Rome Criminal Magliana Moro Gang and Vatican Mysteries

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• Campo De' Fiori (Pass by)

  Campo de' Fiori – The executions of the executioner Mastro Titta. Where voices, laughter and music can be heard today, thousands of people once gathered to watch one of the most anticipated and terrifying spectacles of pontifical Rome: public executions ...

  Admission ticket free
• Castel Sant'Angelo (Pass by)

  Castel Sant'Angelo – Prisons, Torture and State Secrets. At first glance it might seem like a simple fortress. Yet few places in the world have lived so many different lives. For almost two thousand years Castel Sant'Angelo was the guardian of the fears and secrets of power ...

  Admission ticket free
• Via Della Conciliazione (Pass by)

  The Great Trials of Papal Rome. If we think of a court today, imagine a courtroom, a judge, lawyers and evidence to examine. But in the Rome of the popes, for many centuries, justice was something very different...

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• Isola Tiberina (Pass by)

  Tiber Island – Bodies in the Tiber : the Mysteries of the River of Rome. A small island just three hundred meters long, suspended between the waters of the Tiber for over two thousand years. Yet, behind this serene image, the Tiber holds one of the darkest chronicles of Roman history ...

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  Largo di Torre Argentina – The Ides of March: the assassination of Julius Caesar. Today Largo di Torre Argentina is a lively archaeological space in the heart of Rome, surrounded by traffic and modern life. But more than two thousand years ago, right here, one of the most famous political murders of all time took place...

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  Chancellery Palace – Processes, Intrigues and Secrets of Papal Rome. If you look closely at this imposing building, you might think you are standing in front of one of Rome's many magnificent Renaissance palaces. But behind its elegant windows, monumental courtyards and refined decorations lies a story of trials, scandals, conspiracy and power struggles that have spanned over five centuries of history...

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• Piazza del Popolo (Pass by)

  Piazza del Popolo – The Last Executions of Rome. Piazza del Popolo represented the monumental entrance to the city for those arriving from the north along the Via Flaminia, one of the most important consular roads of ancient Rome. Everyone who came to the capital crossed this point: emperors, merchants, pilgrims, armies and travellers from all over Europe. Today it is a place to meet, walk and photograph. But for centuries this monumental space was associated with fear, justice and death...

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• Piazza della Minerva (Pass by)

  Piazza della Minerva – Inquisition, Heresy and Secret Trials. The square is intimate, elegant, almost hidden in the streets of the old town. It does not have the grandeur of Piazza Navona nor the monumentality of Piazza Venezia. Yet, behind this apparent tranquility, lies one of the most intense and controversial pages in the history of Rome ...

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  Piazza delle Cinque Scole – October 16, 1943: The Blackest Day in Rome. This square was one of the main settings of what is remembered as the most tragic day in the history of the Roman Jewish community. A day that still today is simply called "The Rake" ...

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• Piazza Navona (Pass by)

  Piazza Navona – Intrigues, Crimes and Secrets of Power. ... few imagine that behind this extraordinary setting lies a story of ambition, power struggles, scandals, accusations of corruption and mysteries that still feed the legend of papal Rome ...

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• Piazza Di San Calisto (Pass by)

  Piazza San Calisto – I Bar dei Boss : the Rome Criminal of Trastevere. A sort of outdoor living room where you would meet small criminals, punters, usurers, traffickers and some of the future protagonists of the Magliana Gang ...

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• Piazza San Cosimato (Pass by)

  Piazza San Cosimato – Er Negro and the Magliana Gang War. In the late 1970s and 1980s, this neighborhood was one of the theaters of the largest criminal war the capital has ever known. A war fought not with armies and tanks. But with guns, betrayals and settling scores. A war that would forever change the face of Roman crime...

  Admission ticket free
• Saint Peter's Square (Pass by)

  St. Peter's Square - The Attack on John Paul II. ... May 13, 1981, right here, among thousands of faithful, one of the most shocking attacks of the twentieth century took place. An event that would change the history of the Vatican and that still continues to fuel questions and mysteries ...

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• Piazza Venezia (Pass by)

  Piazza Venezia – Attacks, Terrorism and Years of Lead. In 1929, Benito Mussolini chose Palazzo Venezia as the seat of his office. From that moment millions of Italians began to identify this square with political power. From the famous balcony overlooking the square, the dictator delivered some of the most important speeches of the fascist regime ...

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• St. Angelo Bridge (Pass by)

  Ponte Sant'Angelo – The Bridge of the Severed Heads and Ghosts. The bridge you are crossing is one of the oldest in the capital. It was built by Emperor Hadrian around the year 134 AD to connect the city center to his monumental mausoleum, the building we now know as Castel Sant'Angelo. Anyone who was led to Castel Sant'Angelo hardly had good news ahead of them...

  Admission ticket free
• Il Portico Di Ottavia (Pass by)

  Portico d'Ottavia – From the Ghetto Rake to the 1982 Bombing. The Portico d'Ottavia was built in the first century BC by Emperor Augustus and dedicated to his sister Octavia. In Roman times it was one of the most important monumental complexes in the city. But the fate of this place changed profoundly in 1555 ...

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  Via Caetani – Aldo Moro : the 55 Days that Changed Italy. At first glance it might seem like a street like many others in the old town. The Renaissance palaces, the ancient windows, the quiet rhythm of the city seem to tell an ordinary story. Yet, on May 9, 1978, this place became the center of one of the most dramatic events in contemporary Italian history ...

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  Via del Pellegrino – The Last Night by Renatino De Pedis. Today it is an elegant street that connects Campo de' Fiori to the Renaissance streets of the old town. Artisans, locals, tourists and residents cross it every day without imagining that right here one of the most symbolic episodes in the history of the Magliana Gang took place ...

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• Via Giulia (Pass by)

  Via Giulia – The Road of Assassins and Tribunals. Via Giulia was founded in 1508 by Pope Giulio II della Rovere. The idea was revolutionary. Create a large straight artery that would cross the heart of Rome, connecting the Vatican to the main administrative centers of the city. Via Giulia soon became one of the most dangerous streets in the city ...

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• (Pass by)

  Via Monserrato – Caravaggio, Duels and Crimes in 17th century Rome. ... It is here that one of the most fascinating and dramatic stories in the history of art takes shape. The story of Michelangelo Merisi, known worldwide as Caravaggio ...

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Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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