Via Roma, Palermo

Via Roma

Monumental entrance of Via Roma from Piazza Giulio Cesare
Location	Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Coordinates	38°07′08.83″N13°21′43.85″E / 38.1191194°N 13.3621806°E / 38.1191194; 13.3621806
Construction
Construction start	1894
Completion	1936

Via Roma is an important street of Palermo. It represents one of the main axes of the historic centre and connect the Palermo Centrale railway station to the Teatro Politeama. Several important buildings of the city appears along the street's path. Via Roma was designed with the 1885 Master Plan of Palermo (the so-called "Piano Giarrusso") ^{[1] [2]} and built between 1894 and 1936.

Places of interest

• Vucciria
• Piazza San Domenico
• Church of San Domenico
• Church of Sant'Antonio Abate
• Anglican Church of the Holy Cross
• Palazzo delle Poste
• Palazzo delle Ferrovie
• Teatro Biondo

References

1. La strada del futuro che chiuse un'epoca Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine , La Repubblica, November 26, 2008
2. "Le vie di Palermo: Via Roma - siciliaterradelsole.com". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-30.

Books

• Chirco A., Di Liberto M., Via Roma: la strada nuova del Novecento, Flaccovio, 2008