City pack · Rome, Italy
20 narrated stories about Rome — streets, landmarks and the people behind their names — about 64 minutes of listening. Play them here, or download the pack and listen offline on the plane, the train, the walk.
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The Gilded Lid of Via Urbana 6/7 · 3 min · page
It refers to the Church of Santa Pudenziana, which houses a late 4th century mosaic of Christ in a golden toga. The church acts as a historical lid covering layers of history, including the ancient home of Senator Pudens.
the Acqua Vergine aqueduct beneath the Trevi Fountain · 3 min · page
The Trevi Fountain is fed by the Acqua Vergine aqueduct, which has flowed since 19 BC. Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa, it is the only ancient aqueduct in Rome that has never stopped working.
The Capuchin Crypt · 3 min · page
The Habsburg dynasty is buried in the Imperial Crypt beneath Vienna's Capuchin Church. While over 150 bodies lie there in sarcophagi, their hearts are in the Augustinian Church and their entrails are in the Ducal Crypt of St. Stephen’s Cathedral.
the Stadium of Domitian beneath Piazza Navona, Rome · 3 min · page
Located five meters underground, the Stadium of Domitian was Rome’s first permanent venue for competitive sports. Commissioned in 86 AD, it hosted Greek-style athletic games for thirty thousand spectators, and its foundations now support the modern buildings of Piazza Navona.
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Viale Giulio Cesare, Rome · 3 min · page
Built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Viale Giulio Cesare is a grand boulevard in the Prati neighborhood. It was named after Julius Caesar to project the strength and administrative genius of the young Italian nation.
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Via Angelo Emo, Rome · 3 min · page
The street is named after Angelo Emo, the last great admiral of the Republic of Venice. Rome's planners included him to represent heroes from all over Italy and build a national identity after the country unified in 1870.
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Piazza del Comune e il Tempio di Minerva · 3 min · page
Built in the 1st century BC, the Temple of Minerva is one of the world's best-preserved Roman temples. It served as a jail and administrative offices before being transformed into the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in the 16th century.
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the Pantheon's oculus, Rome, Italy · 3 min · page
The hole, called the Oculus, lightens the dome's weight to prevent collapse. It functions as a celestial clock and allows rain to fall through to an ancient drainage system consisting of twenty-two small holes in the floor.
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The hotel is a 1914 Belle Époque seaside · 3 min · page
This 1914 Belle Époque mansion was originally a summer retreat for a prominent family. Located on Avenida Sáenz Peña in Lima's artists' quarter, the building now serves as a boutique hotel and art gallery housing contemporary art.
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Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, Italy · 3 min · page
The basilica features 12th-century golden mosaics and columns scavenged from the ancient Baths of Caracalla. It was established by Pope Callixtus I on a spot where legend says a miraculous stream of oil emerged when Jesus was born.
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Two minutes away, Piazza di Santa Maria in · 3 min · page
This is one of Rome’s oldest churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It features 12th-century gold apse mosaics showing Christ and Mary side-by-side and granite columns salvaged from the Baths of Caracalla.
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Corso Vittorio Emanuele Secondo, Rome · 3 min · page
Built in the 1880s, this road modernized Rome after it became Italy's capital. Engineers carved through medieval and Renaissance neighborhoods to accommodate growing traffic and administration, often shaving off or demolishing building facades to create the wide, straight artery.
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Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, Italy · 3 min · page
Built over Saint Cecilia's 3rd-century home, this basilica features Stefano Maderno’s marble sculpture, 9th-century mosaics, and late 1200s frescoes. Visitors can also explore Roman excavations below the floorboards of the original house, including an ancient tannery and grain storage area.
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The Janiculum cannon · 3 min · page
Pope Pius IX started this tradition in 1847 to bring order to the city. Fired daily from the Janiculum Hill, the cannon blast signals bell-ringers to chime in unison, creating a unified heartbeat for the capital as the Pope intended.
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Viale Tiziano, Rome · 3 min · page
Viale Tiziano is named after the Venetian painter Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian. Located in the Flaminio district, this twentieth-century boulevard connects Piazzale delle Belle Arti to northern sports complexes and runs parallel to the ancient Via Flaminia.
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Piazza Lauro de Bosis, Rome · 3 min · page
Lauro De Bosis was a poet who dropped anti-fascist leaflets over Rome from an airplane in 1931. The square was renamed to honor his memory and reclaim the space from the architecture of the fascist regime he opposed.
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Viale Altiero Spinelli, Rome · 3 min · page
This road is named after Altiero Spinelli, a founding father of the European Union who drafted the Ventotene Manifesto. Located near Roma Tiburtina station, the thoroughfare connects the Pietralata and Nomentano neighborhoods as part of an urban redevelopment project.
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Viale Regina Margherita, Rome · 3 min · page
Viale Regina Margherita is named after Margherita of Savoy, the first Queen of Italy. Built in the early 20th century, this wide boulevard connects the Coppedè district and Piazza Buenos Aires with Sapienza University and the Policlinico hospital.
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Lungotevere Arnaldo da Brescia, Rome · 3 min · page
Arnaldo was a twelfth century monk who advocated for clergy poverty and Roman independence from the Pope. This street was named after him following Italy's 1870 unification to honor his legacy as a symbol of resistance against the Papacy's political power.
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The pedestrian Rue de France threads the New · 3 min · page
In the 1820s, Reverend Lewis Way and the English community funded its construction to provide work for the unemployed during a harsh winter. It began as a modest path along the shore before becoming the legendary "English Walk."
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