Episode 306 - Rome: Piazza Navona

27/11/2024 21 min
Episode 306 - Rome: Piazza Navona

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Episode Synopsis

Once the site of an ancient stadium used for athletics ("agones"), the Piazza Navona is arguably Rome's most famous piazza. It was renovated during the reign of Pope Innocent X in the middle of the 17th century and contains some of Rome's most spectacular monuments such as Bernini's "Fountain of the Four Rivers."