Panoramic Terrace on Pincio

PANORAMA FROM PINCIO TERRACE IN ROME

VIEW FROM THE TERRRACE ON PINCIO

"THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF ROME FROM THE TERRACE ON PINCIO"

Pincio is a real goal to all the Romans both during the day and nighttime. Being adjacent to the popular Villa Borghese and some of the most interesting museums of Rome the Pincio's garden are a must for all travellers. There're three ways we do want to suggest you to reach the Pincio: the first from Villa Borghese Park is probably the more evocative as it'll take you to a beautiful panoramic terrace that will make you hold your breath. The terrace appears on the Piazza del Popolo, oval shaped square with a series of marble statues on its perimeter and a egyptian obelisk in the middle dating back to 2.000 b.C.. It was brough to Rome by Emperor Ottaviano Augusto and placed in the Circo Massimo to celebrate the victory on Antonio and Cleopatra and the conquest of Egypt. Two domes of twin churches Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesanto are also well visible as well as the most famous Michelangelo's Dome of St. Peter's Basilica. Moving your eyes to the left you'll see also the Vittoriano, another panoramic spot of Rome.
Another way to arrive is coming up from Popolo's Square, a walking that will better let you see the square from different angles. The last entry to Pincio is walking from Trinità dei Monti, the church on the top of Spanish Steps.

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Pincio doesn't offer just the panoramic terrace to its visitors but also a beautiful garden where you can have a moment of relax taking a walking between oaks, palms or having a coffe at famous La Casina Valadier where many artists used to go in the past. One more curiosity of the Pincio surely is its obelisk that keeps the memory of a famous love story of the ancient time: the one between Emperor Adriano and its slave Antinoo. Adriano almost died for the loss of loved Antinoo and wanted to erect it on the Antinoo's tomb.
A water clock dating back to the XIX century is close to the terrace. Finally the Pincio is bordered by famous Aurelian walls, erected in 270 A.D. in 5 years to protect the ancient Rome from Barbarians' attacks. The walls had been used as defence till the fall of the Popes' State in 1870 when Italian army entered through Porta Pia.




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