Via del Corso

The Via del Corso, Corso or short, is one of the most famous streets in the historic center, which connects the Piazza del Popolo to the Piazza Venezia. It is about 1.6 km long.

History

In the year 220 BC the Via Flaminia was built by order of the censor Gaius Flaminius of Rome to Rimini. The average street from the Capitol starting the Champ de Mars in a straight line. Since the construction of the Aurelian wall to 275 AD, the Via Flaminia left by the Porta Flaminia, the later Porta del Popolo the city. The portion of the road within the city walls was named Via Lata, road width in the Middle Ages. However, the road was hardly used because of the many Tiber floods.

It was not until Pope Paul II had the Via Lata recover in 1467. As a result, the name of Via del Corso, road race naturalized one. It was named after horse racing (better: Horse buoyancy) which took place there. For centuries observed the Notables from the windows and from the balconies of stately homes to the carnival, wild activities rider -less horses in this street. This part still semi-wild Arabian horses were hunted by the road south to Piazza Venezia.

Since the end of the 19th century, the Vittorio Emanuele Monument stands as the end point in the visual axis. From 1900 to 1944 was called the road to the Italian King Corso Umberto I

The road today

The Via del Corso is part of the Tridente, the trident, which also includes the Via del Babuino and Via di Ripetta belong. The Via del Corso is now closed to other individuals and a popular shopping street. These include the Galleria Alberto Sordi (formerly Galleria Colonna ) and the department store Rinascente.