Old Rome
Old Rome is the historic medieval and renaissance center of Rome. While the oldest section of Rome is at the Forum, and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, Old Rome remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: old town
- Description: world heritage site
- Also known as: “historic centre of Rome” and “Historic district of Rome”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castel Sant’Angelo and Piazza Navona.
Castel Sant’Angelo
Photo: TeKappa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family.
Piazza Navona
Square
Photo: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian and follows the form of the open space of the stadium in an elongated oval.
St. Peter’s Square
Square
Photo: Giannisk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave in Rome, directly west of the neighborhood of Borgo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vatican and Trastevere.
Vatican
Photo: Michelangelo, Public domain.
Vatican City is the world's smallest country both by area and by population, and is the centre of Catholicism. This tiny country completely within Rome is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world, and indeed many countries.
Trastevere
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trastevere is a district in Rome. The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today Trastevere is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.
Modern Centre
Photo: Goldmund100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Modern Centre of Rome, home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.
Old Rome
- Location: Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.8992° or 41° 53′ 57″ northLongitude
12.4697° or 12° 28′ 11″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVFX9+MVWikidata ID
Q523026
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Old Rome” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روما القديمة”
- Armenian: “Հին Հռոմ”
- Belarusian: “Стары Рым”
- Catalan: “centre històric de Roma”
- Cornish: “Hen Rom”
- Dutch: “Historisch Centrum”
- Dutch: “Oude stad van Rome”
- French: “centre historique de Rome”
- French: “Centre historique de Rome”
- French: “Vieux Rome”
- Galician: “Centro histórico de Roma”
- German: “Altstadt Roms”
- German: “Historisches Zentrum von Rom”
- German: “Historisches Zentrum”
- Greek: “Παλιά Ρώμη”
- Hausa: “Wurin Tarihi na Roma”
- Hebrew: “העיר העתיקה”
- Hebrew: “רומא/רומא הישנה”
- Hungarian: “Róma történelmi központja”
- Italian: “centro storico di Roma”
- Italian: “Centro storico di Roma”
- Japanese: “ローマ歴史地区、教皇領とサン・パオロ・フオーリ・レ・ムーラ大聖堂”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Romas historiske sentrum”
- Norwegian: “Romas historiske sentrum”
- Persian: “ناحیه تاریخی رم”
- Portuguese: “Roma Velha”
- Scots: “Auld Roum”
- Slovenian: “zgodovinski center Rima”
- Slovenian: “zgodovinsko središče Rima”
- Slovenian: “Zgodovinsko središče Rima”
- Spanish: “Centro historico de Roma”
- Spanish: “Centro histórico de Roma”
- Tagalog: “Distritong pangkasaysayan ng Roma”
- Tagalog: “Makasaysayang distrito ng Roma”
- Turkish: “Roma’nın Tarihî Merkezi”
- Vietnamese: “thành La Mã”
- Vietnamese: “thành Roma cổ đại”
- Vietnamese: “Trung tâm lịch sử thành Roma”
- Welsh: “Hen Rufain”
- Welsh: “Yr Hen Rufain”
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