Published on 29/12/2009
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Rome’s city government has given the go-ahead for a street improvement scheme for the area from Piazza Barberini to Via Boncompagni, near the United States embassy. Pavements will be upgraded, new lighting will be installed and the cobblestone areas will be re-laid.
Piazza Barberini is the site of Bernini’s famous Tritone fountain, and the tree-lined stretch of road up to the American embassy is home to some of the most prestigious old hotels in the capital.
Work here is a continuation of the renewal of the Via Veneto area, which was one of the most fashionable parts of the city in the 1960s. The project will cost about €4.5 million and should start within six months.
It is part of a larger scheme for the improvement of other areas of the historic centre. Work is also planned for the Tridente, which is between Piazza di Spagna and Piazza del Popolo, Via del Babuino and Via Ripetta. The city has also said that by the end of January it will be asking for tenders for the improvement scheme to Piazza S. Silvestro, home of Rome’s main post office and the English-speaking church of the same name.
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