HUMBERT THEATER-HALL

TEATRO SALA UMBERTO
Via della Mercede 50

It opened in 1882 in the ground floor of an existing building at the behest of the architect Andrea Busiri Vici (1818/1911) who commissioned the decoration of the interior to Alessandro Bazzani

Expansion in 1890 by Giulio Podesti (1857/1909). At the time there were 650 seats

It was used for operettas, plays or concerts
The use as a theater for drama or music and as a theater for movies has alternated over the years: in 1913 it was transformed into a cinema by Attilio Spaccarelli (1890/1975)

In 1928 it became a theater for drama again and took the name of SALA UMBERTO in honor of King Umberto I (king of Italy 1878/1900)

From 1930 onwards it was again used as cinema until 1981 when the representations of drama came back again after the restoration
In 1991 it became a cinema again and, since 2002, it has been a theater for auteur comedy with a capacity of 485 seats

UMBERTO I HOSPITAL

POLICLINICO UMBERTO I

Via del Policlinico 155

1889/1903 Giulio Podesti (1857/1909) in collaboration with his nephew Edgardo Negri and Cesare Salvatori

It is the largest hospital in Italy and one of the largest hospitals in Europe

Huge complex of over 54 buildings spread over 300,000 square meters (75 acres)

It includes about 1200 beds

It was largely rebuilt after the war

VICTOR EMMANUEL II SQUARE

PIAZZA VITTORIO EMANUELE II

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II

Residential buildings with porches 1881/86 Gaetano Koch (1849/1910) and Giulio Podesti (1857/1909)

It is the largest square in Rome 316 x 174 m (1037 x 571 feet)

Built on the site of the destroyed Villa Palombara

Group of sculptures in concrete “Glauco” 1900 by Mario Rutelli (1859/1943) first version of the Fountain of the Naiads in Piazza della Repubblica

In the center of the square there are the ruins of a huge fountain of the time of Alexander Severus (222/235) known as TROFEI DI MARIO (Mario's Trophies)

On the east side of the square were destroyed the remains of a circular mausoleum called CASA TONDA (Round House), maybe the Tomb of Maecenas, beside which the sources mention the Tomb of Horace

MARIGNOLI PALACE

PALAZZO MARIGNOLI

Via del Corso 184

1874/83 Salvatore Bianchi (1821/84)

FAÇADE ON VIA DEL CORSO 1888 Giulio Podesti (1857/1909) after the palace was moved back for the expansion of Via del Corso

Here the ARAGNO CAFÈ was established and became a meeting place for writers and journalists

It is the seat of the Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà or the insurance company Allianz-RAS

ARMY PALACE

PALAZZO ESERCITO

Via XX Settembre 123a

1875/89 as MINISTRY OF WAR

Today it is the headquarters of the ARMY STAFF AND THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF DEFENSE

Large MILITARY CENTRAL LIBRARY with books mainly of military subjects

More than 120,000 volumes and 1,000 journals both Italian and foreign as well as about 1,200 antique books

In the basement is partially preserved the BUNKER where on the night between 8 and 9 September 1943 general Pietro Badoglio and members of the Italian royal family came from the nearby Palazzo del Quirinale to escape the chaos that followed the armistice between the Italian government and the Allied Forces

On the other side of Via XX Settembre there are four palaces built during the same period:

PALAZZO BOURBON 1884 at No. 3 and PALAZZO CALABRESI 1882 at No. 5 by Gaetano Koch (1849/1910)

PALAZZO BARACCHINI 1886 at No. 8 and PALAZZO CAPRARA 1884 at No. 11 by Giulio Podesti (1857/1909)

HOTEL St. REGIS

HOTEL ST. REGIS

Via Vittorio Emanuele Orlando 3

1894 Giulio Podesti (1857/1909)

Until 2000 it was called the Grand Hotel

There are 138 rooms and 23 suites

Built on the area of the Temple of gentis Flaviae, temple of the Flavian family celebrating the emperors Vespasian (69/79), Titus (79/81) and Domitian (81/96)

In the courtyard there is a vine that matures enough grapes for about 100 bottles of Adornetto wine exclusively for hotel guests

Among the distinguished guests: Émile Zola, Leo Tolstoy, Benito Mussolini in 1922, Ferruccio Parri with the Italian Committee of Liberation and Marshal Badoglio

In the front garden there is COLUMN OF TWINNING with bronze caravel erect in 1961 to symbolize the partnership and friendship between Rome and Paris

HOTEL REGINA BAGLIONI

HOTEL REGINA BAGLIONI

Via Vittorio Veneto 72

1892/94 Giulio Podesti (1857/1909)

Formerly known as HOTEL REGINA CARLTON

Restoration in 2009 with a reduction in the number of rooms

In the lobby "Portrait of Queen Margaret" by Michele Gordigiani

The hotel was chosen by Queen Margherita of Savoy as her home while she awaited the completion of her noble residence, “Villa Margherita”, which presently hosts the American Embassy. The excellent service, hospitality and kindness shown to the Savoy royalty were such that, in 1911, the hotel’s owner was granted permission to give the hotel the name Regina (Queen) and to decorate the emblem with the Royal coat of arms

The poet Gabriele D'Annunzio was a regular customer of the hotel and, in more recent times, Liza Minelli, Dan Brown and the Oasis

BUILDING WITH APARTMENTS IN VIA ARENULA

CASA PER APPARTAMENTI IN VIA ARENULA

Via Arenula 83

1895 Camillo Boggio (1847/1924) and Giulio Podesti (1857/1909)

Also known as PALAZZO BOGGIO (Boggio Palace)

Built in historicist-eclectic style, influenced by formal solutions of the contemporary French trends