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Via di Ripetta, also called Via Ripetta, is a street in the historic centre of

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

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Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

), in the

rione A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the title of (). Formed a ...

Campo Marzio Campo Marzio () is the 4th of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. IV. It belongs to the Municipio I and covers a smaller section of the area of the ancient Campus Martius. The logo of this rione is a silver crescent on a blue background. ...

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Piazza del Popolo Piazza del Popolo is a large Town Square, urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language, Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the Populus, poplars (''populus'' in Latin language, Latin, ''pioppo ...

to Via del Clementino and, with other toponyms (Via della Scrofa, Via della Dogana Vecchia), reaches the church of

Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (''lit.'' 'Saint Ivo at the Sapienza (University of Rome)') is a Catholic church in Rome. Built in 1642–1660 by the architect Francesco Borromini, the church is widely regarded a masterpiece of Roman Baroque architecture. ...

, on the back of Piazza Sant'Eustachio and close to the Pantheon. It is part of the complex of streets known as Tridente.

History

The street boasts very ancient origins: in fact it retraces a former road map dating back to the 1st century BC. At the beginning of the 16th century the street was adapted by

Pope Leo X Pope Leo X (; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political and banking Med ...

, from which it took the name of ''Via Leonina''. The street took the present name in 1704, when the ''

Porto di Ripetta The Porto di Ripetta was a port in the city of Rome. It was situated on the banks of the River Tiber and was designed and built in 1704 by the Italian Baroque architect Alessandro Specchi. Located in front of the church of San Girolamo degli Sch ...

'' was built: the river harbour was called ''ripetta'' ("little bank") in order to distinguish it from the '' Porto di Ripa Grande'' in

Trastevere Trastevere () is the 13th of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin (). Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lion on a red background, the meaning of which i ...

. Via di Ripetta is mentioned in the novel "

The Late Mattia Pascal ''The Late Mattia Pascal'' ( ) is a 1904 novel by Luigi Pirandello. It is one of his best-known works and was his first major treatment of the theme of the mask.''The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature''; edited by Peter Hainsworth and Davi ...

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Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ...

, as a temporary residence of Adriano Meis / Mattia Pascal.

Main sights

Walking through the street from Piazza del Popolo to Piazza Augusto Imperatore, which holds the ruined

Mausoleum of Augustus The Mausoleum of Augustus (; ) is a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The mausoleum is located on the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, near the corner with Via di Ripetta as it runs along th ...

, the following historic structures can be seen: * Palazzo Capponi della Palma (16th century) * Conservatorio della Divina Provvidenza e di San Pasquale (17th century) * Sala Lancisiana of

San Giacomo in Augusta San Giacomo in Augusta (also known as San Giacomo degli Incurabili) is a Baroque architecture, Baroque church in Rome, Italy. It was the church of the Hospital of San Giacomo degli Incurabili. Location and name Located on Via del Corso, roughly ...

(16th century) * Chiesa di Santa Maria Portae Paradisi (16th century) *

Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma The Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma is a public tertiary academy of art in Rome, Italy. It was founded in the sixteenth century, but the present institution dates from the time of the unification of Italy and the capture of Rome by the Kingdom ...

(19th century) *

Liceo Artistico Ripetta The Liceo artistico Ripetta in Rome is located in via di Ripetta, in the Rione Campo Marzio. History The school has its roots in the 15th century, when Pope Sixtus IV granted the Oratory of St. Luke; in 1577, under Pope Gregory XIII, the Acc ...

(19th century) Along the street, commemorative stones signal the birthplaces of

Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel Eleonora Anna Maria Felice de Fonseca Pimentel (; born Leonor da Fonseca Pimentel Chaves, ; 13 January 1752 – 20 August 1799) was an Italian poet, librarian, and revolutionary connected with the Neapolitan revolution and subsequent short- ...

and of Angelo Brunetti (1800-1849), Italian patriot known as Ciceruacchio. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ripetta Streets in Rome R. IV Campo Marzio