Piazza Colonna

The Piazza Colonna is a square in the center of Rome. The Piazza Colonna is located in the district on Via del Corso. Both the court and the district are after Marcus Aurelius column ( it. Colonna di Marco Aurelio ) designated to (literally ) on the "pillars place " is. The place has Italian political life is of great importance, as is at the north side of the Palazzo Chigi with the Office of the Prime Minister. Immediately adjacent to the northwest of the square, the Palazzo Montecitorio lies with the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament. The western boundary is formed by the Palazzo Wedekind, in the South are among other things the church of Santi Bartolomeo e Alessandro dei Bergamaschi and the Palazzo Ferrajoli. In the East, the shopping center Galleria Alberto Sordi completes the ensemble of buildings.

Near the Marcus Aurelius Column is a fountain that. According to 1576-1577 after a design by Giacomo della Porta in the order of Pope Gregory XIII arose. The marble of the fountain comes from Carrara.

On the eastern side of the Piazza Colonna Via del Corso runs north to Piazza del Popolo and south to Piazza Venezia. Approximately 200 meters to the east is the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona west.