Roma Trip Overview
The famous Piazza Navona is paved on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones “games), and hence it was known as “Circus Agonalis” (competition arena). It is believed that over time the name changed to in avone to navone and eventually to navona.
During its history, the piazza has hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival would take place, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family.
The church San Luigi dei Francesi is the national church in Rome of France. The three world-renowned canvases of Caravaggio are in Contarelli Chapel. You will be stunned by the view of this Baroque masterpiece!
At the end of the tour you will taste an excellent ice-cream.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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The famous Piazza Navona is paved on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones “games), and hence it was known as “Circus Agonalis” (competition arena). It is believed that over time the name changed to in avone to navone and eventually to navona.
During its history, the piazza has hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival would take place, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family.
The church San Luigi dei Francesi is the national church in Rome of France. The three world-renowned canvases of Caravaggio are in Contarelli Chapel. You will be stunned by the view of this Baroque masterpiece!
At the end of the tour you will taste an excellent ice-cream.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy
Stroll around one of the most beautiful and picturesque piazzas in Rome with our professional guide. Three impressive fountains, including la Fontana dei Quatro Fiumi with its large obelisk at the centre, the Baroque Church of Sant’Agnese in Agone, Fontana del Moro and the Fountain of Neptune will definitely take your breath away.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Chiesa di Sant’Agnese in Agone, Via di Santa Maria Dell’Anima 30/A Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy
The Church is a 17th-century Baroque church in Rome. It faces onto the Piazza Navona, one of the main urban spaces in the historic centre of the city and the site where the Early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred in the ancient Stadium of Domitian.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Church of St. Louis of the French, Piazza San Luigi de’ Francesi, 00186 Rome Italy
We then will visit the Church of St. Louis of the French or San Luigi dei Francesi. The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to St. Denis the Areopagite and St. Louis IX, King of France. The church is most famous for the fact that Contarelli Chapel contains a cycle of paintings by the Baroque master Caravaggio created in 1599–1600 about the life of St. Matthew.
Duration: 40 minutes
