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The Spanish Steps and Villa Borghese : Best of the Rest

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1. Villa Giulia

Contains Italy’s top Etruscan collection, celebrating the peninsula’s first great civilization (8th to 3rd centuries BC).
2. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna

The national modern art museum covers 19th- and 20th-century works. Strongest in Italian art, although foreigners feature too.
3. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna

The museum covers Italian art from the late 1800s to mid-1900s.
4. SS Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso

Roman Baroque church (1669) by Pietro da Cortona, who designed the tribune, cupola and stuccoes.
5. Santa Maria dei Miracoli and in Montesanto

Carlo Fontana was responsible for these late 17th-century “twin” churches, although Bernini guided him in the decoration of the more elaborate Montesanto.
6. Canova’s Studio

The artist’s studio walls are embedded with fragments of statuary.
7. Palazzo Colonna

The gallery features work by Tintoretto, Lotto and Veronese.
8. Porta del Popolo

Michelangelo used the Arch of Titus as the model for this gateway.
9. Casa di Goethe

German author Goethe lived here from 1786 to 1788 (see Wolfgang Goethe), and his letters are on display.
10. Santissimi Apostoli

This 6th-century church, restructured in 1702–08, has a trompe-l’oeil vault above the altar.