Uncover the city’s living history. Rione maps Rome’s ancient quarters dynamically — unlocking subterranean layers, hidden stories and local secrets right where you stand.
Dynamic, interactive boundaries of all of Rome’s historical rioni, colour-coded and tappable.
Every monument with photos, history and the stories beneath the stones.
The best-preserved building of the ancient world, the Pantheon was rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian around 118–128 AD on the site of an earlier temple by Agrippa — whose name Hadrian modestly kept on the inscription across the front. "Pantheon" means "to all the gods", and the building is a temple to the cosmos itself.
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Since 1871 this palace has been the seat of the Italian Senate, but its history runs deep into the Renaissance. Built in the early 16th century for the Medici family — on the foundations of the ancient Baths of Nero — it takes its name from "Madama" Margaret of Austria, the illegitimate daughter of the Emperor Charles V, who lived here after marrying into the Medici and then the Farnese.
A church has stood here since at least the 8th century, dedicated to St Eustace — a Roman general who, legend says, was converted while hunting when he saw a glowing crucifix shining between the antlers of a stag. That stag's head with a cross still crowns the church and gives the whole rione its emblem; you can spot it on the bell-tower and around the neighbourhood.
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