Piazza della Repubblica, Rome

The Piazza della Repubblica is a semicircular space in Rome near the Termini Station. The former name of the square Piazza dell'Esedra, he is still very common. It comes from the exedra of the Baths of Diocletian, who determined to date, the place in shape. The monumental semi-circular building at the edge of the square, they were built from 1887 to 1898 by the architect Gaetano Koch, this Exedra draw namely to this day (one is now the Hotel Exedra, Boscolo Hotels belonging to the group). The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli and the Martyrs is also on a part of the ancient thermal baths, Michelangelo used the tepidarium as one of the wings of his plan in the form of a Greek cross. In the middle of the square stands the once hotly contested Naiads Fountain.