Via dei Coronari, Rome

Via dei Coronari, Rome

In the Middle Ages pilgrims on their way to St.Peter's had to pass through the Via dei Coronari in order to cross the Tiber at Ponte St. Angelo.

In the Middle Ages pilgrims on their way to St.Peter's had to pass through the Via dei Coronari in order to cross the Tiber at Ponte St. Angelo. The street got its name from the people who sold rosaries to the pilgrims. It follows the ancient road Via Recta which led from what is today Piazza Colonna to the Tiber. In the 15th century Pope Sixtus IV initiated the construction of private buildings. Today, several houses dating back to the 15th and 16th century may be seen. House no. 156/157 is said to have been the House of Fiametta, the mistress of Cesare Borgia.