Morning Market Stalls, Bernini's Four Rivers, the Pantheon Oculus, Trevi Coins, Spanish Steps, and Borghese Masterpieces

Rome's Lively Morning Produce Market Since 1869 Watched Over by the Hooded Statue of Giordano Bruno — Meaning 'Field of Flowers' after the medieval meadow that existed here until Pope Callixtus III paved it in 1456, Campo de' Fiori is the only major historic square in Rome without a church. Every morning since 1869 it bursts into color with stalls of Roman artichokes, fruit, spices, and flowers around the 1889 bronze monument by Ettore Ferrari honoring philosopher Giordano Bruno, who was burned at the stake on this very spot in 1600 for defending cosmic infinity.

Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers and Borromini's Facade Tracing Emperor Domitian's AD 86 Stadium — Preserving the exact elongated oval footprint of the Stadium of Domitian built in AD 86 for 30,000 spectators of Greek-style athletic contests ('agones', from which 'Navona' evolved), Piazza Navona was transformed under Pope Innocent X Pamphilj in the mid-17th century into the showpiece of Roman Baroque urbanism. At its center rises Gian Lorenzo Bernini's 1651 Fountain of the Four Rivers (Nile, Ganges, Danube, and Rio de la Plata) crowned by an ancient obelisk directly facing Francesco Borromini's undulating facade of Sant'Agnese in Agone.

The Pantheon is one of the best-preserved monuments of ancient Rome. Built around AD 126, it is famous for its massive concrete dome and central oculus that opens to the sky.

Trevi Fountain is the largest Baroque fountain in Rome and one of the most famous fountains in the world. Visitors traditionally throw a coin into the fountain to ensure their return to Rome.

The Spanish Steps connect Piazza di Spagna with the Trinità dei Monti church above. It is one of the most popular gathering and photo spots in Rome.

Cardinal Scipione Borghese's 1613 Suburban Villa Showcasing Bernini's Marble Miracles and Six Caravaggios — Built between 1613 and 1616 by Flaminio Ponzio and Giovanni Vasanzio inside Villa Borghese park as the pleasure casino of Cardinal Scipione Borghese—nephew of Pope Paul V and Rome's most ruthless art collector—the Galleria Borghese displays masterpieces in the exact frescoed salons for which they were commissioned. Here stand Gian Lorenzo Bernini's youth sculptures ('Apollo and Daphne', 'The Rape of Proserpina', and 'David'), Canova's 'Paolina Bonaparte', Raphael's 'Deposition', Titian's 'Sacred and Profane Love', and six paintings by Caravaggio.