It is not easy to find artistic remainders of the Middle Ages in Rome, also because they are often incorporated into buildings built during later periods, or hidden in places rarely visited by the occasional tourists. In addition to the ancient, Renaissance or Baroque city, there is also a medieval Rome with its monuments and works of art which can, in part, be discovered through this itinerary.

Of the numerous churches built in the Middle Ages in Rome, around 40 remain with their original appearance. And of the 300 existing towers, we can count 50 of them, many of which are absolutely unknown because they are hidden by the buildings against which they stand.In the Middle Ages Rome was obviously smaller than it is today, and extended along the Tiber, a fundamental resource for water supply and as a communication route. In the Trastevere quarter, along the right-hand riverbank,
there are still churches and residential buildings dating from the Middle Ages.

The visit may thus begin from the Isola Tiberina and end in the heart of Trastevere, in Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere.

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