ROME SILENT BEAUTY Previous pages VIEW FROM THE PINCIO PIAZZA DEL POPOLO IS THE SUPREME SYMBOL OF SECULAR ROME. IT IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY WHERE VIA FLAMINIA CONNECTS WITH PORTA DEL POPOLO. BY PASSING THROUGH THE GATE ONE ENTERS THE MAJESTIC OPENING DESIGNED BY GIUSEPPE VALADIER, FOLLOWING A LENGTHY POLITICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND TOWN PLANNING DEBATE INVOLVING NUMEROUS EXPERTS, ESPECIALLY FRENCH ONES. THIS SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE CONSIDERING THAT THE SQUARE ECHOES THE NAPOLEONIC AND REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT. IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO COMPLETE, AND THEWORKWAS FINALLY FINISHED IN 1833–34. LEADING OUT FROM THE SQUARE ARE THE THREE STREETS IN BAROQUE ROME KNOWN AS THE TRIDENT: VIA DEL CORSO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER, VIA DEL BABUINO TOONE SIDE, VIA DI RIPETTA TO THE OTHER SIDE. TOMAKE IT EVENMORE WELL-DEFINED, THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY CLOISTER OF THE CHURCHOF SANTA MARIA DEL POPOLO THAT WAS FELT TO BE IN THEWAY WAS DEMOLISHED.
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