The area of Via Veneto is famous for having be the heart
of Rome in the period of the Fellini's "dolce vita". This street
was designed in 1889 and called Vittorio Veneto. Via Veneto's
outline starts from Porta Pinciana, an ancient Roman gate in the
Aurelian Walls rom where the Via Salaria used to lead off. The
street ends in Piazza Barberini, crossing the antique property of
Ludovisi family. In Via Veneto the are a lot of hotels and popular
bars that in the '60 were once the scene of Rome's legendary
nightlife. Moreover, in Via Veneto is located the United States'
Embassy hosted into Palazzo Margherita (projected between 1886 and
1890 by the Architect Gaetano Koch). You will find even the church
of Santa Maria della Concezione, built on 1624 by the Cardinal
Antonio Barberini. This church is also known to roman people with
the name of "Chiesa Dei Cappuccini". It's famous for its cemetery,
in which five crypts are completely decorated with the bones of
4000 Capuccini Friars who died over the various centuries. In the
area outside the city walls there are the gardens of Villa Borghese
with its extraordinary art collection, started off by Cardinal
Scipione and then passed to the Italian State in 1903. After many
years of restoration, the gallery is finally reopened at the
public. This gallery hosts one of Rome's most important collections
of baroque art. A booking must be made if you would like to visit
the gallery