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VIA DEL CORSO:
The main street of
Rome is the principal arterial shopping
road of the city. From here as
many important streets meander:
Condotti, Frattina, Greci, Tomacelli,
Borgognona, Vittoria, Grottino, Mercede,
Tritone, San Silvestro.
The urban collocation
puts it in the centre of the city to
joint Piazza Venezia, political gist of
the city, to Piazza Colonna, political
gist of the nation, until to Piazza del
Popolo where all the events, the shows
and the concerts are kept in the shade
of the Pincio, “the most beautiful
terrace in the world”, as it was
definited by W. Goethe. Via del Corso is
the ancient Via Lata, as Via Flaminia
was called inside the walls of Rome.
Along it, you can see monuments of each
historical epoch that are mounted in the
palaces like little icons: the ancient
“Fontana del Bottino”, near Vicolo
Doria Pamphili, the column of Piazza
Colonna, the “Galleria Alberto Sordi” or
the palace of the “Rinascente”. To reach
the beginning of Via del Corso, at
Piazza del Popolo, you should take the
metro A, getting off at Flamino or
Spagna stop, from where you can walk
along Via Condotti and arrive in Piazza
San Lorenzo in Lucina. Car: 2.8 km, 4 min
Mix: 620 mt a piedi (dalla metro), 12
min
On foot: 2.1 km, 31 min
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