All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it.
Notes:
Page revised in October 2020.
All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it.
Notes:
Page revised in October 2020.
- VIII - Rione Sant'EustachioYou may wish to see an introductory page first.
Rione Sant'Eustachio was named after the parish church of Sant'Eustachio located at the center of the rione. It borders to the west on Parione and Ponte, to the north on Campo Marzio, to the east on Colonna and Pigna and to the south on Sant'Angelo and Regola. It is therefore in a very central location.
The symbol of Rione Sant'Eustachio is a stag, a reference to the conversion of St. Eustace.
Most of the buildings in the northern part of Rione Sant'Eustachio cover the ruins of the the ancient Roman baths
built by Nero and modified by Alexander Severus (Terme Neroniane o Alessandrine): two columns in Piazza de' Crescenzi
and a basin behind Palazzo Carpegna are the only surviving evidence of ancient Rome in this rione. The obelisk in Piazza della Rotonda comes
from Rione Pigna. Rione Sant'Eustachio is characterized by large churches and palaces which can be roughly grouped as follows:
XVth century: S. Agostino.
XVIth century: S. Luigi dei Francesi; Palazzo Valle.
XVIIth century: S. Andrea della Valle; S. Carlo ai Catinari; Archiginnasio della Sapienza; Palazzo Madama.
In 1927 the City of Rome commissioned to the sculptor Pietro Lombardi a fountain for Rione Sant'Eustachio. It shows the symbol of the rione (a stag) together with a reference (four books) to Archiginnasio della Sapienza. The prevalence of XVIth and XVIIth century architectural patterns in Sant'Eustachio is due not only to its monuments, but also to minor buildings.
Legend of the numbers in the map
1) SS. Sudario de' Savojardi
2) Palazzo Vidoni
3) Casa del Burcardo
4) S. Giuliano de' Fiamminghi
5) Palazzo Carpegna
6) Palazzo Madama
7) SS. Salvatore
8) Palazzo Casali
9) Collegio Germanico
10) S. Salvatore alle Coppelle
11) Palazzo Patrizi
12) Palazzo Giustiniani
13) S. Eustachio
14) Palazzo Maccarani
15) Teatro Valle
16) Collegio dei Redentoristi near S. Maria in Monterone
17) Teatro Argentina
18) Palazzo Cavallerini
19) S. Elena dei Credenzieri
20) Monastero di S. Anna
21) S. Maria in Publicolis
Main monuments of Rione Sant'Eustachio (clickable map)
The red X mark the main changes which occurred after 1777:
a) lower part of the map: in 1926-1929 the street opposite Archiginnasio della Sapienza and Palazzo Madama was enlarged by pulling down
four blocks of small buildings;
b) top of the map: the narrow street between the Pantheon and Palazzi Crescenzi and Melchiorri was enlarged in the 1880s;
c) centre of the map, among the red painted monuments: the street between Palazzo Caffarelli and S. Andrea della Valle on one side and Palazzo Valle on the other
side was enlarged in the 1880s and in 1926-1929 the building opposite the church was pulled down;
d) far right: the opening of a large road (Via Arenula) led to the pulling down of two minor churches near S. Carlo ai Catinari.
The different colours group the monuments which are shown in the same page.
| Name | - | Colour | Notes |
| Palazzo | Nari | With mon. of Campo Marzio. | |
| Palazzo | Casali | With mon. of Campo Marzio. | |
| - | Convento di S. Agostino | With monuments of Ponte. | |
| Palazzo | Baldassini | With monuments of Ponte. | |
| Chiesa di | San Salvatore alle Coppelle | With monuments of Colonna. | |
| - | Piazza delle Coppelle | With monuments of Colonna. | |
| Palazzo del | Collegio Germanico | - | |
| Palazzo di | San Luigi | - | |
| Chiesa di | Sant'Agostino | - | |
| Chiesa di | San Luigi dei Francesi | - | |
| Palazzo | Giustiniani | - | |
| Palazzo | Patrizi | - | |
| - | Piazza della Rotonda | With monuments of Pigna. | |
| Palazzo | Madama | - | |
| Chiesa di | SS. Salvatore | Lost | |
| Palazzo | Carpegna | - | |
| Palazzi | Crescenzi and Melchiorri | - | |
| Chiesa di | Sant'Eustachio | - | |
| Palazzo | Maccarani | - | |
| Palazzo | Lante | - | |
| Casa di | Tizio da Spoleto | - | |
| Palazzo della | Sapienza (back) | - | |
| Chiesa di | Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza | - | |
| Palazzo della | Sapienza and Biblioteca Alessandrina | - | |
| - | Teatro Valle | - | |
| Chiesa dei | Santi Benedetto e Scolastica | With monuments of Pigna. | |
| Chiesa di | Sant'Andrea della Valle | - | |
| Chiesa di | Santa Maria in Monterone | - | |
| Chiesa di | San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi | - | |
| Chiesa del | Santissimo Sudario de' Savojardi | - | |
| Palazzo | Valle | - | |
| Palazzo | Vidoni | - | |
| Casa del | Burcardo | With monuments of Pigna. | |
| - | Teatro Argentina | With monuments of Pigna. | |
| Chiesa di | San Carlo dei Catinari | - | |
| Chiesa di | S. Anna de' Falegnami | Lost | |
| Chiesa di | S. Elena de' Credenzieri | Lost | |
| Chiesa di | Gesł Nazzareno | - | |
| Palazzo | Cavallerini | - | |
| Chiesa di | Santa Maria in Publicolis | With monuments of S. Angelo. |
The image used as background for the table shows a detail of Archiginnasio della Sapienza.
You can start your tour of Rione Sant'Eustachio from S. Carlo ai Catinari.
| I - Monti | II - Trevi |
| III - Colonna | IV - Campo Marzio |
| V - Ponte | VI - Parione |
| VII - Regola | VIII - Sant'Eustachio |
| IX - Pigna | X - Campitelli |
| XI - Sant'Angelo | XII - Ripa |
| XIII - Trastevere | XIV - Borgo |

