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Renaissance Art and Architecture

About the Renaissance Art and Architecture Walk in Rome

The Renaissance in Rome was a period characterized by creativity, prestige and change.

This walk explores the area that was the focal point of this vitality – the east bank of the Tiber river, near the Campo di Fiori. This district was the home base for many of Rome's noble families – the clans who commissioned the impressive specimens of architecture and art that stand as examples to the groundbreaking innovation and unheralded wealth and power ushered in by the Renaissance. Designed and led by scholars in the Context network, this walk introduces you to the unique quality of the city - that of past and present, luxury and simplicity, stately silence and bustling chaos living side by side in a millennium-old harmony.

We begin in Piazza Farnese, site of the mammoth Palazzo Farnese, the historical home base of the Farnese family, the wealthy clan that counted Pope Paul III as one of the family. Featuring work by Michelangelo, Annibale Carracci and Domenichino, Palazzo Farnese is a sup

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  • Specifications
  • Duration: 3 hours
  • Category: Art
  • Price
  • Group: €65 per person
  • Private: €290 per party
  • Venues Visited
  • Villa Farnesina
  • Incidentals
  • €5.00

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