Type
Hidden Gem
Price range
Free
Address
Via Marco Minghetti 10, 00187 Roma
Hours
Open during business hours (Mon–Sat approx. 8:00–19:00). Free entry.
A covered Art Nouveau courtyard tucked between Via del Corso and Via Marco Minghetti, decorated floor to ceiling with allegorical frescoes celebrating feminine virtues. Walk through it on any weekday, look up, and watch everyone around you suddenly stop and stare. Free, open during business hours, virtually unknown.
Our take
“The entrance is easy to miss — look for the archway between Via del Corso and Via Marco Minghetti. Walk through slowly and look up. It takes five minutes and costs nothing.”
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