Via dei Condotti (named always ''Via Condotti'') is a busy and fashionable street of
Rome
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, Italy.
In Roman times it was one of the streets that crossed the ancient
Via Flaminia
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and enabled people who transversed the
Tiber
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to reach the
Pincio hill. It begins at the foot of the
Spanish steps
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The monumental stairway ...
and is named after conduits or channels which carried water to the
Baths of Agrippa
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In th ...
. Today, it is the street which contains the greatest number of Rome-based Italian fashion retailers, equivalent to
Milan
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Via Montenapoleone
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Paris
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Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré
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,
Florence
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Via de' Tornabuoni
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The street houses high ...
or
London
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Bond Street
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Caffé Greco (or ''Antico Caffé Greco''), perhaps the most famous café in
Rome
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was established at Via dei Condotti 86 in 1760, and attracted figures such as
Stendhal
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Goethe
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Byron
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Liszt
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and
Keats
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to have coffee there.
Guglielmo Marconi
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, inventor of radio, lived at Via dei Condotti 11, until his death in 1937.
Being near the Spanish steps, the street is visited by large numbers of tourists. In May 1986, fashion designer
Valentino filed suit to close a
McDonald's
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shortly after it opened near the Spanish steps, complaining of "noise and disgusting odours" below his six-story palazzo in the vicinity of Via Condotti.
But to the dismay of some Romans, McDonald's overcame the obstacles and is successful.
Via Condotti is a center of fashion shopping in Rome.
Dior
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Gucci
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Valentino,
Hermès
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Armani
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Rolex
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,
Tudor,
Patek Philippe
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Prada
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Salvatore Ferragamo
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Céline
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Van Cleef & Arpels
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Dolce & Gabbana
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Max Mara
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Alberta Ferretti
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Trussardi
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Trussardi was founded in 1911 as a leather glove manufacturer, and expanded its line to additional ...
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Buccellati
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Bulgari,
Damiani
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Tod's
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Zegna
Zegna () is an Italian luxury fashion house. It was founded in 1910 by Ermenegildo Zegna in Trivero, Biella of the Piedmont region of Northern Italy.
As of 2021, the Group is a public company. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Cartier Cartier may refer to:
People
* Cartier (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
* Cartier Martin (born 1984), American basketball player
Places
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Montblanc,
Tiffany & Co.,
Louis Vuitton
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have stores on Via Condotti.
Others, such as
Laura Biagiotti
Laura Biagiotti (; 4 August 1943 – 26 May 2017) was an Italian fashion designer, and the founder of the House of Biagiotti.
Early life
Biagiotti was born in Rome on 4 August 1943. Her mother Delia Soldaini Biagiotti was a successful dressm ...
, have their offices there.
Monuments and sights of interest
Lining the stylish street and near the Piazza di Spagna and Largo Goldoni are several structures of touristic, historical or monumental interest.
*
Santissima Trinità a Via Condotti
Santissima Trinità a Via Condotti or Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli is a church in Rome at the start of via Condotti in the Campo Marzio district. It is one of the national churches in Rome, national churches of Spain in Rome.
History
The c ...
(18th century)
* Palazzo degli Ansellini (19th century)
*
Palazzo Della Porta Negroni Caffarelli ''This Palazzo should not be confused with the Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino, the Palazzo Viddoni Caffarelli or the Palazzo Aragona Gonzaga Negroni Galitzin, also in Rome.''
Palazzo Della Porta Negroni Caffarelli is a large townhouse located at Via ...
(19th century)
* Palazzo Avogadri Neri (17th century)
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Palazzo di Malta (18th century)
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* Palazzo Megalotti (18th century)
* Antico Caffè Greco
The Antico Caffè Greco (; sometimes simply referred to as ''Caffè Greco'') is a historic landmark café which opened in 1760 on Via dei Condotti in Rome, Italy. It is the oldest bar in Rome and second oldest in Italy, after Caffè Florian in ...
(18th century)
* Palazzo Maruscelli Lepri (17th century)
Other
The street is nearby and serviced by the Rome Metro
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The Metro comprises three lines – A (orange), B (blue) and C (green) †...
station ''Spagna
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Career
Spagna started her career singing in English and in the ...
'' which opened in 1980. Via dei Condotti is a pedestrian thoroughfare.
References
External links
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Shopping districts and streets in Rome
Condotti