Neighborhood: Navona and Pantheon

The greatest chapters of Rome’s history are embodied in these two emblematic sites: the Pantheon and Piazza Navona, located close to each other in the heart of the historic and touristic center. The first represents ancient Rome as a temple dedicated to the pagan gods, the second the Renaissance.
This area of the city is dense with monuments, sites, and history.
We propose exploring it here in two parts, on either side of Corso Rinascimento, which runs parallel to the eastern side of Piazza Navona.

From Piazza Navona to the Tiber A district extending north of the Rione Ponte westward to the Tiber, and covering part of the Rione Parione up to Via Vittorio Emanuele preceding Campo de’ Fiori. In the southern part of the ancient Campus Martius lies the current Piazza Navona, which preserves the shape of Domitian’s Stadium and today represents a remarkable expression of Renaissance art, notably featuring Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers.

The Ganges, Fountain of the Four Rivers, Piazza Navona

From the Pantheon to Via del Corso This area, located on the other side of Corso Rinascimento, extends across a large part of Rione Sant’Eustachio and Rione Pigna, as well as part of Rione Colonna, bounded to the south by Viale Vittorio Emanuele II, to the east by Via del Corso, and to the west by Corso Rinascimento.

Pantheon of Rome, Piazza della Rotonda

Map of the Navona and Pantheon Districts