Regola
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Palazzo Farnese

Palazzo Farnese is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian state, it was given to the French Government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and currently serves as the French embassy in Italy. First designed in 1517 for the Farnese family, the building expanded in size and conception when Alessandro Farnese became Pope Paul III in 1534, to designs by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.

Located at 41.8947, 12.4708 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome, House of Farnese, Renaissance architecture in Rome, 16th-century architecture, France–Italy relations, Diplomatic missions in Rome

Accademia dei Lincei

The Accademia dei Lincei, (literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed", but anglicised as the Lincean Academy), is an Italian science academy, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1603 by Federico Cesi, it was the first academy of sciences to persist in Italy and a locus for the incipient scientific revolution. The academy was named after the lynx, an animal whose sharp vision symbolizes the observational prowess required by science.

Located at 41.8933, 12.4667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Science and technology in Italy, Scientific societies, 1603 establishments, History of Rome, National academies of sciences

Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri is a society of apostolic life of Catholic priests and lay-brothers who live together in a community bound together by no formal vows but only with the bond of charity. They are commonly referred to as Oratorians (Oratorian Fathers). This "Congregation of the Oratory" should not be confused with the French Oratory, a distinct congregation, the Society of the Oratory of Jesus (Société de l'Oratoire de Jésus), founded by Pierre de Bérulle in 1611 in Paris.

Located at 41.8986, 12.4708 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Oratorian communities, Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, Roman Catholic religious orders established in the 16th century

Palazzo della Cancelleria

The Palazzo della Cancelleria (Italian for "Palace of the Chancellery", meaning the Papal Chancellery) is a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy, situated between the present Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Campo de' Fiori, in the rione of Parione. It was built between 1489–1513 by an unknown architect as a palace for Cardinal Raffaele Riario, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, and is regarded as the earliest Renaissance palace in Rome.

Located at 41.8967, 12.4715 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome, Properties of the Holy See, Buildings and structures completed in 1513, Renaissance architecture in Rome

Campo de' Fiori

Campo de' Fiori (meaning in English: Field of Flowers) is a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, at the border between rione Parione and rione Regola. It is just diagonally southeast of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and one block northeast of the Palazzo Farnese. Campo de' Fiori, translated literally from Italian, means "field of flowers". The name was first given during the Middle Ages when the area was actually a meadow.

Located at 41.8956, 12.4722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Piazzas in Rome, Execution sites

Campo Marzio

Campo Marzio is the IV rione of Rome, which covers a smaller section of the area of the ancient Campus Martius. The logo of today's rione is a silver crescent on a blue background.

Located at 41.9, 12.4667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rioni of Rome

San Lorenzo in Damaso

San Lorenzo in Damaso (Saint Lawrence in the House of Damasus) is a basilica church in central Rome, Italy. It is incorporated into the Palazzo della Cancelleria.

Located at 41.8969, 12.472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome, 15th-century architecture, 4th-century church buildings, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

English College, Rome

The Venerable English College, commonly referred to as the English College, is a Roman Catholic seminary in Regola, Rome, Italy, for the training of priests for England and Wales. It was founded in 1579 by William Allen on the model of the English College, Douai.

Located at 41.8958, 12.47 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, English College, Rome, Roman Colleges, 1362 establishments, 1579 establishments

Santa Maria in Vallicella

Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the corner of Via della Chiesa Nuova.

Located at 41.8986, 12.4692 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings, Titular churches in Rome, Roman Baroque, Religious buildings completed in 1599, Religious organizations established in the 1590s, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Via Giulia

Via Giulia is a street in the historic centre of Rome, Italy, mostly in rione Regola, although its northern part belongs to rione Ponte. It was one of the first important urban planning projects in Renaissance Rome. Via Giulia was designed by Pope Julius II but the original plan was only partially carried out. This was the first attempt since Antiquity to pierce a new thoroughfare through the heart of Rome and the first European example since Antiquity of urban renewal.

Located at 41.8942, 12.4701 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streets in Rome, 1508 establishments, 1510s architecture, Renaissance architecture in Rome

Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio

Santi Giovanni e Petronio dei Bolognesi is a Roman Catholic church in central Rome, Italy. It is named after the Saints John the Evangelist and Petronius, who are patrons of the city of Bologna. This church was made the national church of the Bolognese in Rome in 1581, by order of Pope Gregory XIII. It is located in the Rione of Regola, on Via del Mascherone, across the street and just south of the Gardens behind the Palazzo Farnese.

Located at 41.8943, 12.4706 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, 1186 establishments, Religious organizations established in the 1180s, 12th-century church buildings

Oratorio del Gonfalone

The Oratorio del Gonfalone or Oratory of the Banner is a building in Central Rome which once housed a Catholic fraternity. Founded in 1264 under the name of the Accomandati di Madonna Santa Maria, over the centuries the group dedicated itself to various activities, including the participation in religious processions as banner carriers (wearing white gowns with peaked blue hoods), and also of putting on a yearly passion play.

Located at 41.8975, 12.4663 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in Rome, Places of worship in Rome, Mannerist architecture in Italy

Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli

The Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat, known as Church of Holy Mary in Monserrat of the Spaniards (Italian: Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Spanish: Santa María de Montserrat de los Españoles, Latin: S. Mariae Hispanorum in Monte Serrato) is a Roman Catholic titulus church and National Church in Rome of Spain, dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat.

Located at 41.8959, 12.4691 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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National churches in Rome, Roman Catholic churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1598, Religious buildings completed in 1675, Burials at Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Burial places of popes

Palazzo Corsini

The Palazzo Corsini is a prominent late-baroque palace in Rome, erected for the Corsini family between 1730-1740 as an elaboration of the prior building on the site, a 15th-century villa of the Riario family, based on designs of Ferdinando Fuga. It is located in the Trastevere section of the city, and stands beside the Villa Farnesina. During 1659-1689, the former Riario palace had hosted the eccentric Christina, Queen of Sweden, who abdicated, converted, and moved to Rome.

Located at 41.8933, 12.4666 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Rome, Palaces in Rome, National museums of Italy, Houses completed in 1740

Oratorio dei Filippini

The Oratorio dei Filippini (Oratory of Saint Phillip Neri) is a building located in Rome and erected between 1637 and 1650 under the supervision of architect Francesco Borromini. The oratory is adjacent to the Chiesa Nuova Santa Maria in Vallicella, the mother church of the congregation. In front of the two sides was a small closed square, now integrated in the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.

Located at 41.8982, 12.4687 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman Baroque, Baroque sites of Lazio, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

San Girolamo della Carità

San Girolamo della Carità is a church in Rome, Italy, located near the Palazzo Farnese and Campo de' Fiori. The church belonged originally to the Franciscan Observants. In 1524 it was taken over by the Archconfraternita della Carità, founded by Giulio de' Medici in 1519; a society of noblemen from outside Rome. The upper nave balconies served as a first meeting place for St.

Located at 41.8953, 12.4703 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Santa Brigida (Rome)

Santa Brigida is a convent church dedicated to St Bridget of Sweden and the Swedish national church in Rome. It was also known as Santa Brigida a Campo de' Fiori since it was built on what was then part of Campo de' Fiori but is now the urbanistically distinct Piazza Farnese.

Located at 41.8953, 12.4708 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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National churches in Rome, 16th-century architecture, 18th-century architecture

Biblioteca Vallicelliana

The Biblioteca Vallicelliana is a library in Rome, Italy. The library is located in the Oratorio dei Filippini complex built by Francesco Borromini in Piazza della Chiesa Nuova. The library holds about 130 000 volumes of manuscripts, incunabula, and books. In this number about 3 000 manuscripts written in Latin, Greek, among them Bible of Alcuin from the 9th century, lectionary from the 12th century etc. The library holds documents from the time of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.

Located at 41.8981, 12.4695 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Rome, Libraries in Rome

Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon

The Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon is one of the ten Pontifical Academies under the direction of the Holy See. The complete Italian name of the academy, Pontificia Insigne Accademia di Belle Arti e Letteratura dei Virtuosi al Pantheon, includes the adjective insigne (illustrious), often omitted in official English translations.

Located at 41.8967, 12.4714 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon, 1542 establishments

Sant'Eligio degli Orefici

Sant'Eligio degli Orefici is a church in Rome, Italy. It is located in the rione Regola, near via Giulia, on a corner of the via of the same name that ends below the Lungotevere dei Tebaldi, a few blocks northwest of the Palazzo Farnese. Initially designed by Raphael for the Guild of Goldsmiths when they split off from the Guild of Ironworkers in 1509 and dedicated to their patron saint Eligius, it was completed by Baldassarre Peruzzi and Bastiano da Sangallo.

Located at 41.8957, 12.468 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings

Fontana di Piazza Farnese

The Fontana della Piazza Farnese is one of the two identical decorative fountains located in the Piazza Farnese, in front of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, Italy. They were placed in the Piazza in the 16th century. The granite stone basins of the fountains are believed to come from the ancient Roman Baths of Caracalla. The emblems on the upper part of the fountain are those of the Farnese family, and the builder of the Palazzo, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, later Pope Paul III.

Located at 41.8947, 12.4708 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Fountains in Rome

Palazzo Falconieri

The Palazzo Falconieri is a palace in Rome, Italy formed in the seventeenth century as a result of remodelling by the Baroque architect Francesco Borromini. It is located between Via Giulia and Lugotevere, with entrances to both; it is near Plazzo Farnese and a few houses down and across Via Giulia from the church of Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli in the Rione of Regola. In 1638, Orazio Falconieri purchased a palace on the Via Giulia which had a small courtyard facing the River Tiber.

Located at 41.8948, 12.4694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome

Pons Agrippae

The Pons Agrippae (Bridge of Agrippa) was an ancient bridge across the River Tiber in Rome. It was located 160 metres above the Ponte Sisto, and is known from an inscribed cippus set up by the curatores riparum during the Principate of the Emperor Claudius, suggesting it was built during or before the reign of Claudius. It was restored in 147 AD. The bridge is named after Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a close friend of the Emperor Augustus.

Located at 41.8942, 12.4683 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bridges in Rome, Roman bridges in Italy, 1st-century bridges, Demolished bridges

Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya

Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya is a sculpted portrait by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. Executed in 1621 and 1622, it sits within a larger tomb created for Montoya, a Spanish lawyer working in Rome. The tomb was originally in the Spanish national church in Rome, San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli, but was moved in the nineteenth century when the church fell out of Spanish possession. The monument now sits in the refectory attached to the Roman church of Santa Maria di Monserrato.

Located at 41.8959, 12.4691 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Monuments and memorials in Italy, Sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1620s works, Marble sculptures, 17th-century sculptures, Busts (sculpture)

Regina Coeli (prison)

Regina Coeli is the most well-known prison in the city of Rome. Previously a Catholic convent (hence the name), it was built in 1654 in the borough of Trastevere. It started to serve as a prison in 1881. The construction was started by Pope Urban VIII in 1642, but his death stopped the works and the complex remained unfinished.

Located at 41.8953, 12.4644 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Prisons in Italy, Buildings and structures in Rome, 1654 establishments, 1600s establishments in Italy, 1654 in Italy