, an extensive collection of etchings showing palaces, churches and other monuments of Modern Rome from the point of view of an architect.