Flaminio: Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano, and the river

Stops along the way

Things to notice.

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   Piazzale Flaminio & the tram

   Start where Rome's oldest tram, line 2, sets off north up Via Flaminia. You can ride it two stops or walk the avenue; either way this is the spine of the quarter and the way the locals move through it.

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   Piazzale Flaminio & the tram

   Start where Rome's oldest tram, line 2, sets off north up Via Flaminia. You can ride it two stops or walk the avenue; either way this is the spine of the quarter and the way the locals move through it.

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2. 02

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   MAXXI

   Zaha Hadid's national museum of 21st-century art — poured concrete that bends and overlaps like ribbons, with black stairs slung through the void inside. Walk the ground floor and the courtyard even without a ticket; the building is the exhibit.

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   MAXXI

   Zaha Hadid's national museum of 21st-century art — poured concrete that bends and overlaps like ribbons, with black stairs slung through the void inside. Walk the ground floor and the courtyard even without a ticket; the building is the exhibit.

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3. 03

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   Auditorium Parco della Musica

   Renzo Piano's three lead-grey concert halls, set around an open-air amphitheatre like a trio of giant beetles. Wander between the shells; there's almost always something on, and the café and bookshop are open to all.

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   Auditorium Parco della Musica

   Renzo Piano's three lead-grey concert halls, set around an open-air amphitheatre like a trio of giant beetles. Wander between the shells; there's almost always something on, and the café and bookshop are open to all.

   ◉Street View
4. 04

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   Ponte della Musica

   The white steel arch thrown across the Tiber in 2011 for pedestrians and cyclists only — no cars. Walk to the middle for the river view both ways, then cross to the Flaminio bank or turn back; the bridge is the reason to come this far north.

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   Ponte della Musica

   The white steel arch thrown across the Tiber in 2011 for pedestrians and cyclists only — no cars. Walk to the middle for the river view both ways, then cross to the Flaminio bank or turn back; the bridge is the reason to come this far north.

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   Stadio Flaminio

   Pier Luigi Nervi's 1959 concrete stadium, now disused and fenced, but still a piece of engineering worth the pause. Read the curve of the cantilevered roof from outside; Nervi made concrete do things it shouldn't.

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   Stadio Flaminio

   Pier Luigi Nervi's 1959 concrete stadium, now disused and fenced, but still a piece of engineering worth the pause. Read the curve of the cantilevered roof from outside; Nervi made concrete do things it shouldn't.

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   Piazza del Popolo & the gate

   Walk back down Via Flaminia to the *Porta del Popolo* and the great oval piazza beyond — obelisk, twin churches, the formal full-stop to the whole walk. From here Flaminio metro is a two-minute step away.

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   Piazza del Popolo & the gate

   Walk back down Via Flaminia to the *Porta del Popolo* and the great oval piazza beyond — obelisk, twin churches, the formal full-stop to the whole walk. From here Flaminio metro is a two-minute step away.

   ◉Street View